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Why Most Beans Don’t Work in Home Machines

If you’ve ever brewed a cup at home that tasted flat, bitter, or wildly different from your cafe favourite, you’re not alone.
One of the biggest struggles for home baristas is this: most coffee beans just aren’t made for home espresso machines.

And that’s exactly why we created The Espresso Club™ – to change that.

The Why:

1. Other blends are roasted for commercial pressure

Commercial machines push water through coffee at 9 bars of pressure or more. Home machines (especially automatic or entry-level manual machines) often operate at lower, inconsistent pressures.

This means the beans don’t extract the same – they can taste thin, sour, or overly bitter.

2. They’re made for pros

Many beans are roasted with skilled baristas in mind. In a cafe, you have:

  • A calibrated grinder
  • Dialed-in recipes
  • Experienced hands pulling each shot

At home, you're working with smaller machines, less time, and variable tools – and those cafe beans just aren’t forgiving.

3. They expect full control

Single-origin, light-roasted beans might be amazing in the right hands – but for home espresso, they often lead to inconsistent results, especially in milk-based drinks. You end up adjusting endlessly and wasting good coffee trying to “figure it out.”

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Enter: The Espresso Club™

The Espresso Club™ by Industry Beans is Australia’s first specialty coffee brand designed specifically for home espresso machines – manual and automatic. Here’s what makes our blends different:

Roasted for your machine

Smooth Medium is crafted for pump machines – it’s balanced, sweet, and easy to extract.
Rich Strong is designed for every brew method – bold, consistent, and full of flavour even at lower pressure.

No more over-roasting. No under-extraction. Just beans that work.

Blends, not guesswork

We’ve removed the trial-and-error. Two blends: one for pump machines, one for every brew method – clearly labelled and easy to choose.

Each blend is tested and perfected for real-life home brewing.

Designed for results

From crema to consistency, every part of the The Espresso Club™ experience is built to give you a better espresso at home. Whether you’re making a quick flat white before work or enjoying a long black on a slow Sunday, The Espresso Club™ delivers a great cup – without the stress.

Now available at Woolworths

Skip the confusion and coffee aisle overwhelm. The Espresso Club™ is roasted for your machine – and available at your local Woolworths, so you can get started brewing better coffee at home today.

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