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Working as a barista means being a true crafts(wo)man! What if the daily routines turn the passion into pain preventing the barista from working and maybe even changing the career?  
 

Making great espresso is difficult. It requires at least delicious coffee beans, excellent brewing recipe, good and clean espresso machine and grinder. Also you need to know the best practices on how to actually pull an espresso. Here are my tips about the practices and my routine how I make espresso.

There is a saying in Finnish “cleanliness is half of the meal”. I know it doesn’t make any sense in English but the message is important. Cleaning your espresso machine might the most boring part of being a barista but it is really important. You are not able to get great tasting espresso if you don't clean your espresso machine properly and daily! Let's check how to clean your espresso machine.

Have you ever wondered how espresso machines work? What makes the pressure so that you are able to brew espressos with 9 bars of pressure? Our master technician Joni explains the basics of espresso machine and also how you can maintain your espresso machine's durability. 

Some time ago, Nanopresso arrived at my desk from my colleague Ella. Nanopresso is a coffee machine that should be able to make espresso without electricity. In this blog you can read about how Nanopresso works, how brew with it and what is my opinion about it.