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Lets kick off with some beautiful measuring equipment and it's even coffee related for some projects I'm doing. Micrometer (1 micron), depth gauge (1 micron) and calipers (10 micron). A pleasure to use, especially the callipers as my other set are Mitutoyo, but 60 years old (my dads) and in thou. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/JUG8VW8.jpeg] **With the new image function, to see a larger image, right click, open in a new tab and you can zoom in and see it full size. with much higher resolution.**

Not nearly as desirable as Dave's Mitutoyo triptych, but I my AliExpress order arrived, Timemore scales and tamping stand. https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/6quvgKo1/d1df3fad-2e19-4680-8ce4-1b3b2beda9c9.jpg https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/2NuPLY8D/e86b8e20-5899-4d8c-9d5f-c6d9f5ac229c.jpg https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/jkuEwdpG/3de85076-95b0-4234-8023-c13f2363b3dd.jpg Tamping stand reminds me of a monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/7KuA5eZw/ab5f8c5e-ae80-4b21-9ca1-6eaf383dc281.jpg

My monthly subscription from Penningtons of Kendal arrived today; Christmas blend! [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/AFRDNS1.jpeg]

* I also got some Christmas blend today! Hope I’ve loaded the pic correctly?? [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/QuXtFn2.jpeg ]

> @"Gagaryn"#p128 AliExpress order arrived, Timemore scales Great buy, I love mine (from the same place). Hope you will like it too.

[upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/qlDZuph.jpeg] [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/SfLyUYa.jpeg] [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/MxKdHpG.jpeg] Well Friday to be correct, new PID for the Verona (snazzy blue ) with angled corners, update from the old red figured one. Up and running again now 😄 .

@"Elcarajillo"#p228 Photo or it didn't happen! ![Giphy - Cat Click GIF by Kochstrasse™](https://media2.giphy.com/media/RKpIEiPZs2eaBQH6Cg/giphy.gif?cid=bb77869f9j8d7hwxdlf8b2ic6ooy0nldw512cynx6sgxzpzi&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

Getting this up three flights of stairs was fun. 😫 https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/P8u84KYQ/8b682a6b-1150-4422-868a-c702db2c2a05.jpg

@"Elcarajillo"#p228 Looks good Frank, especially like the PID, much better than the old one…you going to keep the longer legs :😉 And @"Gagaryn"#p405 at least it isn't a Vesuvius Evo?

@"Gagaryn"#p405 All the legs are intact for a change.

What did postman bring today ?

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake - I see. Fair enough. 👍

PS: I’m not sure how the ZeroWater stuff works, but I don’t believe that RO/DI or whatever, is it? I mean, it also produces pure water (as in, no TDS).

hornbyben

The other reason for the taste difference could be dissolved gasses. Water typically contains a level of aeration. When you boil it you reduce the gases and this makes the water taste flat.

To test you could take some of your distilled water and shake for a few minutes in a bottle (to aerate it) and see what difference that makes.

JonWoo187

Recently had my ‘palm’ scale delivered and it doesn’t disappoint. Yes it’s a bit on the larger side, but I was tired of dealing with the dainty coffee-type scales due to slight inconsistencies with daily use. No, I never rely on a scale on the drip tray, but wanted something insanely accurate, repeatable, multiple power source, superb build quality and all sorts of fine tuning adjustments to make it work any way I need it to.

BrewLiam

This little guy turned up yesterday. Although I’ve not yet installed the Hypernova Burrs it still is much better than the very low bar set by the Barista Express grinder.

More consistent, more adjustments and overall better in the cup. Looking forward to seeing how it performs with a few other coffee Ives got too.

the build is super solid on it. Pretty robust for something so small. And the slower grinder times aren’t really an issue as I’m prepping other things whilst it does its thing.

Like I said, my current set up is a very low bar. But, I’m happy with this so far!

MattH

As per the LM thread this arrived today - not actually had time to put any coffee through it yet !

Cuprajake

So DHL have just been with this

The box I sent the test grinder back in

Opened it it

James at niche has sent me a black duo out, as a thank you for being part of the testing, I’m blown away.

I didn’t expect anything in return, for my time the test duo had been a pleasure to use.

One very happy bunny right now 🤗

mobius

Cuprajake You realise you can now never review anything again, because you inherently have a new bias.

Nice grinder though, and the colour matches 😁

MattH

Cuprajake Thats awesome and a nice surprise 👍

tompoland

Cuprajake fantastic and well deserved after all your videos and endless ours on multiple forums. Congrats.

MediumRoastSteam

MattH Thats awesome and a nice surprise

I totally agree. A nicHe surprise indeed. 🙃😉

dutchy101

Excellent stuff. You lucky sod lol

Inspector

Build date September 2022, been a while then they were working on it and built them already.

Also says white :)

DavecUK

Inspector Build date September 2022, been a while then they were working on it and built them already.

Also says white :)

That’s just the outer box they used…..

Cuprajake

Inspector this was the box my test grinder came in, and the box I sent the test grinder back to them in, so as you can imagine when it came back I was scratching my head

MediumRoastSteam

Cuprajake - I wonder if Niche will start shipping the grinders before July!

Cuprajake

Doubt it, I suppose it depends on up take. Maybe if they sold out then lol

I’ve no idea how many they have and with the price being that bit higher id presume they wouldn’t fly as quick as the zero does.

Inspector

Cuprajake would you make it your main grinder now?

DavecUK

Inspector Cuprajake would you make it your main grinder now?

A member after that nicely resprayed Major? 😁

Cuprajake

Giphy - Uh Huh Yes GIF by CBC

dfk41

I wanted to try learning the dark arts of V60 type brewing, so bought a jug, V60, scales, and I wanted to try their coffee bags. These have been around for ages. As a teenager I can remember my mother buying them the odd times they had dinner parties, They were Taylors of Harrogate and all I can remember is they were awful! So, time to revisit and see if modern technology prevails. The scales are the same ones that Dave uses in his recent videos. The jug and V60 look really nice, and as soon as the latest sickness bug I have goes, I look forward to trying them out!

mobius

dfk41 I imagine ‘good’ coffee bags are just like a french press that has already been mostly pressed at the beginning… Will definitely be curious to hear the results.

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