what is a perfect espresso? at espressway, we believe that a perfect espresso is unattainable, as we are always learning and improving on our craft.

in the middle of the last century, the italians defined the perfect espresso as extracting exactly 30cc of water at 9 bars of pressure and at a temperature of 96ºC through 7 grams of coffee in exactly 30 seconds.

in australia, we tend to drink our espresso predominantly with milk, so we modify this slightly and use 9~10 grams of coffee per shot - but all the other 'variables' remain pretty much the same.

to stray away from this basic rule of espresso is to risk producing a less than acceptable shot of espresso.