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  • Oonga
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    hmmmm i will think about it

    I cant put it up for sale on CS yet anyway LOL

    Finally got the grinder working properly for my machine

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  • Thundergod
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    Buy an Aeropress.
    That and the Iberital will take up very little room and weight.

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  • Oonga
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    hahahaha that is what Chris suggested as well.

    I will try and sell it but if nothing comes of it i wont stress I guess.

    Because really i cant see us lugging a machine around on holidays LOL

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  • Thundergod
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    Or keep the Iberital for taking on holidays.

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  • Oonga
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    Thank you to everyone for their input with this grinder thread

    we now have the M4D machine that my partner used at the training session *YAY*

    first thing Chris said was "didnt take you long to come back" :P

    Funny thing is when KK wrote that next time we go to see Chris ..... I remember thinking hmmmmm fancy KK just assuming that we will be back, : ;D

    So now it will be a case of selling the Iberital.

    I am going to make a coffee soon and I cant wait ;D

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  • Oonga
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    Thanks for that KK

    sounds like a really great machine!!!!

    My partner said he noticed it wasnt all that messy either when he used it

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  • Koffee_Kosmo
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    KK do you find your machine leaves much of a mess??

    by mess i dont mean ground coffee around the machine, I mean ground coffee flying off and spitting a metre away?

    That is one reason i want to try the dosered version.
    A quick answer is no it does not disperse coffee all over the place it is very clean and easy to live with


    Have a look at this discussion thread
    http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1213487719

    Also have a look at this video to see how clean the design works
    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2JX_oky-o

    KK

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  • Oonga
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    hahahhaha yes i havent stopped hearing about what a different class of machine they are :

    KK do you find your machine leaves much of a mess??

    by mess i dont mean ground coffee around the machine, I mean ground coffee flying off and spitting a metre away?

    That is one reason i want to try the dosered version.

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  • Koffee_Kosmo
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    Just a quick note of clarification here. Oongas partner trained on a silver stepped version of the M4D. These are pretty scarce these days as most people prefer the bling of the chrome micrometric version. In this grinder, I actually like the stepped version more

    Chris
    Oonga
    That is the one I have apparently they are scarce as hens teeth as Chris has already noted
    I love it and I dont have a bad word to say about it as it has served me faithfully

    However back to the stepless answer, the Iberital grinder has a very fine adjusting thread size that is the reason why you require many many turns to see any results

    Whereas the Macap has its adjustment on the large ring collar with a larger thread (less turns needed) just under the bean hopper and easier to adjust than the Iberital
    I believe Chris can confirm this when you see him on your next visit

    They are a different class of machine

    KK

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  • Oonga
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    Thanks Mal,
    off to read now

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  • Oonga
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    Greg,

    yes well i just happened to find some old supermarket beans that are at least about a month old as in that is how long i have had them LOL
    they were so bland there was no taste to it really!! I cant believe that those beans used to taste ok in my pre coffee snob days, now they are like not drinking coffee!!!
    i hate to sound like my mother who is a turkish coffee addict but it was like dirty water so to speak.

    in regards to the practice i meant getting used to how much difference it will make to the grind depending on how much i wind it either way for coarseness or fineness.
    But i guess you make a valid point that really it will be a case of different beans and roasts having different needs.

    It was weird when we did our little course, we noticed with our grinder that although i was twisting towards finer the grind started to get coarser after a few twists LOL Even Chris asked me which way i was grinding LOL then after another 2 full twists it went finer again, so i guess that is what i meant by getting to know my grinder and its quirks

    Which Macap do you have?


    oh and i forgot to add that i got an email at almost 5pm to say my beans have been shipped 8-)

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  • Dimal
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    Theres some great info on how to get the best out of your machine and grinder here "Oonga"...
    http://www.home-barista.com/espresso-guide.html

    Well worth your time to read and implement.....

    Cheers,
    Mal.

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  • GregWormald
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    Im afraid the supermarket beans will be a waste. They will be stale and will grind differently to fresh beans--and no matter what you do the coffee will be sub-par.

    The grind for each bean batch will be different, and will also vary due to the age of the beans, the humidity, and the temperature, (and the way you hold your tongue!), so there are no hard and fast answers. A little experimenting will soon have you in the right ballpark.

    On my Macap the usual max-min range is only about 4 rotations of the winder, so I am rarely far enough out to have to discard a shot as undrinkable. And I have about 3 different coffees on the go at any one time!

    Greg

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  • Oonga
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    i am so very unsure of how far to go with my knob lol
    i was turning it a small amount and it was not making any difference
    i have since realised i have to turn it like 1 or 2 full turns to make much difference

    but just then i found the grind was too fine so i wanted to make it coarser and i only turned it a little bit, and it made no difference. I was scared to use the coffee because i dont have that much left and it doesnt seem like the payment will clear to get my coffee from beanbay LOL

    actually might be a good idea to get some supermarket beans to waste on working out how much i need to twist to get different grinds LOL

    Thanks for all that information

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  • TC
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    Originally posted by JavaB link=1231235094/0#12 date=1231392008
    Yep, a grinder where you rotate a know to vary the grind size is stepless.....

    The upside is you can adjust the grind as finely as you like....
    The downside is if you want to change from plunger grind to espresso.... you need LOTS of turns....

    A stepped grinder on the other hand is quickly turned to one if its pre-set steps.... and as long as these are close together.... they are generally capable of sufficiently fine adjustment (always the case with expensive stepped grinders)...

    The M4D is also stepless..... but uses a different locking method... (not the worm drive like the Iberital)..... which is better?..... well depends how finely you want your adjustment.... and how often you want to make massive changes..... I like the Iberital worm drive - espresso only - and thats what I have on my DRM flat/conical commercial grinder.
    Just a quick note of clarification here. Oongas partner trained on a silver stepped version of the M4D. These are pretty scarce these days as most people prefer the bling of the chrome micrometric version. In this grinder, I actually like the stepped version more

    Chris

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