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Hi guys, just received an email from Niche informing me that the DUO has been dispatched and should be with me in 48 hours, can’t wait😀
Niche Duo two burrs set
Grinder’s arriving today between 11:00 & 13:00
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Funnily enough the current grinder is set at 6😀
Just made a couple of espressos with the Duo, took me about three goes to get the grind correct, I settled on grind setting 11, first impressions are very good, the coffee is much cleaner in the mouth than with my old grinder, fresher I’d say and even in milk (cortdado) the end of the drink was a good bit different, the old grinder produces a more muddy type of espresso a bit subdued with some flavours kind of running into others but the Duo seems to separate the flavours out.
Work flow is excellent and super easy to use and set up right out of the box.
Really pleased so far.
Definitely won’t be going back to the old grinder that’s for sure .
Tony
Twotone2 what was the old grinder?
it’s a la Cimbali Magnum with 73mm TIN burrs, I’ve had it for about four years, I ended up buying the same type of beans all of the time as I’ve never managed to get a decent coffee out of light roast beans so gave up on them but I’m going to try them again now I’ve got the Duo.
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Btw the Duo is really quiet compared to the La Cimbali, I make coffees for myself and my wife every morning and on the weekends she’s usually sleeping when I’m making the coffees but the old grinder would literally waken the dead so my wife will get peace when I’m making the coffee now with the Duo, actually can’t believe how quiet it is.
Here’s some photos of the Duo with my Elektra T1, apologies for the state of the Elektra
Twotone2 - what’s that on your tamper? Coffee grinds/fines, rust or something else?
If anyone wants the La Cimbali then just pay the postage and maybe make a donation to the running of the forum.
Tony
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Just made two coffees for breakfast, coffees were excellent but it must have taken me half the time to make them that I usually took with the old grinder.
I’m really impressed with the Duo really impressed I can’t believe how easy it is to use, absolutely worth every penny, Niche have totally nailed it, the old grinder is a decent grinder but it’s from another era certainly for home users it’s probably absolutely fine for churning out loads of coffees in a café environment but for a home environment the Duo is amazing. If I had a cafe I’d buy at least two Duos, one for espresso and the other for filter or decaf.
Tony
The Cimbali? Aye it’s about 600mm high and about 250mm wide at the bottom probably weighs about 15kg.
For medium to darker roasts chocolatey flavours … Is the Niche Duo a big step up from the Niche Zero? mainly for Milk based drinks.
drdre89 - there’s a lot more info on this thread. Below is my opinion on the Duo vs Zero. IMMV.
https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1605-niche-duo-83mm-flat/648
MediumRoastSteam great. Also what about the popcorning. Is that an issue on the duo? Since there is no disc like there is on the Zero.