Just received my Duo and am going through the manual. I won't have to worry about zeroing it for a while but before I attempt it I'll need to re-read it several times as it's a lot more involved than zeroing my Zero. What's a good setting to start with for dialing in a dose? I'm thinking around six?

@"thusband"#p50256 6 or 9…..or anything. You have a process to go through. By that I mean your current shot is just an indicator to the next one you pull. Are you seasoning the burrs at all? Pull your first shot at 6 and obviously time it. Then adjust up or down, until taste takes over. A lot depends on the beans. How old they are, how they have been roasted

I am finding a setting of 11 optimal for 15-16g doses. Anything 10 or lower is causing a choke for me, 13 or higher results in a gusher.

Depends on beans etc but med light I'm around 5-6 Once you find a happy number it's just a marker. Has no real relevance to anyone else just keeps you consistent

As Jake says… it’s just a marker. Zeroing won’t make any difference in the cup, what so ever. So, same here. Brand new, put about 2lb of Aldi finest beans to season it. I’m currently drinking a Nicaraguan coffee, medium roasted, on setting 6.5. On the Zero, it’s on setting 15.

Thanks all, I'll go with 7 as a marker and see what happens. On my Zero it was around 15 also (8 or 9 for my wife's decaf).

Initial setting for Niche Duo with espresso burrs?

james65477564

Tonight I discovered mine was definitely not zero from delivery. The optimum position was spot on but after adjusting zero I had to move the dial clockwise by 4 clicks, which makes my old 11 a 7. This seems to be more in line with others.

citynerd

james65477564 how did you discover this?

LMSC

Like Jake, I am around 4.5 to 5 for light to medium.

citynerd

LMSC I’m finding I have to go down to 3 or sub-3 for this light roast [1]. Do you think it might not be calibrated?

[1] https://royalmilecoffee.com/products/jawn-of-the-dead

thusband

This morning was my first attempt. My wife’s decaf at 6 was a brick, nothing got through. Hers at 10 and my regular at around 15 seems good. Just like my old Zero, everybody will have a different setting. I think I’m gonna like this.

skylark

Does it take long to change settings or is it simply a notch switch??

thusband

skylark Do you mean the grind setting? No, changing the grind size is simply rotating the big chrome ring.

skylark

So thats all there is to it, seems relatively simple.

Cuprajake

Really easy turn the silver hopper, even better now as the black ring has a lock screw you can’t accidentally adjust it like on a zero

thusband

Cuprajake I’m still not clear on the zeroing procedure but the Niche video is pretty clear. I’ll have to watch it a few more times when the time comes.

Cuprajake

You only need to zero if you swap the burrs edited to say if you ever remove the burr from its carrier to fit new mazzer or SSP etc

thusband

Cuprajake That’s pretty simple. Thanks!

DavecUK

Cuprajake By swap the burrs he means if you ever unscrew the burrs from the carriers and change them for SSP or new Mazzer ones.

thusband

DavecUK Right, got it. Thanks.

james65477564

citynerd My numbers didn’t correlate with what others were getting so that made me check. I then just followed the procedure in the manual.

LMSC

citynerd I have done 2 for Smith Street’s Gesha recently for 25s shot. I haven’t recalibrated.

oddbean

LMSC may I ask what basket and how many grams are you using? I have just came across a light roast and even at 2, I can barely get to 20s with 17g. Using IMS H24(16g) curved basket.

PianoMan

I’ve just got my Niche Duo, and swapped to my old. SSP HU. Using Union Roast Revelation. My first shots are at number 3 for 16g 28 seconds!😨 Not far off the chirp, and they’re aligned/calibrated. Perhaps it gets better. 😕

Cuprajake

PianoMan swapped to my old. SSP HU.

perhaps…

PianoMan

Cuprajake

That sounds like the bitter voice of experience. How’s your dealings with the Duo, so far. Any advice?