Just been hanging out with Ben of the newly formed Western Australian Barista Academy [1]. Soon to be holding the WA state heats of the Australian Barista Championships.
Here’s a nice shot taken a few short minutes ago on my phone. Trying to put them roughly in sequence to show a bit of the technique Ben uses to dose, tamp and pull shots…
[2]
Dosing
[3]
Levelling
[4]
Tamping
[5]
The Linea
[6]
The shot (not the best one we pulled)
[7]
The latte art… just after Ben had almost knocked the cup over :)