Re: Consistent tamping
I read the link in another thread that someone pointed to that spoke of tamping pressure http://cleanhotdry.com/coffee/basics-part-1-tamp/ and tried tamping with almost no pressure, simply polishing the surface of the coffee in the basket.
I was very surprised to find that the dosed basket passed the upsidedown test and the resultant extraction looked very good. Unfortunately, the coffee tasted like crap. Im not sure if its me (I have very bad sinus at present) or if the blend isnt too good.
Certainly, based on my very limited experiment, I now feel that the grind and dosing is more important than the tamp.
Any others on this?
T
I read the link in another thread that someone pointed to that spoke of tamping pressure http://cleanhotdry.com/coffee/basics-part-1-tamp/ and tried tamping with almost no pressure, simply polishing the surface of the coffee in the basket.
I was very surprised to find that the dosed basket passed the upsidedown test and the resultant extraction looked very good. Unfortunately, the coffee tasted like crap. Im not sure if its me (I have very bad sinus at present) or if the blend isnt too good.
Certainly, based on my very limited experiment, I now feel that the grind and dosing is more important than the tamp.
Any others on this?
T

of each. I agree that the levelling method described above will help significantly in achieving a consistent result in terms of dose and is an alternative to weighing every dose. 
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