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I’ll PM you. Happy to set up a time for a FaceTime or WhatsAp chat. It will take too much keying time to address all. Bottom line: my initial NZ teething pains are receding and I am enjoying the grinder. I am still testing and tweaking, but I am confident that I will get there. This is a Titan class grinder for a very reasonable price. Stick with it!

    It’s a brand new grinder. The burrs need to be seasoned. Till then you will get static.

    It was designed to dose into the cup.

    Use the cup it’s about 15 seconds longer tipping the cup into your pf.

    The specilita used to clog around the clump breaker when I had one.

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    I know you’re not allowed to say anything negative about a Niche but perhaps it’s just not right for you.

    Seems a shame to have to change your workflow or find little hacks to make it work.

    Until the burrs are properly seasoned, you are not going to get the best out of any grinder! Sure, there are many thousands of people who love their Niche and some people who do not get on with it. Nothing is perfect but at the price point arguably there is nothing close to it. Persevere matey, give it a chance and in a few months if you are still not happy, no one can say that you have not tried!

    https://www.suddencardiacarrestuk.org/2024/02/thank-goodness-for-madeira-cake/

    its just newness.

    its also bean depenedant, i have an awful bean atm it sticks in both my grinder,

    they do need to be seasoned, dont forget there mazzer burrs from a commercial grinder designed to do thousands of shots,

    fwiw ive never had much luck dosing right into the pf, too clumsy for that lol

    im happy to swap my highly used - well seasoned niche for your shiney new one 😜

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    Thanks everyone, i will persevere and hope the static reduces. I am going to keep trying with the PF as that my usual workflow.
    When i make a shot later i will get some pictures, just to give context of what i am seeing.

      i know the decent pf stand can be fitted to the niche, but it wont fit my pf anyways

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      Penance FWIW, I recently upgraded the burrs on my Ceado to Ceado’s own ‘opalglide’ ones - static and clumping went right up. I had the grinder stall a few times on a bean that the old, uncoated burrs were grinding with ease because of clumping and static within the grinder

      I assure you that the chamber is normally very clean. This completely blocked the grinder!

        Yeah same experience with new burrs here. I wasn’t getting the best results out of the Mazzer with new burrs for probably 10kg. Probably doesn’t take that much but mine definitely improved.

        yep - ps do you not have a dosing funnel imo its a must if dosing to the pf

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          Cuprajake Thats with dosing funnel.

          So that all looks ok and im being a bit of an idiot….

              id use the cup till the static dies down bud, less mess

              nothing to worry about,

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              Penance Not very, about 10mm. I have a taller one on order.

              From my own experience of 3 years dosing into a porta filter directly, you’ll need a funnel that’s at least 3cm tall above the basket. Anything less than that will be messy.

              This is the one I’m currently using:

              Works well.

              There are ones which are magnetic. This particular one is not.