Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

[bettz]

Air tight jar for short term (daily) and vacuum for long term (excess from a large bag)

Any recommendations?

I've seen atmos are a good brand and airscape

 

[peterwalkley]

Any recommendations?

I've seen atmos are a good brand and airscape

James Hoffman did a review of various storage options:

The Best Coffee Storage Canister

I remain pretty surprised about the tasting, and the differences not being particularly pronounced. Below are the links to the canisters and containers teste...

www.youtube.com

 

[Junglist]

wrong thread

 

[Raymond Lin]

Any recommendations?

I've seen atmos are a good brand and airscape

I have a Fellows one for the vacuum jar and a really old jar from Starbucks for daily. You can get it from any kitchen store that it’s labelled for sugar or tea. Just with a rubber seal.

 

[Street]

I had a bit of a mishap with my Mignon last week when it seemed to seize up completely and stop grinding. I've had it about 5 years and have never cleaned it properly before so stripped it down and gave it a good clean out all seemed well with the burrs spinning free again. However, it now won't grind fine enough for espresso. If I adjust it, the burrs start to touch but it still isn't fine enough. Has anyone else managed to align the burrs on a Mignon before? Is there a bit of a knack for it or something? I've spent hours with it now but just can't get them to adjust properly without making contact and am starting to lose my mind.

 

[Siliconslave]

There's a chance they have been knocked out of wack slightly when they seized (were you adjusting without the grinder running by any chance?)

There are several guides on aligning the burrs around on the internet but essentially your using marker pens to note where the burrs are aligned then putting a thin line on the cutting surface of the static burr to see if an area is hitting first, you can then shim the opposite side(s) of the burr to try and flatten it out.

Its a bit fiddly but not too hard - this guide isn't too bad (although may not be exactly the same for your version it'll be similar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3PgeQ6ewY

 

[Street]

There's a chance they have been knocked out of wack slightly when they seized (were you adjusting without the grinder running by any chance?)

Nope, it was mid way through grinding a load of beans and it just seized up. I've seen that video already and have been trying the foil method, it's just so tedious and after a couple hours it still isn't shimmed properly. I guess I just need a bit more patience..

 

[jpaul]

when I replaced burrs on rocky I had to re-seat them once before they ran true ... no shims,
but, I think I had not sequentially/uniformly tightened the 3 screws, first time round, such that burrs were slightly off centre;
I was on the verge of sending new ones back as defective.

 

[Street]

Panic over. A bit more faffing around when I was less tired and frustrated and I've got it back to grinding properly. That was far more effort than I'd like to admit and it turns out I got it working without having to shim it with foil at all.

 

[DarkShadow]

I was walking past a roastery whilst I was in Germany a few weeks back and decided to pick up a few bags and set up a tasting session.

Didn't quiet get enough time to dial in espresso but boy was it AMAZING.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Just ordered a Hario Switch Brewer...best all-rounder combining a steep and filter all-on-one?

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

Noob here
Hi guys,
Recently delved into real coffee and bought a Sage Bambino. There's a nice indy roaster in town I've been getting fresh ground coffee from, but to get any crema I'm having to use the double walled basket suggesting it's not ground fine enough. Now I know I could just ask them to go finer... But it makes more sense I think to buy my own grinder.
So naturally I have been looking at the Sage Smart Grinder Pro, I'd just like to check this is a half decent idea though as opposed to selling the Bambino and buying a Barista Express... I talked myself out of the BE though due to the grinder supposedly letting it down a little.

 

[Siliconslave]

Just ordered a Hario Switch Brewer...best all-rounder combining a steep and filter all-on-one?

that or the clever dripper, I got given a fortnum and mason hamper with a load of coffee recently and been running it through the clever, I do like the immersion methods with a filter & the hario switch seems a good option

So naturally I have been looking at the Sage Smart Grinder Pro, I'd just like to check this is a half decent idea though as opposed to selling the Bambino and buying a Barista Express... I talked myself out of the BE though due to the grinder supposedly letting it down a little.

you'll get a much better grinder going separate, the smart is OK, good design from a user point of view and a good price. Might be worth looking at the Eureka Mignon Manuale, less features and a bit more, but a much better burr and less plastic overall.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I do have a Clever, somewhere, I can't find it though!

 

[Begbie]

My clever dripper broke after about a year.

 

[Raymond Lin]

My clever dripper broke after about a year.

I'll report back the Hario's build quality, from what I can see it has a metal thing inside, glass funnel and a rubber/plastic casing. It's quite a new thing on the market and last I check you can only import it from Japan/Korea, only bought one now because I can see it being sold on Amazon EU.

 

[Siliconslave]

My clever dripper broke after about a year.

just checked and mine is 10 years old! The seal leaks a little sometimes so was thinking about replacing it, hope the new ones aren't cheaply made - the Hario is quite a lot more but will wait @Raymond Lin 's report

 

[Begbie]

just checked and mine is 10 years old! The seal leaks a little sometimes so was thinking about replacing it, hope the new ones aren't cheaply made - the Hario is quite a lot more but will wait @Raymond Lin 's report

Mines physicsally snapped iirc, been years now.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Got it today, photo comparing to my V60 (01). I picked up the 02 version of the Switch Brewer so it's a little larger. 03 would be huge for 1 person and probably not large enough for 2 mugs.

01 paper fits about a cm below the rim of the Switch.

It's cool that it can also fit on the V60 jug.

The Switch bit underneath. Essentially just 1 piece L-shape of plastic, going through a hole in the rubber. There is a ball bearing inside the funnel.

Which means the seal is created by a stainless ball bearing and rubber. There is no rubber gasket and the total area of seal is quite a small one, the weight of the ball bearing itself is enough to create a seal.

I haven't looked too much into how to use this, i guess there are various methods but seeing I couldn't get all the way to the rim I put in 75ml first for the bloom, eject that, then seal and put in another 175ml to get 250ml total.

I also use the 02 papers that it came with (pack of 20), cool to see some water outside the paper. behind the glass.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I want to say the unit is solid, not much to go wrong, the moving part should last forever, unless you manage to break the plastic bit somehow. Makes a very nice cup of coffee I must say. It makes the already fool proof V60 to now idiot proof.