BARISTA-CRAFT5 MIN READ
Coach the Fast Shot Without Taking Over
Give a trainee a precise dial-in coaching line using dose, yield, time, and grind.
A trainee has a fast sour shot and asks what to change. Which line belongs in the empty bubble? The trainee has a fast sour shot. It hit the yield in 19 seconds. Should I dose more? fromTop One clear next move. fromBottom Keep 18 g and 36 g. Go one small notch finer, purge, then tell me the new time. This protects dose and yield, uses grind to slow flow, and gives the trainee a measurable next run. Just tamp harder until the shot slows down. That makes tamp pressure the variable, which is hard to repeat and teaches…
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