a quick google search and sites will tell you not to use the single shot basket. but i’m good at doing things other people tell me not to… i drank a single shot 12oz starbucks latte yesterday and it had a nice weakened sweetness to it so i decided to try my hand at the single shot basket.

i used 6.7 oz ice cold milk. i ground 8g of beans +1 to put it at 9g. i ground, picked at, and brushed all the grounds out so my ground espresso weighed the 9 it is supposed to. i pulled the shot using the spouted portafilter for about 17-18 seconds and a visual yield of 1-1.1oz. and it was exactly what i expected: weakened sweetness. i tasted the espresso and it seemed more balanced than what i usually pull, but i could be making that up.

i just tried it again with the decaf – which was opened much earlier – and no joy. it started around 3 seconds and i only got an 11 second pull before it ran watery. the espresso smelled like fireworks but it didn’t taste as bad as i expected. i used 5.4 oz of milk and it doesn’t taste like much but at least it’s not undrinkable.

this is not outer space; it is the dishwasher after being tainted with dirty espresso paraphernalia

this is not a brownie; it is the espresso puck in the knockbox