Considering making 4-5 shots of espresso in the morning then just filling up a full size coffee mug so it can last throughout the morning.
Anyone have experience with this? Good idea or heart attack speedrun?
Not a great idea, but not for the caffeine quantity that others mention (though perhaps for that, too). Espresso is meant to be drunk quickly and hot. Even the glasses are designed to keep the surface area minimal and give the drinker control over how (minimally) cool they allow the espresso to get.
Keeping a large amount in a mug for a while will allow bitter notes to develop and will mute the creamy and sweet notes/feel that make espresso worthwhile. You can minimize that a bit by diluting the coffee (a 3-hour old latte or americano changes less than a straight shot would in the same span), but it’ll still change.
Pour over is really the only method that is intended to be drunk at varying levels of heat, and you can make it super strong if that’s what you’re looking for.
I mean, it’s just a lot of caffeine. I’m sure some people have no problem, but others will be off the walls or just sick. What’s your typical caffeine intake? If you just want a hot drink to sip on for longer, try a couple shots of espresso and top the mug off with hot water for an Americano.
Have you tried just making an Americano? Im a fan of strong coffee and thats what I do in the mornings.
We use espresso grounds in our coffee maker, so we drink Americanos by default.
Not to be “that guy”… but no. Using espresso grounds in a filter machine is not the same from an espresso shot with hot water added to it.
Espresso isn’t a grind or a roast, it’s an extraction method.
