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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

It's true, the technique just came naturally even on a beat-up third-hand machine. By shot #5 my espresso was so smooth and sweet that I could no longer tolerate that over-roasted and over-expressed swill that Starbucks forces its baristas to serve.