These world-class barista champions know how to pull the shots. Making espresso at home isn’t difficult, but making great espresso at home requires serious commitment. To help improve and optimize ...

Every coffee preparation method has little tricks, secrets, pitfalls, and different ways to end up with a cup of something you're not super happy with. Espresso has more of those than most, I'd say.

A cortado is basically a one-to-one ratio of espresso and steamed milk. At a typical specialty coffee shop, ordering a cortado means you'll get about two ounces of espresso and two ounces of milk. Don ...