Flair Espresso Maker - Manual Press

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Regardless of which Flair Signature you choose, you can be confident in the quality of shot as all use the same mechanics. Each Flair Signature is: HANDCRAFT SHOTS OF ESPRESSO – The Flair PRO 2 is a 100% human-powered, manual espresso press. With the Flair PRO 2, you have a complete manual espresso machine that can produce professional quality shots of espresso from your home, or wherever you are. Add 70ml of boiled water and a dose of up to 24 grams to yield up to a 56 ml shot with beautiful crema. A burr grinder is essential for use with this product. MAJOR BREWING UPGRADES – The Flair PRO 2 features three upgrades over Flair’s other manual espresso makers including a removable stainless steel spout, an enhanced all-stainless steel bottomless portafilter with improved flow dynamics, and a silicone lever grip for better brewing ergonomics. The most common brew ratios that you’ll see are a ristretto, traditional and lungo shot. The ristretto shot is also known as a restricted shot, and typically features a brew ratio between 1:1 and 1:1.5. A traditional espresso is typically 1:2-1:2.5 and a lungo, or long shot, is usually about 1:3.

The heating system only heats the brewing head (not the water) and has three different temperature levels. It can be kept at 85C/185F, 90C/194F on medium, and 95C/203F high. As the name would suggest, the Flair 58 uses a professional grade 58mm portafilter with a sweet wooden handle. The frame has a more robust build, and the lever is a lot easier to use. The Flair 58 delivers exceptional quality espresso and really just looks incredible. See our full review here. In the past, espresso was measured by volume, where a single shot of espresso was roughly 30 milliliters and a double shot was roughly twice this volume, or 60 milliliters. However, this type of measurement is not accurate when it comes to really understanding what is going on with the coffee in your cup, as it doesn’t take into account how much coffee, or grounds, is creating that shot, or shots. In other words, 60 ml of coffee will taste wildly different if it comes from 18 grams of grounds vs 24 grams of grounds. The Flair 58 Plus is a barista level espresso machine, capable of creating and re-creating your favorite recipes from any coffee you own. As such, the 58 Plus requires a full brewing kit of accessories to ensure top performance.

The low-flow 18 gram basket is perfect to any home brewer’s kit, and allows for a dose range between 16-22 grams. This low-flow basket, when compared to the standard straight-walled basket of the Flair 58, allows for an easier dial-in process by allowing a grind that is coarser for proper extractions, thereby increasing the overall compatibility with a range of grinders. The straight-walled basket will require a grind that mimics a commercial machine. The low-flow 18 gram basket is perfect to any home brewer’s kit, and allows for a dose range between 16-22 grams. High-quality kettle– While a temperature controlled kettle is not required for brewing with the Flair 58 Plus, it will definitely make your workflow and experience more enjoyable. At a minimum, target a kettle with a thermometer so you can be precise with your thermal inputs.

In May of 2023, the Flair 58 family, including the Flair 58x, will feature key upgrades in both functionality and aesthetics. Flair 58 is a result of customer requested upgrades, and includes Preheat Temperature Controller which allows for an accurate preheat and thermal control in every shot with 3 different brewing temperature settings.It’s important to remember that these ratios aren’t hard rules, and are more like guidelines. In general, you should dial-in your espresso to ensure that your taste and mouthfeel is as you want it. All Flair 58 models will feature an updated valve plunger, which means users will not have to remove the plunger stem to fill the brew cylinder with water Finally, with the featured valve plunger the workflow on the Flair 58 Plus is unrivaled, ensuring that if you’re brewing for yourself or your friends and family, one shot or multiple, the Flair 58 Plus will delight with the ease and simplicity of creating delicious espresso. In the world of espresso, understanding brew ratios can be difficult. What is a double shot, and is it even relevant anymore? What is a ristretto shot or a lungo shot? And how do each of these impact my coffee’s taste? These questions all pertain to your brew ratio, or the amount of espresso that is yielded from your coffee grounds. This article will discuss brew ratios in general, and also how they relate to, and can be managed, with your Flair. The video above is a detailed explanation by one of our favorites in the world of espresso, James Hoffman.

Flair 58 is a fully-manual, professional grade, lever espresso press that is focused on maximizing the workflow and the espresso from at-home extractions. The Flair 58 family features Flair’s first industry standard 58mm portafilter as well as a more robust frame and lever for ease of extractions at higher pressures. To ensure that you’re able to get the desired weight of espresso in your cup, based on your desired brew ratio, it’s important to understand the size differences in the two brew heads that Flair products utilize: our Standard brew head and our PRO 2 brew head. The standard brew head has a maximum reservoir capacity, or maximum amount of water that will fit into the brewing chamber, of 60ml. But, the maximum output from the Standard brew head is just 45ml. In the PRO 2 brew head, the reservoir is 70ml with a maximum output of 60ml. This loss is due to absorption within the coffee cake during extraction, and it is important to note because, volumetrically, this indicates the upper level of espresso you can yield. As such, the standard brew head cannot yield a volumetric double shot, but it can easily extract a beautiful and balanced weight-based double shot of espresso. The preheat system on the Flair 58+ includes three different levels: low, medium and high, which roughly correlate to brewing temperatures needed for dark, medium and light roasts respectively. Turn on your preheat setting and feel confident that your thermal management is taken care of. And, if you’re feeling the travel itch, the 58+ features an easily detachable preheat controller, meaning that you can go off-grid and brew espresso anywhere.

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Because of this, it’s important to measure your espresso shot based on the input weight of your coffee grounds compared to the output weight of the espresso in your cup. This relationship, or ratio, between your grounds and your coffee dose is called a brew ratio, and it’s imperative for controlling the taste of your espresso as you dial-in and seek to brew a similar shot time after time.