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Re:An Open-Source Espresso by DoubleFree on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:03PM (#35331652)
Let's do a little calculation. For an upper bound, let's say you press your full weight onto it and the coffee grounds' resistance is not the limiting factor. That's maybe 90kg, times the acceleration of gravity, for about 900 newtons. That force is applied to a pi*(30mm)^2 or ~3^-3 m^2 area. That gives us a pressure of 900/3e-3 = 3e5 Pa or 3 bars.
Re:An Open-Source Espresso by klausa on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:15PM (#35331829)
Getting over 1 bar gets you to a spray of coffee that sprays everywhere: https://youtu.be/Qz_GZpzpst4?t=500
Re:An Open-Source Espresso by dmonitor on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @12:06PM (#35343281)
why does he have it so far away from the cup?
Re:An Open-Source Espresso by valarauko on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:12PM (#35333478)
Hoffmann measured this with a pressure sensor modded aeropress - most typical brews would not exceed half a bar.