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After removing the tamper, some grinds

may stick to the side of the filter basket.

Tap the portafilter gently on the table

to jostle loose grinds onto the tamped

coffee disc. Do not tap too hard, or the

tamped coffee will dislodge or fracture.

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Inspect your tamp. The coffee disc

should be smooth and level with no

gaps between the side of the filter

basket and the coffee.

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Apply a second, finishing tamp (also

called a polishing tamp). Press straight

down on the coffee with about 35

pounds of pressure, then relax the

force slightly (to about 20 pounds) and

polish the coffee by turning the tamper

completely around twice.

Measuring Tamping Pressure

20 pounds, 30 pounds – how do you know

how much tamping force you are actually

using? Do what the baristas do: use a

bathroom scale! Place a scale on a table or

countertop, and tamp your coffee on top of

it. Pretty soon, you will develop a feel for how

much twenty or thirty pounds of force is.

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