While some techniques are better than others, all these are flawed in the sense that they rely on sight and the individual. Everything from pushing the coffee every which way with one's fingers, tapping the sides of the portafilter to lay the coffee flat, and even using a metal funnel that sits inside the portafilter whirling it the whole thing about like a helicopter.
There are a variety of techniques for the even distribution of coffee in a portafilter. And even extraction leads to great tasting espresso. In short, distribution in important because even distribution leads to even extraction. Even though it looks flat and pretty, when hot water gets forced through it more water will move through the less dense places and less water will move through the more dense places, yielding a shot that's a mish-mash of under-extracted and over-extracted flavors. It's more important than exact tamping pressure, and possibly even more important than tamping levelly! If one fails to distribute evenly, the coffee will be pressed down in such a way as to create a puck of varying density. Distribution is very, very important to the success of a shot of espresso. In order to make a great shot of espresso, one must spread out that uneven hill of freshly ground coffee into an evenly distributed bed of coffee that will then get tamped flat. Distribution is what must happen after coffee has been ground and dosed into a portafilter. In order to fully appreciate what the OCD does, you'll need to appreciate the importance and difficulty of distribution for espresso. It's a super-simple, fast, and easily-repeatable process for amazingly good coffee distribution. The OCD creates an even, flat bed of espresso to tamp on by being placed onto an undistributed dose of espresso in a portafilter, resting on the sides of the filter basket to flatten the device, and spinning it three times. See here for details.The ONA Coffee Distributor (or OCD) is a tool initially conceived of in 2012 and created by Sasa Sestic, the 2015 World Barista Champion. This takeaway coffee outlet can be hard to find, but once you do, it is a secret spot you will return to again. It is named Coffee Lab as they enjoy "breaking down the science behind coffee" and experimenting with different coffee blends, new machinery and sourcing beans from all over the world to make the perfect coffee. See here for details.Ĭoffee Lab is located on Narellan Place on the ground floor of the Canberra Centre. This cafe and takeaway coffee outlet is open weekdays only. It is particularly popular with local workers and mums, dads and carers who pick up a takeaway before going to the park across the road. This café uses the popular Lonsdale Street Roasters coffee brand - which is made just up the road in Braddon. See here for details.ģ32 Manhattancan be found at the far end of Bunda Street, opposite Glebe Park. They also own the popular coffee takeaway outlet Hideout in Barton. As it is mainly frequented by local workers, it is open weekdays only. They use a range of beans from all around the world, expertly (and quickly!) made by a host of baristas. Harvest is a popular takeaway coffee outlet in Marcus Clarke Street, that often has a line out the front each weekday around the 10:30am morning coffee time.
Just look for the coffee connoisseurs milling around the front. GreenHouse Coffee and Co, located upstairs in the Canberra Centre, is another Ona coffee collaboration with a spacious and light café to enjoy your coffee inside, or to take one away and enjoy it whilst shopping. The popularity of this takeaway coffee outlet also rests on the same Ona coffee beans as The Cupping Room above - using blends created just for them. Give it a try - once will not be enough! See here for details.Įspresso Room is a small outlet located on Bunda Street in the centre of the city. You know it has to be good as the owner, Sasa Sestic, won the World Barista Championship in 2015 using their own blends and local flavours. The café is owned by Ona coffee in Fyshwick, whose award-winning blends make it one of the most popular coffees in Canberra. As you get closer, you see people milling around the outside of the cafe at all times of the day, waiting for their coffees and chatting amongst themselves. The Cupping Room is located in University Ave, a short walk from the Australian National University (ANU).
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