Photos of fun

dfk41

It seems, that on a regular basis I forget to put my Niche cup under the spout before I grind. Happened again this morning and this is the result. So, I thought for a bit of fun, anyone who wants to purposely waste a shot of beans, could take their cup away and then photo the resulting mess (or not!)

DavecUK

dfk41 Ha ha, I have done this more than a few times….

Rob666

dfk41
I’ve done this a few times when someone distracts me from my usual routine. Which is, empty grinds cup, replace under grinder and at the same time add the next dose of beans. And, yes, I have used the resulting pile of grounds…

dutchy101

Haha I did this the other day for the first time. I was watching a video about the Solo grinder that suggested it worked better putting the beans in whilst the grinder is already running.

Note to self, next time use something other than the grinds cup to pour the beans into the grinder

Gagaryn

Glad I’m not the only one. I’ve even bought a second cup to see if this reduces the frequency of me doing this. It’s always the first cup of the day before Ive woken up!

JahLaza

I’d still use the ground coffee!!!

dfk41

JahLaza I did! I am in awe though, of the way the mound just gets bigger with not that many grounds straying. Can anyone beat the Niche!

Elcarajillo

Sorry no photo of this , placed scales on the D/tray placed cup and zeroed scales; raised lever, glanced down and noticed scale not reading increase ?? On closer inspection the protection cover was over the scale tray from when I had been working on the machine . Being optically challenged I had not noticed😊

dfk41

Elcarajillo I have done the same, many times!

Ernie1

😂 Brilliant!

PaulL

Yes I’ve done it too dfk, have you tipped the cup of grinds back in the top of the grinder yet forgetting you had ground them? 😂 I guess at least it has made me strip and clean the grinder on occasion.

dfk41

PaulL That pleasure still awaits me matey!

LMSC

It would have happened to every one of us for sure. I have had a couple in recent months.

Threw in 18 grams into the JX Pro for me after making a latte for my wife. Typically, I pace around the kitchen while grinding. I did grind the 18g. No sooner I finished grinding than I realised I did not assemble the Jx cup to collect the powder! The kitchen floor was a mess. A big vacuum time, for sure.

2: Pulled a shot without a cup on the Evo as I was on the phone. So, I didn’t realise. 😂

I did feel bad for wasting good coffee. We don’t like wasting, do we?

Sorry, no photos!

Frothbewithyou

LMSC haha I do the pace up and down while hand grinding too.

Some of these stories are classics 🤣 mine was doing a pour over and elbowed the filter with fresh grind in it clean off the top and broke the ceramic v60 and redecorated my kitchen in grinds 👌

Cuprajake

Ive not tamped a few times due to talking in the mornings

simonc

Cuprajake yes done that already. Wondered why it was gushing and realised when puck was a wet mess b

tompoland

Guilty as charged re grinding into thin air.

On a similar absentminded theme, I know of two people (son plus a friend) who, in 2021, each went to top up the water in their respective espresso machines and poured the water into their grinders instead. Two dead grinders. Oh dear.

PaulL

tompoland 😲 I’m speechless at that thought

dutchy101

tompoland

Ouch. Not sure I’d ever be able to forgive myself. One way of ensuring you have to buy a new grinder though, hmmmmmm