I watched Scottie whatisface a couple of days ago doing his very helpful guide to using a Giotto. The tip on cleaning the machine with a blind filter is a great one and thats replaced my usual brush method.
However, his dosing routing of grinding till almost full than tapping twice to settle, followed by more grinding than tapping twice before levelling with one of his tools leaves the coffee quite high in my experience. I have one of his tools and Ive been following the routine and the coffee has been excellent. The level the coffee is at leaves just enough room for a Bogav tamper to sit flush with the top of the basket.
My issue is this, after pulling the portafilter out there is some water on top of the puck and a shallow imprint of the screen head. Does this mean I should be dosing less coffee or is this generally thought of as acceptable?
However, his dosing routing of grinding till almost full than tapping twice to settle, followed by more grinding than tapping twice before levelling with one of his tools leaves the coffee quite high in my experience. I have one of his tools and Ive been following the routine and the coffee has been excellent. The level the coffee is at leaves just enough room for a Bogav tamper to sit flush with the top of the basket.
My issue is this, after pulling the portafilter out there is some water on top of the puck and a shallow imprint of the screen head. Does this mean I should be dosing less coffee or is this generally thought of as acceptable?

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