The Espresso Ledge

[Mister Moo]

A Speedster (yes!) and the biggest Pasquini grinder you and a friend can lift. Your future is bright. Apply as counsel to shale frak extractors.

I like it, but the Speedster always reminds me of some weirdo combination of a meat slicer with espresso parts slapped on it......

Originally Posted by Resipsa

I like it, but the Speedster always reminds me of some weirdo combination of a meat slicer with espresso parts slapped on it......

It is a little funky looking, isn't it?

I've got what I would consider to be the "bottom of the barrel" for grinders that will make my tastebuds happy - a Baratza Vario. I've found that even with different beans, when I have the grind dialed for the bean that's in the hopper, I never need to tweak the pre-set grind time more than 0.5 of a second to keep the amount that it spits out in the "sweet spot".

My issue is tamping - I'm happy with my results, but I have a little voice in the back of my head that asks if I am being truly consistent with my "30 pounds" or if I'm allowing that to drift. Maybe the "calibrated tamper" is a smaller ledge that I can jump off of?

[floydpink]

take a small bathroom scale and see what 30 pounds feels like pressing on the scale with your tamper and you'll pretty soon have it dialed in.

Personally, I like tamping lighter and grinding finer and would put my tamp at much less than 30lbs.

I've done the bathroom scale thing...I'm just wondering if I'm staying constant with my 30 pound tamp. I'm also a victim of upgradeitis, and those calibrated tampers are just plain cool.

Originally Posted by w squared

I've done the bathroom scale thing...I'm just wondering if I'm staying constant with my 30 pound tamp. I'm also a victim of upgradeitis, and those calibrated tampers are just plain cool.

I have the Espro Clicker tamper.

Yes, it's pricey. But, it removes one more variable from the equation, and I like using it.