Traci calls me a coffee snob, but I prefer the term “fan.”
Specifically, I like a triple Americano with a touch of coconut oil take the edge off. Also, in case you are wondering (and if you are an espresso fan, I know you are), I DON’T use espresso roast for my espresso, I use Ruta Maya medium roast coffee beans; freshly milled seconds before the shots are pulled.

By the way, this has everything to do with groundwater in the Texas hill country…
By now you are probably thinking that I am very fond of my espresso machine. You would be correct. It’s a vintage 1993 Rancilio S-27, plumbed for water and drainage. Pure nineties Italian flair in the corner of our otherwise understated hill country kitchen around which the machine was
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