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I have been using my EM6910 for over a month now and I feel as though im not getting the best out of it. I had recently purchased the grinder and although this had improved the taste by more than 100%, I feel as though I cant get the grind fine enough.
The problem I have is when I set the grind to the finest setting and tamp it down with considerable force, I barely get the pressure guage to hit the yellow marking. This is when I use the two cup basket(not the dual wall). In most cases the pour begins halfway before it gets to the yellow marking but slowly creeps there eventually. I would say the pour takes about 10-15 seconds.
This has been the case even when using 3 different beans. So far the best beans I have had are the Gravity, Lavazza and Grinders. Yes I know these are supermarket specials and most probably stale beans, but they still taste much better than ground coffee packs that I was using before I had the grinder.
I wanted to experiment with the single cup basket (not the dual wall one) because I read somewhere on here that the extraction is better. Well it is true because the pressure guage went beyond the yellow marking and almost into the red. The pour lasted much longer and looked so much creamier and but unfortunately there was some leakage around the group handle. It did taste better but another downfall was the coffee ended up all over the group head and not in the basket after the pour. :-[.
Now just a couple of questions;
Is my grinder no good, I know not every EM0480 grinds the same ??
Have my seals busted because there is some leakage whenever there is more pressure ??
Is this all because I am using supermarket crap beans ??
Thanks
Ken
I have been using my EM6910 for over a month now and I feel as though im not getting the best out of it. I had recently purchased the grinder and although this had improved the taste by more than 100%, I feel as though I cant get the grind fine enough.
The problem I have is when I set the grind to the finest setting and tamp it down with considerable force, I barely get the pressure guage to hit the yellow marking. This is when I use the two cup basket(not the dual wall). In most cases the pour begins halfway before it gets to the yellow marking but slowly creeps there eventually. I would say the pour takes about 10-15 seconds.
This has been the case even when using 3 different beans. So far the best beans I have had are the Gravity, Lavazza and Grinders. Yes I know these are supermarket specials and most probably stale beans, but they still taste much better than ground coffee packs that I was using before I had the grinder.
I wanted to experiment with the single cup basket (not the dual wall one) because I read somewhere on here that the extraction is better. Well it is true because the pressure guage went beyond the yellow marking and almost into the red. The pour lasted much longer and looked so much creamier and but unfortunately there was some leakage around the group handle. It did taste better but another downfall was the coffee ended up all over the group head and not in the basket after the pour. :-[.
Now just a couple of questions;
Is my grinder no good, I know not every EM0480 grinds the same ??
Have my seals busted because there is some leakage whenever there is more pressure ??
Is this all because I am using supermarket crap beans ??
Thanks
Ken


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