About EspressoShotLog.com
EspressoShotLog.com was founded by Elena Rossi, a former specialty coffee shop manager and certified Q grader who has spent 11 years training baristas and dialing in espresso machines across three countries.
About Elena Rossi
Elena started as a barista in her early twenties, frustrated by inconsistent shots and conflicting advice from different trainers. She pursued Q grader certification specifically to understand coffee quality assessment at a technical level, then spent years managing specialty coffee shops where consistent extraction across hundreds of daily shots was a genuine operational requirement, not just a hobby pursuit.
Over the past 11 years, she has:
- Trained dozens of baristas across coffee shops in three different countries
- Managed daily quality control for shops serving hundreds of espresso-based drinks per day
- Earned Q grader certification, a rigorous coffee quality assessment credential
- Tested extensively across dozens of espresso machine and grinder combinations to understand what equipment variables actually matter
Our Approach
Every guide on EspressoShotLog.com is grounded in the actual mechanics of extraction — not vague taste descriptors, but the specific variables (grind size, dose, temperature, time) that produce repeatable, explainable results.
Contact
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