How to Make Café Quality Coffee at Home
Bold, rich and full of crema. In this quick step-by-step guide, we show you exactly how to make a café-quality long black at home using your Breville machine — or any domestic espresso machine.
No voiceover. Just the steps, the music, and your next great coffee. How to make a long black at home:
- Pour your fresh Bun Coffee beans into the hopper
- Set your grind amount to dose 16g of coffee
- Grind into the portafilter
- Use scales to check the amount of coffee in the portafilter
- Tamp the coffee firm and level
- Lock the portafilter into the machine
- Fill your cup three-quarters with boiling water
- Start your extraction
- Aim for the coffee to extract in 25–30 seconds — the coffee will extract directly on top of the water, preserving the crema
- Enjoy your café-quality long black!
Video Timestamps:
0:04 Pour your fresh Bun Coffee beans into the hopper
0:07 Set your grind amount to dose 16g of coffee
0:09 Grind into the portafilter
0:16 Use scales to check the amount of coffee in the portafilter
0:19 Tamp the coffee firm and level
0:23 Lock the portafilter into the machine
0:25 Fill your cup three-quarters with boiling water
0:29 Start your extraction
0:32 Aim for the coffee to extract in 25–30 seconds
0:43 Enjoy your café-quality long black!