Yield

The amount of brewed espresso produced from a shot, usually tracked by weight.

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What it means

The amount of brewed espresso produced from a shot, usually tracked by weight. It is the output side of the recipe and anchors repeatability. If yield is guessed rather than measured, recipe language quickly becomes sloppy and harder to improve.

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Where this leads

Each one pushes this into the cup, compares it, or helps you act on it.

How you read the result

Brewed Weight

Weight is the cleanest way to verify yield.

Weigh the output, then judge the flavour. The scale does not replace tasting, but it keeps tasting honest.

How you read the result

Brew Time

Then compare output with how long the shot took.

Use time as a guide rail alongside yield and taste, not as the whole recipe.

The numbers that define the shot

Brew Ratios

Yield only matters inside a recipe.

Use ratio and taste together. The number gives structure, but the cup still decides whether the recipe is right.

What people mean when they say "extraction"

Espresso Extraction

Finally connect the numbers back to taste.

Separate extraction from strength in your thinking. One asks how much was dissolved, the other how concentrated the drink feels.