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  • #16
    Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

    All you are doing is allowing the showerscreen to do the tamping for you. I imagine (not having tried I dont really know) that this would work with a much higher dose (australian standard updosing) then a lower dose.

    Its nothing new but is worth exploring.

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    • #17
      Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

      Interesting thoughts.

      I read this recently: http://cleanhotdry.com/coffee/basics-part-1-tamp/

      Very interesting, and since reading it, Im using a great deal less pressure when tamping, and getting results that Im totally happy with.

      As for using my finger, I guess it would work, but I suspect it would probably not be super even. Id expect channeling, but I will give it a go.

      As for the cleanliness of it; most bacteria that are pathogenic to people are killed by 72C for 15 secs, so you ought to be okay ... unless theres anthrax spores in your coffee ...

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      • #18
        Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

        Originally posted by 6A4655534E464B786A48494C425E270 link=1255338119/15#15 date=1255412508
        All you are doing is allowing the showerscreen to do the tamping for you.
        hmm, i disagree. theres no way id be careless enough to fracture the top of a well-prepared puck on my shower screen without noticing! then again, I am one of the low-dose aficionados on the forum.

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        • #19
          Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

          ill give it a try tomorrow.

          I have a naked group handle so i can give you some feedback on channeling and evenness of extraction.

          im thinking ill try it a couple of ways...1st: fill the basket till it overflows and just slap it on the head...2nd: ill try my normal dose and finger?thumb tamp it.

          my prediction? overextracting, chanelling blondeness!?

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          • #20
            Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

            Originally posted by 504A5C49493D0 link=1255338119/16#16 date=1255432505
            Interesting thoughts.

            I read this recently: http://cleanhotdry.com/coffee/basics-part-1-tamp/

            Very interesting, and since reading it, Im using a great deal less pressure when tamping, and getting results that Im totally happy with.

            As for using my finger, I guess it would work, but I suspect it would probably not be super even. Id expect channeling, but I will give it a go.

            As for the cleanliness of it; most bacteria that are pathogenic to people are killed by 72C for 15 secs, so you ought to be okay ... unless theres anthrax spores in your coffee ...
            Just out of curiosity, I tried not tamping very hard per the link above.  Amazing!  I actually got a slightly better shot than I would have normally.  The pour came out at just about the same rate as the one Id done only about an hour before but it was a lot more even.

            I can only put it down to (a) the guy above was right, which is plausible, and (b) the fact that, because Im short@rse, I find it difficult to tamp hard (ie; 15kg) evenly because of the height of our kitchen bench - I have to stand on my toes to get a straight arm tamp and, even then its not necessarily coming from directly above.  As a consequence, I have to tamp, see if its level, adjust a bit more often than not due to uneveness and then put the pressure on once again.  Still comes out on an angle because of the slight angle Im tamping on.

            So, overall, this seems to have helped me out on initial trials.

            Thanks Michelle - 15kg tamp gone out the window now!



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            • #21
              Re: Fingertamping - has anyone else dumped the 30lb tamp?

              Interesting discussion - Having travelled to Italy a few times and watched the busy baristi there, rarely do you see a hand tamper used. Most just give a light tamp using the built in plastic tamp on the grinder. Some do not tamp at all - just use their palm to flatten.

              Ive recently got a mazer mini - i think i might screw on the plastic tamp and give it a whirl and see how it compares with my pullman

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