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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by noonar View Post
    No not serious, just attempting irony... fail. I use my watch to time pulls when I have a bean change, other than those occassions, I do what DBC wrote.
    Fair nuff mate, just call me thick.

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  • noonar
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    No not serious, just attempting irony... fail. I use my watch to time pulls when I have a bean change, other than those occassions, I do what DBC wrote.

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  • Yelta
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    Just that I'm wearing a watch with a sweep second hand now, exactly as I have done for the past 50+ years.

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  • Barry O'Speedwagon
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    Of course he isn't. He mean that the time piece can be worn in the pocket of your waistcoat.

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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by noonar View Post
    Someone should invent a small sweep hand time piece you can wear on your wrist.
    Are you serious Noonar?

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  • noonar
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    Someone should invent a small sweep hand time piece you can wear on your wrist.

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  • DesigningByCoffee
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    Originally posted by Pete39 View Post
    And if you have DBC's pallet, and use coffees roasted to a similar degree, no worries. Otherwise, your dose/grind/pour parameters might be different.
    Too true - but this will impact upon any timed/weighed method too
    Guess the lesson to be learnt is that one KISS principle is just different to the next guys!

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  • Pete39
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    And if you have DBC's pallet, and use coffees roasted to a similar degree, no worries. Otherwise, your dose/grind/pour parameters might be different.

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  • DesigningByCoffee
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    Grind to slightly overdose a triple basket. Slightly underdose a double. Tamp. Pour to blond.
    Change of beans - adjust the grind after the first 'trial' to get back to Step 1

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  • Barry O'Speedwagon
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    Originally posted by Yelta View Post
    Whatever works for ya Barry.
    It's a good thing that I just stop it when it starts blonding.

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  • gonzob
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    All good points above.

    The thing that set me on this path was that I had a "old calibrated PF" which I used to single dose the grinder, but when I switched to Volcan Galeras Supremo, the beans were much bigger, and so I had to recalibrate, and then I discovered that there was a lot of variation, and then I thought of a digital timer.....

    Gonzo

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  • blend52
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    Originally posted by Yelta View Post
    All well and good if you use beans of a similar type all the time, however if you set up/calibrate your measure using a medium grade bean like Monsoon Malabar, then attempt to measure a Yemen or Ethiopian Maragogype the weights will vary dramatically.
    Yep ! .. just as you would have to adjust the timers on the grinder...i would put another "bean calibration" on my tube.
    ..but i tend not to change beans very often anyway.

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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by Barry O'Speedwagon View Post
    I just count under my breath. And if I'm unhappy with the speed of the pour I count a bit faster or slower (sad, but true).
    Whatever works for ya Barry.

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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by blend52 View Post
    Initially i used scoops and scales, then a electronic "weigh spoon"..all well and good, until i noticed a plastic "test tube" of sweets that someone had given me.
    its about 15mm dia and 200mm long.
    After much "calibration" using the scales and my regular beans i now have a calibrated tube scoop that quickly gives me precisely the 20 gms needed by simply dipping into the beans and a light tap to settle..precise to within 2-3 beans ! and so much quicker/simpler than weighing.
    The small diameter is the key, minor variations in volume/weight are easily noticed by a significant change in fill level.
    All well and good if you use beans of a similar type all the time, however if you set up/calibrate your measure using a medium grade bean like Monsoon Malabar, then attempt to measure a Yemen or Ethiopian Maragogype the weights will vary dramatically.

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  • blend52
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    on a very similar note..
    i have several grinders, latterly timed doserless types, and the latest a very cleaver electronic touch pad display..yada, yada, yada grinder.
    But i dont like leaving beans in the hopper overnight, and infact i dont like the hopper much either, so i also single dose by weight, with no hopper at all.
    Initially i used scoops and scales, then a electronic "weigh spoon"..all well and good, until i noticed a plastic "test tube" of sweets that someone had given me.
    its about 15mm dia and 200mm long.
    After much "calibration" using the scales and my regular beans i now have a calibrated tube scoop that quickly gives me precisely the 20 gms needed by simply dipping into the beans and a light tap to settle..precise to within 2-3 beans ! and so much quicker/simpler than weighing.
    The small diameter is the key, minor variations in volume/weight are easily noticed by a significant change in fill level.
    Obviously all the cleaver timer grinder systems are now unnecessary.

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