This thread applies to people who:
1) Have a ready supply of fresh (<3wk from roast date) coffee.
2) Grind on demand.
3) Does not store beans in the hopper.
The problem is that the grinder tends to build up ground coffee inside the machine. That ground coffee goes stale in under an hour, and if you are only having two coffees a day, your coffee will always have some of this stale grounds falling into the filter basket.
Ive recently figured out a way to have the most consistent and fresh coffee despite only having two shots a day while minimizing the amount of coffee wasted.
Heres the trick:
1) Measuring: Use a filter basket of the same size to scoop beans in to the grinder. Scoop slightly more than you need (a few tries and you will get a feel of this).
2) grind-dose-level-tamp-pour the shot. Drink your coffee.
3) LEAVE the little bit of whole coffee beans in your grinder.
Now the next time you have a shot:
4) Switch on the grinder and whatever comes out, throw it away. The whole beans still in the grinder are alot fresher than the stale ground coffee cought in the burrs. It sort of flushes out all the stale grounds.
5) Repeat 1-4. This ensures a minimal amount of stale coffee goes into each shot.
1) Have a ready supply of fresh (<3wk from roast date) coffee.
2) Grind on demand.
3) Does not store beans in the hopper.
The problem is that the grinder tends to build up ground coffee inside the machine. That ground coffee goes stale in under an hour, and if you are only having two coffees a day, your coffee will always have some of this stale grounds falling into the filter basket.
Ive recently figured out a way to have the most consistent and fresh coffee despite only having two shots a day while minimizing the amount of coffee wasted.
Heres the trick:
1) Measuring: Use a filter basket of the same size to scoop beans in to the grinder. Scoop slightly more than you need (a few tries and you will get a feel of this).
2) grind-dose-level-tamp-pour the shot. Drink your coffee.
3) LEAVE the little bit of whole coffee beans in your grinder.
Now the next time you have a shot:
4) Switch on the grinder and whatever comes out, throw it away. The whole beans still in the grinder are alot fresher than the stale ground coffee cought in the burrs. It sort of flushes out all the stale grounds.
5) Repeat 1-4. This ensures a minimal amount of stale coffee goes into each shot.
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