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Need a little guidance on grinding (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Morning Gentlepeople.

As a coffee newbie I am having some small issues while trying to improve my game. I have a Oracle Touch and subscrube to a local monthly coffee delivery, so my beans change weekly.

My issue is that the grind setting is incredibly different from bean to bean. With my last bag, grind 14 gave a perfect 1:2,5 ratio. With a different bean today, I had to discard two cups before learning that grind size 3 gave me the same ratio. 14 gave me 1:3,5 which tasted rubbish.

The problem is that I got channeling and very little crema.

I guess the questions are: do different beans require completely different ratios or am I doing something very wrong?
Should I accept a very high ratio to avoid channeling on certain beans?
Or should my timer be lower on certain beans?

Thanks in advance for any help and have a great cup this morning!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

constantly fidling with the grind

...is a necessary step on the way to great tasting coffee. You just have to decide if it's worth the effort for you. Those kind of super-auto machines are better suited to slightly darker roasts and just getting the same consistent beans every time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah I ended up returning it and picked up a Profitech Pro 600 and DF64 G2. It’s a different world to be honest