Fellow Ode 2 with stock burrs ... is mine weird? Low grind settings

brabzzz

Not had it long and it’s for V60 duty. Burrs should be standard gen 2, not SSP.

Recipe is Hoffman’s 1-cup which should take about 3 mins.

I calibrated to a faint chirp at setting 1.

At ‘1.9’ the one-cup Hoffman with various medium roasts draws down at 2m40.

That means i only have one setting (1.3) between where i am now and the chirp. Seems ridiculous to be right near the end of the range, especially as the grinder itself claims pour over should be around 4-6.

Is it just me/mine, or is this a thing?

MWJB

How are you setting it to 1.9? Isn’t there just 2 notches between each whole integer (1.00, 1.33, 1.67, 2.00)?

Not sure how you’re getting the coffee to draw down consistently at 2:40, I’d expect some variation (+/-15-20s?).

If the coffee is consistently weak & tangy, you could try spacing out the pours to 40s intervals rather than 20s?

A video might be helpful.

brabzzz

MWJB Thanks for your reply, chaotic week here, forgot to check back.

Yeah, my bad, i meant 1.67. No idea how i was getting it to be consistent (well, give or take 10 seconds) but it was always that sort of time.

I upped the weights by 20% whilst keeping the ratio the same, loosened the grind to 3 and it comes in at 3 minutes now. i guess the 3 is stuck in my mid because that’s what the video said, and i’ve now hit despite tweaking the recipe…and it tastes good and makes for a fuller mug.

Will try the 40s intervals and some other variants just for the sake of experimentation 👍

Thanks :)

MWJB

Looking back, I made a few 200g brew water brews with Hoffmann’s 1 cup method, all fell 2:30 to 2:46 dry bed, even the over-extracted ones.

GaryGorilla

brabzzz I have just got an Ode 2. Are you still using setting 3 for the hoffmann better cup v60 method?

FadedFrontiers

GaryGorilla 3 is a good starting point, depending on beans you may need to tweak either side (I’ve gone up to 5 on a recent bag and got good results).