Heyya!
I bought some Campos beans about 3 days ago and all Ive gotten so far is half a kilo of frustration! I the closer I got to a great taste, the next shot would be in the complete wrong direction (running out of water...twice... didnt help either :P). Pretty easy to narrow down though, dosage.. Guesstimation just didnt cut it with these beans.
So, I bought some digital scales to measure the dose, only $50 so not too shabby. I pulled a shot and weighted it... 17.something grams! Which would have been even higher if I hadnt of run out of beans in the hopper. So I evened it up a little using the good old conservation of mass principle (14g beans in = 14g grind out once all of the nooks and crannys are filled), success!
I finally started to get some consistency! Though I ended up wasting 5 shots because the grind was now off by nearly 2 clicks. I was nearly at the sweet point before yet another mysterious drought struck inside the water tank. *doah!* There is always tomorrow...
Also, this got me thinking, if I dosed the crazy American way (make a sand castle and knock it down to a flat surface), I would be dosing at least 20g+ for a double! Does that sound right or do Americans go a little overboard with everything? :P
Trev
I bought some Campos beans about 3 days ago and all Ive gotten so far is half a kilo of frustration! I the closer I got to a great taste, the next shot would be in the complete wrong direction (running out of water...twice... didnt help either :P). Pretty easy to narrow down though, dosage.. Guesstimation just didnt cut it with these beans.
So, I bought some digital scales to measure the dose, only $50 so not too shabby. I pulled a shot and weighted it... 17.something grams! Which would have been even higher if I hadnt of run out of beans in the hopper. So I evened it up a little using the good old conservation of mass principle (14g beans in = 14g grind out once all of the nooks and crannys are filled), success!
I finally started to get some consistency! Though I ended up wasting 5 shots because the grind was now off by nearly 2 clicks. I was nearly at the sweet point before yet another mysterious drought struck inside the water tank. *doah!* There is always tomorrow...
Also, this got me thinking, if I dosed the crazy American way (make a sand castle and knock it down to a flat surface), I would be dosing at least 20g+ for a double! Does that sound right or do Americans go a little overboard with everything? :P
Trev
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