Espresso Precision and Texture
Move beyond basic recipes to master the variables of extraction and the physics of silky microfoam. Learn to diagnose flavor issues by taste and manage a high-volume workflow with professional consistency.
Like Duolingo, but for Espresso Precision and Texture. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Dialing in for Flavor and Texture and Service. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in Espresso Precision and Texture
- Identifying under-extraction by taste
- Identifying over-extraction by mouthfeel
- Selecting the correct grind adjustment for under-extraction
- Selecting the correct grind adjustment for over-extraction
- Identifying under-extraction by taste and selecting the correct grind adjustment
- Identifying over-extraction by mouthfeel and selecting the correct grind adjustment
- Gushing is caused by channeling, where water bypasses the coffee through cracks
- Channeling is fixed by better puck prep and distribution, not just grind size
- Large jumps on the grinder cause you to overshoot the balanced 'sweet spot'
- Small, incremental notches allow for precise 'dialing in' of flavor
- Recognizing that visual 'gushing' is a distribution issue rather than a grind size issue
- Grinders retain a small amount of ground coffee in the chute and chamber
- Purging ensures the next shot consists entirely of the new, adjusted grind size
- Applying the principle of incremental adjustments to find the flavor sweet spot
- Understanding the necessity of clearing the grinder chamber after an adjustment
- Yield measures the final weight of liquid espresso in the cup
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Espresso Precision and Texture the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If your espresso leaves your tongue feeling dry like sandpaper, what has likely occurred?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Espresso Precision and Texture takes you
- 1
Dialing in for Flavor
- The Quick Fix: Adjusting the Grind
- Managing Flow: Yield and Time
- 2
Texture and Service
- Microfoam Mastery: Beyond the Bubbles
- The Professional Workflow
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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Espresso Precision and Texture is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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