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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.
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.
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!
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
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.....
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.
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.
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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