I have a sunbeam 480 grinder, only a few days old. I find that the pour is too quick from my ikon, a 25second pour will produce around 120 ml of brew (with the pressurised baskets).
My tamp is physically too small, by around 4mm, and suspect that may be part of the problem (but is being replaced as soon as I get non pressurised baskets). I am compensating by spending a lot of time tamping, with a lot of pressure and multiple times to simulate a better fit.
I think the grind is too coarse, even on the finest setting of the sunbeam em0480, but because I am new to grinding, I cant be sure, i have nothing to compare with.
If I pinch some of the coffee between my fingers, it feels somewhere between fine sand and sugar. What should it feel like? I dont have any preground to compare with and havent really taken notice in the past.
I phoned sunbeam and they are sending me some spacers, I assume to raise the bottom bur?
Where to from here? do you think there is something else playing a part and causing a fast flow? I have no experience with pressurised baskets, but would have assumed that would cause a slower flow if anything? Is the extra tamping causing a non obvious problem and contributing to the fast flow?
thanks.
My tamp is physically too small, by around 4mm, and suspect that may be part of the problem (but is being replaced as soon as I get non pressurised baskets). I am compensating by spending a lot of time tamping, with a lot of pressure and multiple times to simulate a better fit.
I think the grind is too coarse, even on the finest setting of the sunbeam em0480, but because I am new to grinding, I cant be sure, i have nothing to compare with.
If I pinch some of the coffee between my fingers, it feels somewhere between fine sand and sugar. What should it feel like? I dont have any preground to compare with and havent really taken notice in the past.
I phoned sunbeam and they are sending me some spacers, I assume to raise the bottom bur?
Where to from here? do you think there is something else playing a part and causing a fast flow? I have no experience with pressurised baskets, but would have assumed that would cause a slower flow if anything? Is the extra tamping causing a non obvious problem and contributing to the fast flow?
thanks.



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