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Understanding Coffee Channeling Causes and Fixing Your Espresso Flow

When you pull a shot of espresso and it tastes sour on one side and bitter on the other, or the stream wobbles and sprays, you have likely run into one of the most frustrating problems in home espresso: channeling. Channeling happens when water finds a path of least resistance through the coffee puck, bypassing most of the grounds and extracting unevenly. It ruins the balance of your shot and wastes good coffee. But the good news is that once you understand the coffee channe