Hopefully 30mm is deep enough?

Penance It reminds me a bit of this character:

(and you thought Clive Barker had invented pinhead? Hah! Same origin as an espresso!)

BTW - I’m joking. It doesn’t look too bad for ‘direct out of the grinder’.

    Penance Lucky you, that’s all I can say. I’m living “la vie en rose” with nary a hair on top…

      This is inside the Mazzer funnel after grinding just now, so there’s obviously static. It’s not a zero retention grinder of course but shows that static is inherently an issue to some degree.

      My Dad has the Mahlkönig x54 which has a similar chute to the Niche. He also gets some static after about a year of use, especially with filter grinds.

      i use a brush in my hopper

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      Of my mazzer

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        What’s the room temperature in the room where your Niche is? Cold = dry air = static. Warm = more moisture in air = less static. Static is usually worse by default at this time of year.

          -Mac I’d say it’s on the cooler side of freezing.

          Cuprajake

          I remember you doing a video showing SD with the Major. Do you remove the clump gate thing? That’s where most retention seems to be on mine.

          Yeah mines long gone

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          Static seems to be really bad just now, much worse than usual. I’m blaming the cold and friction from multiple layers of clothing to keep warm

          MediumRoastSteam That’s definitely an issue as the temps get colder. A humidifier goes a long way towards making static issues better. I get a reminder of this nearly every year when I forget to turn on the humidifier unit in our heating system. It’s remarkable how much better the house feels when the humidifier is on, and that goes beyond the coffee grinding issue.

            wilburpan funny old world.

            The humidifier is “on” 24/7 here in Queensland.

            Most Queenslanders would literally have never seen nor heard of a humidifier, only dehumidifiers 😀.

            4 months later

            3 hours into my Niche ownership and I have a couple of questions.

            Static - I think I read that they now say light RDT is ok? The static is not unbearable, but a lot more than I am used to. @DavecUK do you remember how much you put through this grinder? ie would I expect this to get better with another kg or 2?

            Grind setting - I was getting gushers until I ground at 0. Doing 15g/30g shots I got these timings

            20-10sec
            10-14sec
            5-16sec
            0-47sec

            I followed Dave’s video to clean (not that it needed it) and understand how to calibrate it. Using finger and thumb to move the metal collar clockwise, then did the black ring. It was finger tight, so dont think I over tightened it.

            It has the flow control disk fitted so it was hard to hold the burrs when I tightened the central bolt. Could I have not tightened that enough so the top burr is floating a bit too much? Or would that have been addressed in the calibration?

            With the above timings I am sure I will be able to dial in around 2-3 but that doesn’t give me much room to go finer, and just wondering what I have done wrong.

            Cheers.

              simonc You are no where near the touching point at 2-3, so don’t worry about it. “Calibration” is a very rough and ready method of pushing the burrs together, to get a really rough zero point….which if you think about it is right past the right rear hinge….then turning the collar back around 20 marks so the indicator is at zero. If it makes you feel better set the grind indicator ring at 8- 10 marks coarser than where you are now. 1 whole mark is about 4-6 seconds on/off the pour. So 2 or 3 should give you the right shot times

              you are a looong way from burr touching.

              If the coffee is ground really fine (sometimes you have to do that if it’s old), or with certain coffees, you will get more static. I use a wooden chopstick and run it around the inside of the grind cup in a circular motion, pressung up against the edge, this kills all the static. I wouldn’t recommend RDT personally.

              P.S. The chopstick is also useful to stick into the hole and down into the burrs to lock them when tightening the top bolt…instead of your finger. Wooden ones strongly recommended…I would have given you one of mine had I thought about it.