The last piece of the puzzle arrived today:

A "Matow" brand 54mm calibrated tamper. Arrived today from Amazon, $38. (I sprung the extra $3 for the nice wooden handle.)
I wasn't convinced I really needed this, as I felt my tamping pressure was pretty consistent, but the results speak for themselves.
I haven't made a bad coffee today! They are all "da bomb"! :-)
Very pleased with how things have come along. I've probably pulled about 60-odd shots since getting the Eureka grinder last Friday, many of them bad due to overextraction, going straight down the sink. But the randomness of that seems to have disappeared today, coinciding with the appearance of new tamper at 10:30 this morning. Been getting perfect 2:1 shots (8g coffee, 16g extraction) first time, every time, all day.
So not too shabby. Will have to wait until May until the single-wall basket arrives from the US. But until then, I'm more than satisfied with my current results. $38 well spent, I think!
A "Matow" brand 54mm calibrated tamper. Arrived today from Amazon, $38. (I sprung the extra $3 for the nice wooden handle.)
I wasn't convinced I really needed this, as I felt my tamping pressure was pretty consistent, but the results speak for themselves.
I haven't made a bad coffee today! They are all "da bomb"! :-)
Very pleased with how things have come along. I've probably pulled about 60-odd shots since getting the Eureka grinder last Friday, many of them bad due to overextraction, going straight down the sink. But the randomness of that seems to have disappeared today, coinciding with the appearance of new tamper at 10:30 this morning. Been getting perfect 2:1 shots (8g coffee, 16g extraction) first time, every time, all day.
So not too shabby. Will have to wait until May until the single-wall basket arrives from the US. But until then, I'm more than satisfied with my current results. $38 well spent, I think!

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