In the last week or two ive noticed that theres been some residual grounds in the bottom of my cups (usually about 15-20 tiny particles i guess) and ive got no real idea why its happening.
The obvious solution would seem to be to coarsen my grind however im loathe to do that because ive found a grind setting thats giving me good, if still a little quick, extraction with my very basic machine and obviously going coarser will only exacerbate the already too quick extraction.
Could my terrible machine, the Breville 800ES*, be the problem, perhaps my tamping technique or is it more likely to simply be a too fine grind?
As an aside, getting a well timed extraction with my machine is incredibly difficult (im getting about 19-20 seconds now, any finer with the grind and ill likely choke the machine, any coarser and itd shoot through in about 16 seconds).
Thanks lads.
BTW I did an extensive search prior to starting the thread as having been here for a while now i understand how frustrating it is to see the same questions asked over and over, but i didnt find anything that really tackled the issue of leftover grounds in ones cup.
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* Im desperate to upgrade but on the advice of many here, im holding off until i get my experience and knowledge up.
The obvious solution would seem to be to coarsen my grind however im loathe to do that because ive found a grind setting thats giving me good, if still a little quick, extraction with my very basic machine and obviously going coarser will only exacerbate the already too quick extraction.
Could my terrible machine, the Breville 800ES*, be the problem, perhaps my tamping technique or is it more likely to simply be a too fine grind?
As an aside, getting a well timed extraction with my machine is incredibly difficult (im getting about 19-20 seconds now, any finer with the grind and ill likely choke the machine, any coarser and itd shoot through in about 16 seconds).
Thanks lads.
BTW I did an extensive search prior to starting the thread as having been here for a while now i understand how frustrating it is to see the same questions asked over and over, but i didnt find anything that really tackled the issue of leftover grounds in ones cup.
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* Im desperate to upgrade but on the advice of many here, im holding off until i get my experience and knowledge up.
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