Lungo
A long espresso pulled with more water for a larger, more bitter cup.
Method
Espresso
Typical volume
110 ml
Caffeine
75 mg
A reference figure for the drink, not a measurement of your cup.
Lungo preparation
- Dose 18g in a double basket, ground two to three steps coarser than your espresso setting.
- Pull to 90-110g in the cup over 35-45 seconds - a 1:5 to 1:6 ratio.
- Stop the shot the moment the stream turns pale and wispy.
A lungo over-extracts by design, so coarsen the grind or it goes ashy. If you want length without the bitterness, make an Americano instead.
What makes it
More espresso drinks
Log it, and the caffeine with it
Log every lungo you make and the app works out the caffeine. On iPhone it writes to Apple Health.
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