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In order to do a doppio well, you will need a double-sized portafilter basket that’s able to handle the double shot needed for this drink. Otherwise, you can make do with pouring two single shots into a glass. Here’s a double-shot recipe to deliciousness.

Ingredients

  • Great quality espresso beans
  • Filtered water

Equipment

Recipe

  1. Heat up the coffee machine. Depending on your machine, that could take 30 seconds to 20 minutes.
  2. Grind coffee, if needed, and dry wipe the inside of your portafilter with a teacloth
  3. Pour your ground coffee into the portafilter and distribute the coffee and tamp it firmly and evenly.
  4. Flush out your coffee machine for a couple of seconds.
  5. Lock the portafilter into the espresso machine and brew the double-shot
  6. Wait around a minute, if you’re a purist, or just shot away.