The old way of doing things

HarveyMushman

There’s a lot to be said for efficiency too.

SO many people got into espresso during Covid when you couldn’t do much other than stay in the house and faff around for hours with things that would otherwise take a matter of seconds.

Some people went as far as filming themselves doing this ‘slow living’ and everyone started talking about their ‘workflow’.

I can’t help but feel like this fuelled the demand from the masses for single dosing grinders.

I know SD doesn’t have to take long but I do like how simple and quick OD grinding is.

Dusk

HarveyMushman
I think because espresso is talked about as a hobby that has to be taken seriously with lots of time spent to perfect it. Because of this, everything is about improving taste to the Nth degree which just becomes more and more hassle and time spent. Ease of use is often overlooked and when I stumble downstairs in the morning in need of caffeine is high on my list of priorities.
It’s still more than possible to have a sensible and reasonably fast routine to get very good coffee but talking about good enough doesn’t sell new equipment or get people watching YouTube videos!

Platypus

dfk41 I believe the new owner loves it and for that I am happy

Absolutely! It’s a keeper!

dfk41

As is documented, I have ditched single dosing and gone back to a hopper. As @HarveyMushman stated, lockdown brought with it the art f single dosing, and RDT and WDT and stirring and genuflecting because we have nothing better to do with our time. When I first fired up the Mythos all my senses screamed but you do not know how much is in your pf. Therefore how can you know how much to extract by weight? After a couple of weeks of conversion therapy, my answer to all those questions is so what? My coffee is tasting better than it has since I last used a Mythos. I have absolutely no faff in my routine and if 3 friends come round and want coffee, it is a breeze.

The big trouble is that all the discussion around single dosing and the various slow routines you have to add in to the process cannot be argued with, on paper at least……but in reality make little or no difference. I there consign the whole lot to the coffee bollox bin!

Adrianmsmith

dfk41

The Earth

Mostly Harmless

Mostly wrong

But the perfect output is 42g

🐬🐬🐬

MWJB

dfk41 As is documented, I have ditched single dosing and gone back to a hopper.

Maybe worth mentioning that the Mythos is auger fed despite having a hopper, as opposed to gravity fed from a hopper. So bean feed ‘should be’ fairly consistent whatever the weight of beans in the hopper? (At least, this was one of Colin Harmon’s observations when consulting on the ClimaPro).

dfk41

Adrianmsmith But the perfect output is 42g

If 42g is the answer, what is the question?

Adrianmsmith

dfk41 If 42g is the answer, what is the question?

We cant remember.

Maybe what is 9 × 6?

dfk41

Dusk When I single dosed, I weighed out the beans, no water, ground into the Niche dosing cup, tipped it in to the pf, smacked it against my hand once to level, tamped, and pulled. It was pretty quick. I have seen YT videos where after 5 minutes folks are no nearer to pulling shot than they were at the start…..yet, everything is neat and tidy, colour coded and very photogenic

dfk41

MWJB You are right but I never let the beans run out. I tip in an unweighed abount, probably 200 gms into the hopper and every couple of days check the amount left in. Once you get down to the bare minimum I am sure I used to find the grind needed tightened (easier to just add more beans)

dfk41

Adrianmsmith Maybe what is 9 × 6?

54?

Adrianmsmith

dfk41

No, 42…..

….. in base 13 🐬

The real answer is “what is a smallish yet insignificant number”!!

MediumRoastSteam

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