kingseven wrote:It does give a very different mouthfeel, no doubt. The guys down at Flat White on Berwick street dose about 22g and though I find the coffee a bit acidic it is intensely syrupy.
We use this same method at my work in New Zealand.
Originally I think it was developed so that one side of a triple basket could be used for a small t/a cup. Of course, people started asking for triples in all their coffee, so now triple is standard for us.
Comparing a triple shot on a La Marzocco to a 16g basket on a San Marco- with the same coffee, they taste completely different. Which I prefer depends on the day! Neither method is startlingly better than the other, it seems to come down to personal preference.
That said, a good single origin medium black, with a beastly, syrupy triple, is unbeatable for me.