Niche Zero Grind Size

Goodfella

Hi,

I have had my Niche coming up 2 years and I seem to have to be grinding finer and finer as it ages. Where I was at 18 - 20 I am down to 9 or 10 now.

It seems to drop after I have cleaned the grinder. My calibration technique may be at fault but I reckon I am doing it correct.

Has anyone else noticed this reduction on their Niche?

Cheers

Ross

dfk41

Goodfella Have you used the same bean for the duration? If not, how do you know it is not just bean variety?

Goodfella

dfk41 I use the same 3 or 4 beans so have a decent idea of where they were, but even then they could differ I suppose.

MediumRoastSteam no I double checked the calibration as it needed to go down so much and it line up perfectly.

My only concern really is that in time I end up all the way down to the finest.

MediumRoastSteam

And I take you have not inadvertently touched the adjustment ring? Has it never happened when you cleaned the grinder at other times?

Did you try to calibrate after the clean (i.e.: have you touched the adjustment collar)? If you have, then the point is moot - you should not need to calibrate every time you clean it.

MediumRoastSteam

Goodfella - There are some threads here which report that, due to weather, grind size had to be changed considerably. A few people reported that, including myself. Now, I don’t remember where I wrote that. I’ll update here if I find anything!

Update:

https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1907-are-you-currently-finding-big-swings-in-your-grind-settings
https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1896-grinder-setting-swing/24

Might be related.