I had long thought of, since getting the Evo, having a dedicated thread to share my coffee experience. The laziness got the better off me. I also didn’t have much recounting the journey stories like experienced folks like Dave, dfk41, Systemic, MRS, Jake and many more. Jake’s recording of his journey is beautiful. With the duo due to be delivered soon, it’s about time I take a leaf out of Jake’s and have a thread sharing the user experience of using the Duo the way it was originally meant to be and designed for. Swapping the burrs seem to be quick and easy. Can one really integrate it as a part of a daily routine? Or, would it become a faff over time - what ever may be the reason ? I make 3 espressos in the morning for 3 and at least a filter or two for self during the day. There may or may be any decaf espressos in the evening. I think users like self are perfect candidates for the duo. I have every intentions of swapping the burrs - there is no reason not to otherwise. It remains to be seen if I will enjoy using the dual burrs daily or get bored swapping daily after the honeymoon period - 3 months! I will post my views as I experience it. There will not be any reviews or comparisons for three reasons. 1) I can’t be asked, 2) Tom, I am sure, will do the honours as usual and 3) I can’t afford to buy :-) I do want to know how I will like the espresso (taste wise) from JX pro vs the duo. I mostly drink medium light / light. I take full 2 mins to grind 17g. One thing for sure is I won’t be missing the hand-grinding part! 😁 More later!

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cant wait for you to get hands on, its about time they hit the hands of more real world users, im sure you will love the grinder, im finding 6 to be a good starting point with beans for espresso and then 30-40 range with filter, which i dont drink alot of tbh,

@"Cuprajake"#p48288 Great shout. I will start at those ranges Jake.

Thx to @"dfk41"#4, grabbed a few KGs of cheap beans from Amazon for £30 to season the burrs sets. Supposed to be light / medium roasts [URL=https://i.imgur.com/on0KllQ.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/on0KllQ.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

think i ran about 500g through, got bored and just used it lol

@"LMSC"#p48290 Would be terrible if you tried drinking it snd enjoyed it!

I think Niche suggest this, but if you can, once unboxed, leave it to come to room temp which takes an hour or so. If you touch it, it will be freezing cold which is just a by product of the delivery system……enjoy matey!

@"dfk41"#p48297 Yeah! I saw their video. Thx mate.

> @"LMSC"#p48286 Swapping the burrs seem to be quick and easy. Can one really integrate it as a part of a daily routine? Or, would it become a faff over time - what ever may be the reason ? You will find that while waiting for the kettle to boil, you can swap the burrs, why not to get extra good filter as opposed to just using the espresso burrs.

@"DavecUK"#p48306 Indeed. No point in getting the filter burrs set otherwise. Let’s see how it goes over time 🤞

Coffee with Duo

LMSC

MediumRoastSteam I do think it does.

Their cleaning video suggest greasing lightly. Otherwise, it is sticky. The PTFE is ideal, but it doesn’t fit my use case 🤣

I wonder if food safe silicone spray would be a better alternative ? Does it work MRS?

MediumRoastSteam

LMSC

LMSC Does it work MRS?

No idea. I never used it.

Inspector

I use smear of coconut oil with my zero and it feels like hydraulic adjustment lol

LMSC

This should work!

Inspector

LMSC I used this product in the past, somehow made it worse. Don’t know why.

DavecUK

LMSC This should work!

I’ve a can of that, it is quite safe for the grinder threads.

Cuprajake

Ambersol?

LMSC

I have one, which isn’t food safe. I am not sure if Amersole is.

Cuprajake

Ambersil Food Grade Silicone Lubricant Fg Nsf H1 400ml https://amzn.eu/d/cpX6cFu

Used it with the evo

DavecUK

Cuprajake Ambersil Food Grade Silicone Lubricant Fg Nsf H1 400ml https://amzn.eu/d/cpX6cFu

Used it with the evo

Only thing is to be sure to put a paper towel inside the grinder, so you don’t spray it anywhere but the threads. Silicone can be a bit of a crema killer.

LMSC

Day 18 - A very busy day at work. Had pulled 3 espressos in the morning, swapped the burrs and made a filter of Crankhouse’s Colombia Yenni for breakfast.

LMSC

DavecUK I assume, this spray can’t be used instead of lubricating the piston seals with Molykote 111, given what have noted.

DavecUK

LMSC I assume, this spray can’t be used instead of lubricating the piston seals with Molykote 111, given what have noted.

Yes, you can, moly might cling better though

LMSC

Day 19 is another busy day at work. My daughter is here for a couple of days. So, pulled 4 espressos in the morning - 3 Foundry, and 1 Crankhouse Colombian Yenni.

Had a filter — Cartwheel Winton Benitez after lunch. Obviously, swapped the burrs before making a filter.

LMSC

DavecUK Not sure, if I want to use the silicone spray for piston seals. Might worth a try, though.

DavecUK

LMSC Not sure, if I want to use the silicone spray for piston seals. Might worth a try, though.

Moly is resistant to washout, you can get a similar loxeal which is PTFE fortified and clingy like Moly, but it’s too expensive.

LMSC

Day 20

Swapped to filter burrs for a morning coffee - Cartwheel Winton. It’s a lovely coffee.

Swapped to espresso burrs. Pulled 4 shots; 3 for the family; and, Crankhouse Kenyan Kaliluni AA Washed for self.

17.4g, cut the shot at 6.5 bars, #5 on the Duo and 38s shot time. Very nice coffee, which was like drinking currants juice.

LMSC

Day 21 is so for a light work on Evo. Just 2 shots for the morning followed by brewing Crankhouse Kenyan for 12% Kruve 400 at #17 on the filter burrs set. Can see myself brewing another filter for lunch before swapping for espresso burrs later tonight.

tompoland

LMSC #17 on the filter burrs set

I read you’ve been trying 17 and 31 on the dial for filter (I think).

Any discenerable differences you’ve noticed?

I’ve tried a range from 25 to 35 but haven’t detected any difference. That said, up until the last few days I’ve been changing the seep time too. Broke the number one rule of changing only one variable at a time.

LMSC

DavecUK I see. There is no point in spending more on these stuffs, when the Molykote job is usually twice a year on the piston head. :-)

DavecUK

LMSC I see. There is no point in spending more on these stuffs, when the Molykote job is usually twice a year on the piston head. :-)

Exactly….I know another brand of lever used to recommend a very expensive Loxeal product, but I think this was to compensate for the fact that the seals went bad quite rapidly and cost a lot to replace.

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