Eureka Mythos....the long awaited thread

thewelshvet

Enjoy!! A Mythos has always been something I’ve listed after over the years, but never quite found one at the right price/distance/condition to go for it. Size obviously also matters!! It’s always been an itch I’d like to scratch one day. Looking forward to hearing of your experience with it and if it lives up to the memories of when you last owned one.

dfk41

thewelshvet Wwhen I moved to my bungalow in 2018 I was still working. That meant that I could buy, own, sell my coffee gear as I always had. I bought a brand new Mythos Clima Pro through a dealer and disliked it immediately. The machine had a fan that turned on whenever you switched the power on ad was quite loud. In a cafe environment this would not be noticeable. The CP also had a much slower spin speed and I always thought the taste it produced, although good, was inferior to the original model. I also find it interestting that they still continue to make the original faster spin.

I have my saddle ready for Friday!I wonder if this is the start of a trend away from single dosing, with all its benefits. On the whole, cafes shy away from single dosing unless it is a speciality coffee but the domestic market has largely driven the coffee revolution of recent times. Happy days!

MattH

Wow that is a beast…. Don’t think i would ever have the space to hide one of those :)

dfk41

For context, on the right was an HG One, then a Londinium L1, then the Mythos and lastly a Compak K8 or K10. I had both at the same time but suspect since there is only one in the picture it is the K10 conical. A couple of more photos. The first grinder actually dwarfed the Mythos! Does anyone know what it is?

And just another non relevant photo that I like

Systemic

Giphy - Announcing Bill Murray GIF

The Mythos became a cult grinder back in the days when everyone had a Mazzer Mini or a modded Major.

Systemic

If my memory serves they went for around £700 - £750? Marks and Spencer equipped its cafes with them and moved them on when they were still pretty new making them a favourite on the used grinder market.

dfk41

I knew I had a photo of my Clima Pro somewhere!

Systemic

Clima Pro was overkill in domestic setting. It’s raison d’etre was to deal with grind drift in a commercial setting throughout the day which isn’t a problem in a home setting.

John_Yossarian

Congratulations on your new purchase of a loyal Mythos. What you mentioned about the reproducibility is very true. I have done tests and the difference over 4 seconds has always been 0.1-0.2 g.
I have modified mine removing the bulky hopper and replaced it with custom made one that could take up to 6 doses at once. I have made a weight that fits the profile of the mini hopper so it is always under the same weight.
A few years back I replaced the burrs with original Nuova Simonelli titanium burrs so I believe it has another, at least, ten years in it, if not more.
I love it so much that even tempting Niche Zero or Duo offers did not make me going for them.
Call me old fashioned but the built quality and the power of the beast are very impressive.
Enjoy!

Jason1wood

John_Yossarian John, any pics of your mods you’ve done? Sounds interesting. 👌

dfk41

At the back of my mind was the question, have I fallen for a Facebook Marketplace scammer! Then at 9pm I received a note from DX Couriers informing me they had collected the package and who they had collected it from, for delivery on Friday. Not long to wait now!

The chrome grinder in the black and white photo was an Elektra Nino. I bought it along with a Vesuvius from a car dealer in the Lake District in about 2015 called Slas 111. The Nino was both enormous and retained grinds like a good ’un! It was a 68mm conical that had a 500 rpm spin speed. I sold it to someone who bought and sold that I fell out with in the aftermath of the demise of cfuk and the Vesuvius was sold to another name from the past from cfuk, MrBoots2U……

John_Yossarian

Jason1wood I did mine some time ago and it is very basic. In a nutshell: I cut a bottle of milk from Aldi, the upper part and managed to fit it in the inlet. I used some kitchen roll with selotape to make it fit well. From another bottle, i cut the upper part near the opening and stuck it with an empty can of some sort. Filled the can with plaster and added a piece of metal to be able to pull it out. My wife insisted to put something on it for aesthetic reason and she was right. Please, see the pictures below. I am planning to redo it when I find time as sometime the can might get stuck and would not move downwards. This is not a problem as the beans still enter the inlet. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.

dfk41

Well, I paid for a 48 hour service which would be tomorrow but have ust had this drop in to my emails…….

In addition, I ordered one of these yesterday as well as a metal clump crusher which I seem to recall was vital. @Jason1wood has the same hopper. They are 1/3rd the price of the correct small hopper but look the same. Jason assures me that they do not fit quite properly with a little overhang but the saving was too great!

Jason1wood

Defo clump crusher David. Makes a massive difference as you’ll remember

dfk41

It has arrived! I have never seen such a well packaged item before. The only problem is I have hand scooped out a full bin bag of those polystyrene pieces yet it is wedged in so tightly I cannot get the grunt to lift it out from the box! My son is going to call in on the way hope and do it for me!

dfk41

Right, unpacked and on bench. it is in lovely condition having been cleaned thoroughly before being put away. But, there is a small issue to sort out. Dropping beans straight into the throat and by passing the hopper, everything works and the motor makes a nice noise but the coffee does not come out! The dial to adjust the grinds is loose, so me thinks whoever cleaned it to put it away has not tightened something up.

My technical knowledge stops there….LOL. I will do some reading and try to get an understanding of what the issue might be. I am guessing if I am lucky then there might be a blockage in the exit chute. If not (there are no un normal sounds) then the burrs might not be in properly. We will continue and try to find out!

Cuprajake

theres still lots of these fs on ebay,

they are monsters, is that a pic at the side of a major? i did rate my major and found once modded for single dosing it was really consistent

dfk41

Cuprajake Not a Maor but the next one up. If I remember, it was conical and a Royal?

dfk41

Here is a video. Some beans straight into the hopper throat. The auger spins as do the burrs but nothing comes out!

My knowledge stops there. If the auger is not able to do its job then why not?

dfk41

I have been speaking with the chap I bought it from. It has been sat in his garden shed for 3 years with a sheet over it. With everything working except grinds coming through, I am hoping that a bit of moisture has got into whatever was in the grinds chamber and it needs a clean out. If it is that then I might just about be able to do it!

Cuprajake

Also not set way too fine is it? Normally the case when you jave beans left like that

Did you know it had been sat for so long?

dfk41

Cuprajake Just for clarity, I now realise that that picture would make you think it was mine and it is not! It is just a screenshot to show the problem. I knew it had been out of service for some time but not sat in his garden shed for 3 years! The 4 bolts to loosen to remove the top burrs look easy enough to get to so we will see what is what tomorrow. If I want to remove the bottom burrs I will need a couple of offset spanners. I can close the burrs till they seize and open again with same results. But the dial to loosen/tighten seems loose to me