SCA Espresso Definition Source Summary

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Source summary for the SCA espresso definition article and its role as a baseline rather than a rigid recipe.

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Source role

This page summarizes the SCA article used to anchor historical espresso ranges for dose, temperature, pressure, and time.

What it supports

The heritage definition is useful as a baseline, not as a rule that every modern recipe must copy. It supports Start Here and Dose Yield And Time. ^{1This source is no longer available.}