Re: Cona frustrations
Ok so now Ive discovered the glass rod works well with a grind just a little coarser than for espresso, and NOT the very coarse grind I was using before. I just assumed that if it was clogging up, the grind was too fine...
There must be some dusty stuff getting into the grind when I was doing the coarse grind which was clogging the filter... if that makes sense.
weird but solved!
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Cona frustrations
Collapse
X
-
Re: Cona frustrations
i find that the longer u brew a siphon and the hotter the upper chamber becomes, the narder it is for the water to come back down.
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Re: Cona frustrations
Have you tried sieving the fines out from the ground coffee?
Cheers,
Luca
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Re: Cona frustrations
Havent had a problem with my Cona, I use a grind of about 14 on my EM0480 with espresso being set at around 9 to 10.
It should suck the water back through via vacuum effect - remove from any hotplate or ring burning support to a cool area to help speed this process or it WILL take a long time.
You should find the grounds fairly dry; if you lift the rod and find they stick to it a bit then youre doing ok.
Cheers - boingk
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Re: Cona frustrations
Thanks guys,
Looks like Id better go back to the cloth filter...Shame though, I liked the idea of glass
Cheers Dave
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Re: Cona frustrations
You can use a cloth filter in your syphon. I found the glass filters just necessitated too coarse a grind for my liking.
The spring metal/cloth filters we sell can be made to fit most syphons. For larger syphons you can stretch the spring to make it fit.
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Guest repliedRe: Cona frustrations
Hehehe, I feel your pain. My Cona makes me very nervous, I usually hide around the corner whilst its on the draw down. :-[
FWIW, Ive found circular stirring before the draw down makes the clog factor worse - so I just kinda mash the crust up a bit with the paddle, rather than stirring it. Not sure if thats much help. :
- Flag
Leave a comment:
-
Cona frustrations
Hi All
Just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using a glass rod filter in a Cona syphon? Im grinding as coarse as my Sunbeam emo480 will allow and still the coffee is getting stuck in the top chamber after I remove the heat...Can only assume its getting clogged?
DaveTags: None
- Flag

Leave a comment: