How do people not burn thier hands when doing stockfleths move?
The portafilter should be seated in the grouphead when the machine is heating so it’s nice and toasty when you pull your shots. If it’s cold it will suck the heat from the grouphead and cause a sour shot with thin crema.
I see so many vidoes of baristas doing stockfleths moves and whatever crazy distributions with thier hands wrapped around the portafilter. How do they do this without burning the hell out of thier hands?
Hmmmm…
You do a little at first, but then you get used to it. That’s why baristas have so pretty hands;) The skin gets hard and resistant. Then again you move your hands pretty fast, so you don’t stick to the hot metal for very long at a time…
Oh never thought about that. I guess if you work all day as a Barista your hands get tough skin and you have to work fast to keep up with orders. Thanks