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Originally posted by wattgn View PostOne day soon you will be able to say 'I WDT' in public, openly and without shame."And the winner of the WWDT Championship is...."
(Sorry, I'm trolling a perfectly good topic)
I suppose different grinders / humidity / roast / bean may present varying amounts of challenge in prepping a perfect puck. At home, where speed is not the most important and where kneeling down to worship the naked PF is, all additional techniques seem like a good way to enjoy the hobby.
It's not all about what's in the cup. The joy is in the making of it, too!
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Next on my shopping list a "real clump buster"
What helped me with Niche grinder (apart from commercial stirrer above) was level3ninja's suggestion of taping grinds into PF rather than inverting ss cup and dumping. Much fluffier. Then just a gentle shake to even a bit and a tap on the bench to settle.
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With this thread in mind this morning I didn't do any distribution (with the chopstick I normally use) in the Niche dosing cup before inverting into the portafilter. Have to say the shot with naked PF took an age maybe 15 seconds to merge into a single column (it had two evenly split columns which were quite stable tho), grind was probably a bit too fine.
But overall agree with the sentiment, whatever floats your boat! I tend to find it helps with my combination of Niche, dosing cup, 20g VST basket. As I usually have about 5 minutes to pump out a Latte into my travel cup each morning if I am dropping the kids off, I would rather have as high a chance of getting it right the first time.
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This is pretty much how I arrived at a similar technique. I use an OE Dosing Funnel, but the way my grinder is configured, the dosing funnel slips off the portafilter if you use the portafilter to depress the grind button. So I grind into a macchiato glass, dump into the portafilter (with the help of the dosing funnel), then distribute grinds. Takes no time at all and almost zero mess.Originally posted by steve7 View PostI grind into a dosing cup, partly to reduce spillage and partly to reduce clumping/static electricity. It also allows me to get a precise dose by weight.
This means I need to stir to even things out after dumping the grounds into the basket. The old cheap thermometer I have on hand does the trick... but maybe I’ll upgrade to a toothpick!
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Similar here, though no WDT.Originally posted by Barry O'Speedwagon View PostThis is pretty much how I arrived at a similar technique. I use an OE Dosing Funnel, but the way my grinder is configured, the dosing funnel slips off the portafilter if you use the portafilter to depress the grind button. So I grind into a macchiato glass, dump into the portafilter (with the help of the dosing funnel), then distribute grinds. Takes no time at all and almost zero mess.
- Grind into small glass tumbler.
- Dump into PF via OE dosing funnel.
- Side tap PF with top of tamper handle to distribute and settle.
- Tamp.
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Yeh, not actually sure whether what I do is WDT (which sounds like a pesticide to me) or not....never investigated it. I've also never bothered trying a different glass to grind into (which would probably be a sensible idea).Originally posted by Yelta View PostSimilar here, though no WDT.
- Grind into small glass tumbler.
- Dump into PF via OE dosing funnel.
- Side tap PF with top of tamper handle to distribute and settle.
- Tamp.
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