A naked shot is an expression used to describe an espresso that has been brewed with the typical espresso machine, except that the portafilter bottom has bee drilled out.
This allows the coffee to be directly dispensed from the group head to the basket and finally into the cup.
In such configuration, the pour of the espresso can be observed in all it’s glory.
While tea lovers continue to explore ideas of blending and brewing to enhance the tea-drinking experience, many don’t even think about the most obvious factor to experiment with.
And that is the type of water for brewing tea.
The difference in taste is something is something that is hard to describe with words.
I don’t fully subscribe to the notion that we need to approach coffee-making as scientific as possible because I find a a big part of baristaring is art.
But then I realized that we use the 2-group Astoria Plus 4 You TS at the cafe and a clear shot glass with red measurement indicators. So it’s easy for me to say that coffee making should not lean too much on the scientific side.
The powerhouse espresso machine we use actually have a lot of the science done for us.
The aroma of tea is often the main feature of a tea that makes one want to tell their friends about it.
In fact I’d go as far as to say that people love tea more for their aroma than their tastes.
That’s not surprising when the beautiful scent of tea can engulf the whole living room for as long as the teapot is sitting on top of a gentle flame.