As much as I do love my Solo / DF64, I have to admit that the mess from the bellows is starting to grate. It never really did before, but it has been 3 years now.
Hmmmmm
As much as I do love my Solo / DF64, I have to admit that the mess from the bellows is starting to grate. It never really did before, but it has been 3 years now.
Hmmmmm
dutchy101 - I think that’s the strong point of the Niche: no static, no bellows, no fuzz. It just works. And if you now want a flat burr… the Duo is an option. Expensive when compared to the Zero, but might be worthwhile considering.
Saying that… I do wonder whether the new DF64v is as messy as the df64.
Yeah - decisions, decisions. I’m still very much enjoying my Solo, but at some point, I think I will want a change. I’m over 3 years in with the Solo now, which is my 2nd grinder after a Sage Smart Grinder Pro that I had paired with my first ever machine (Sage Bambino Plus).
I think I need to try the Niche Zero or another conical grinder at some point to see whether the profile from a conical would be better for my tastes. I am not sure it would be, but only ever using a Sage SGP at home is not really the best test case..
I think if you are used to a flat then the conical can sometimes come across as muddled
But depends on what you drink
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A good used Zero from a forum member will be around £300 to £350 now…..
dutchy101 - where are you based?
MediumRoastSteam North-West London, mate
Yeah, just notice the fine coffee particles up the side and underneath my machine . It’s a great grinder but a little messy
Little update on burrs. I have the SSP Brew Burrs (Red) as they are called and they do fit fine in the Niche. Grinding is a little slower with these filter burrs. Not by much though….perhaps 10% slower.
The SSP burrs come marked top and bottom, key takeaways are:
Taste wise it’s a bit early to tell, my first brew has a little bitterness, simply because I forgot to allow for the total difference of around 41 micron in height (both burrs combined), hence my grind for brew was finer and the drawdown time longer. This would account for the bitterness. Grind quality (visually) looked very good from the SSPs.
I’ll keep you informed.
It’s interesting to know the difference in sizes between what are in theory the same size burrs
tompoland super interesting tx for the update. Was the swapping of the burrs straightforward? Is alignment taken care of with the carriers?
In terms of radial alignment it’s a little tricky as they are looser in the carriers, as for other alignment (axial), I have not thoroughly checked yet. It should be fine as the SSP burrs are accurate all around the periphery, as are the Mazzer burrs.
DavecUK Given design of the carrier, looks like someone (cleverer and more skilled than me!) Could design and 3D print a centering cone a bit like you have for the base on a router.
Like a spigot ring for a car wheel
3 bits of tin foil round the edge haha
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@Cuprajake curious to know, how does the Niche Zero and Duo compare when pulled through the ACS Leva?
In terms of taste the duo has more clarity to the shot, so better separation of flavours.
Not to say the zero produces bad shots, and I think if that was all you knew you would be happy with it. The 83mm burrs in the major/duo just bring more to the table. They give more of the beans character
Visually they both pull and hold together well, where are the SSP look like $hit 🤣
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JWSG A bit like any flat compared to a conical. I am a Duo tester. I deliberately have not put them together to do side by side comparisons because they are very different. You get used to something quite quickly. With the Duo when drinking non milk based even I can get a wider, cleaner range of flavours. But, I prefer darker roasted beans so when I switch back to the Zero, I detect a different profile immediately. I do not necessarily go down the road with flats are more suited to lighter roasts and conicals darker but the 2 grinders do produce different profiles. That said, with taste buds like mine who really knows!