Izpresso J ultra

Trialanderror

Hi, I seem to be having to grind very close to finest given espresso setting with my bambino plus for a reasonable shot. Anybody else using this grinder, thanks. Seems like a great grinder but I would have expected to be more in the middle of the espresso range, thanks

Tal

Are your beans freshly roasted? I.e 1 to 2 weeks from roast date?

I found early on in my espresso journey that stale beans (supermarket bought without a roast date) mean you need to grind ever so fine to get a half reasonable shot

Trialanderror

Hi, yes good quality freshly roasted beans!

Tal

Is the grinder zeroed at zero?

Trialanderror

It is I’m at 1 full rotation and 6 clicks!

Dusk

I’m not sure about your specific grinder but I wouldn’t have thought 1 full rotation plus 6 clicks is that close to zero, it should still leave plenty of scope to go finer and easily choke your machine.

Trialanderror

Yes, thanks, checking this morning it’s actually 1 full rotation and 2 clicks. I could go finer but would then be in the Turkish coffee range on the advisory chart! Cheers

Adrianmsmith

The range on their chart is just for guidance and minimum guidance is one full turn in any case.

You mat not be properly zeros which in itself is not an issue

Just keep going finer until you dial in

The grinder is capable of going much finer than you will ever require!!

@Trialanderror

You will choke the machine much earlier than anything close to zero!!

Trialanderror

Thanks to all for the feedback !

Dusk

I go lower than the supposed espresso range on my Knock Aergrind but there are so many variables that it can only ever a rough guide. The types of beans, age, dose size etc will all affect how fine/coarse you need to grind.