Sorry for the vague, crappy thread title, but Im curious about certain things and I couldnt find a good direct answer on these things.
When it comes to double portafilter baskets, they range from sizes 14g, 18g and 21g; correct? Ive heard people state that the 18g synesso baskets are a great size and people can pull nice shots through them.
Ive worked with 21g baskets I believe, well actually, playing around with a gram scale, dosing and leveling it off, I got around 22-24g, but that could just be the scale playing up. In any case, why are there so and so variations?
If 18g works well, why doesnt every one use them? Im being a little intuitive when I think 14g baskets dont hold enough grind in them to obtain a shot with more flavour or crema then the bigger sized baskets. This could be totally wrong.
Another thought was, does the size of the basket effect the time of the extraction and blonding? For example, if I tamped the same pressure on a 14g, 18g and 21g respectively, would they all pull 60ml in the same amount of time and the only difference would be how quickly they finish extracting coffee from the puck and begin to blond?
There are still alot of things I dont fully understand on a certain level and thus the questions.
Thank you for any input!
When it comes to double portafilter baskets, they range from sizes 14g, 18g and 21g; correct? Ive heard people state that the 18g synesso baskets are a great size and people can pull nice shots through them.
Ive worked with 21g baskets I believe, well actually, playing around with a gram scale, dosing and leveling it off, I got around 22-24g, but that could just be the scale playing up. In any case, why are there so and so variations?
If 18g works well, why doesnt every one use them? Im being a little intuitive when I think 14g baskets dont hold enough grind in them to obtain a shot with more flavour or crema then the bigger sized baskets. This could be totally wrong.
Another thought was, does the size of the basket effect the time of the extraction and blonding? For example, if I tamped the same pressure on a 14g, 18g and 21g respectively, would they all pull 60ml in the same amount of time and the only difference would be how quickly they finish extracting coffee from the puck and begin to blond?
There are still alot of things I dont fully understand on a certain level and thus the questions.
Thank you for any input!

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