Why it matters in the cup.
Coffee glossary
Dose
The mass of dry ground coffee loaded into the basket before brewing.
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The numbers that define the shot
The numbers that define the shot
What it means
The mass of dry ground coffee loaded into the basket before brewing. A stable dose makes yield targets meaningful and recipe comparisons honest. Without it, grind changes become harder to interpret and the puck may sit too low or too high for the basket.
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Where this leads
Each one pushes this into the cup, compares it, or helps you act on it.
How the basket changes things
Double Basket
Dose only works when the basket is built for it.
Match your dose to the basket you are actually using instead of forcing every coffee into the same gram number.
How the basket changes things
Headspace
Too much or too little coffee changes the room above the puck.
Match dose to basket size so the puck sits where the machine expects it to.
The numbers that define the shot
Brew Ratios
Dose becomes meaningful once it is paired with output.
Use ratio and taste together. The number gives structure, but the cup still decides whether the recipe is right.
How you read the result
Yield
Then measure what that dose produced.
Think of yield as the result you are aiming for and brewed weight as the way you verify you hit it.