Dial Your shot
Double Shot Dialing Station
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Step 0 - Pull your espresso shot, step by step

10 steps at your machine, in order. Do them first, then enter the real numbers below.
Shot in the cup? Enter its real numbers in step 1. Every step explained How to dial in
1 1. Dial In
2 2. Rate Shot
3 3. Fix It
Parameters
Dose (g) 18.0g
Yield (g) 36.0g
Extraction Time (s) 30s
Brew Temperature (°C) 93.0°C
⚙️ Grind Size -
↓ finer
Presets (advanced)
2. Rate Shot
How did it taste?
👋 Tap every taste you noticed and pick how strong it was. The recommendation button is at the end.
🥄 Stir the shot with a spoon before you taste it - the crema, middle and bottom taste different. Why?
Extraction
Low Medium High
Strength & Body
Low Medium High
Rate at least one taste to unlock this.
Espresso Compass: Sweet spot SWEET SPOT sour · intense bitter · intense sour · watery bitter · watery intense watery sour bitter
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-- MISSION BRIEFING --
You are close to the sweet spot. Current 1 : 2.0 ratio with extraction 50 and strength 50 looks well balanced.
About the App

How to Dial In Your Espresso Shot

Dial Your Shot is a free espresso dialing tool that helps you tune every parameter of your shot - dose, yield, grind size, extraction time, brew temperature and pressure - and get instant flavour feedback.

Rate your shot as sour, bitter, fruity, watery or harsh, and the app suggests exactly what to adjust next. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced home barista, Dial Your Shot gives you a clear path to your perfect espresso.

Quick Start Guide

How to Use the App

0
Pull Your Shot
Brew a real espresso at your machine first. Follow the step 0 checklist at the top of this page: warm up, weigh, grind, WDT, tamp level, pull to a 1:2 ratio on a scale, then stir and taste.
1
Set Your Parameters
Enter the real numbers from that shot - dose, yield, extraction time, grind setting and temperature - on the sliders in the left panel.
2
Rate the Taste
Use the taste panel to select the descriptors that match your shot - sour, bitter, fruity, watery and so on - along with how intense each one is.
3
Read the Suggestions
Ask for recommendations and the app tells you exactly what to change next - grind size, ratio, temperature - and why it will make the shot better. Change one thing, then pull again.
4
Still Stuck? Ask Tamp Talk
Share the shot to Tamp Talk with one click - recipe, taste and diagnosis included - and let other home baristas suggest what to try. Their suggestions open straight back in this app.
Step 0, in real life

Why the Shot You Pull Matters More Than the Numbers You Enter

This tool corrects the recipe: grind, ratio, time and temperature. It cannot see your puck. If the dose was uneven, the grounds were clumpy or the tamp was tilted, water rushes through the weakest part of the coffee bed - that is channeling - and the same shot tastes sour and bitter at once. Grinding finer will not fix that. It is a preparation problem, and it has to be solved at the machine.

That is why the workflow comes first. Pull every shot the same way - same warm-up, same weighed dose, same WDT and level tamp, stopped on the scale by weight - and the only thing that changes between two shots is the one variable you chose to change. That is when the corrections here become reliable. If you saw spurts or a lopsided stream, open Show all settings and set Distribution to Uneven so the analysis accounts for it.

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