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I just retrofitted my basic hand crank mill with a 10mm nut, and drove it with a drill. It's so much faster now, but I do wonder if there's actual properly motorized versions of what I just did.
Like this. I'm running it through a variable frequency drive to limit the revs
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I could not tell the difference between pre-ground and home ground coffee. I am happy with not having a discriminating palate, since pre-ground is easier.
With dark roast I haven't found much difference either.
With a local medium roast, I don't know if it was the beans, but I was able to get a pleasant fruity acidity out of my brew that I haven't been able to find with supermarket medium roast grounds.
I do this with my 1zpresso Q2 except I just chuck it directly into the grinder which I find helps keep the beans from jumping out of the grinder.
I do the same thing (with a different grinder) when I need a large quantity of ground pepper.
Shit i gotta try this with weed
I'm not sure I prefer the "actual properly motorized versions" over yours - this is absolutely awesome!
I used to grind beans at home. But I just don’t care anymore. I just run them through the grinder at Costco.
I’m using a Breville Smart Grinder Pro that I modified to be single dose. I just ordered a DF64 Gen 2, but it hasn’t arrived yet.
Enjoy the DF64 😃
Thanks, I’m looking forward to it! But also a little nervous that I won’t be able to tell the difference. 😅
It's a flat burr grinder, you definitely will. Do you know about aligning it or whatever?
The vendor (df64coffee.com) say they align the burrs. Would they need further alignment?
They should be aligned then, but it could be tested with the dry-erase marker test. I will link the process, butI want to give you some general need to knows.
For reference, I have the first Gen one.
a. Use a dry-erase marker and mark somewhere on the top burr section so you can put it exactly the way it was. (Before you lift it up). Not marking it is a good way to mess with alignment because it is only aligned one specific orientation.
b. The threads are very fine. So make sure to be careful not to crossthread them when you screw it back on. Whether you are removing it to clean or whatever.
This is the marker test: https://youtu.be/mIugzsjzEUI
Thanks very much for that, I really appreciate it! How have you found your DF64?
I absolutely love it. I also have a comandante C40 but cups from the DF64 are better.
So you motorized a burr grinder?
I did that with mine. But I found that I had to feather the drill a lot to keep the grind consistent.
Eventually I just went back to buying pre ground.
Edit: actually I think I have the pro version of yours. Ended up buying a steel ring to go between the mill to stabilize the central steel pin. Got a more consistent grind after it. But felt I needed to keep the drill at a lower speed.
Eventually I just went back to buying pre ground.
This sound!! I recognise this sound! Do you hear it? It‘s the doppler effect of pitchforks being dragged over the pavement.
At the as you exit filthy public grinder at Costco
To be fair those are nice freaking grinders. They look like niche zeros on fucking roids
you don't know what's in there. could be pumpkin spice.
Generally flavored coffee is made by spraying "FLAVOR" on after grinding. I've seen it put on while beans once and it's an awful muddy mess
Wnh not just buy an electric grinder at this point? People use hand grinders because they enjoy the process.
Good electric burr grinders are very expensive.
Not really. A Baratza Encore can be had for just over $100 and is perfectly fine for 99% of the coffee population that isn't doing espresso.
Yeah, my partner bought me one for my birthday and it works great for my different coffee needs. My only gripe is that it's loud as hell.
When I was choosing between entry level electric grinders, I was down to the Baratza Encore ESP and the Fellow Opus. One of the main reasons I chose the Opus is because it was so much quieter than the Encore.
And you can upgrade the burr in the Encore to the M2 found in their higher end grinders very easily. That's what I did and it's quality is top-notch
Larger amounts of coffee go in a Baratza Virtuoso, single cups go in my 1zpresso hand mill.
I can't recommend a nice hand mill enough - a hario is fine as a starter grinder but a better mill will be immensely more consistent and much quicker.
I like Baratza for electric grinders, they're a wonderful company. If anything breaks or you need support or parts they're there for you.
The 10-15 dollar grinder at Walmart or Target, I forgot which. Can't tell any real difference between that and my wife's burr grinder that is much larger.
The skerton was (is?) A good entry level grinder that will give you very decent results especially for immersion-type brews. It's what I started on and what I still use for on the go use cases. I haven't looked at entry level hand grinders in a while so I guess some developments have happened since I got mine. (Based on a comparison video from james hoffman at the time)
God yes, I tried a friend's 1zpresso and the difference in both grind speed and effort is noticable.
I have a pair of Breville/Sage SmartGrinders (which I didn't pay anywhere near list price for).
One for caff, one for decaff.
I love them, as once I've dialed in the grind size for a bean, and set the timer per shot to hit the correct weigh, I can just bonk the button with a portafilter, and get a correctly sized dose.
While I love experimenting with coffee, once the conclusion is reached, I like to nail down the process so I don't need to think about it until the next bean change.
I've been using a LIDO 2 for a few years, but am considering the move to 1zpresso...
Other than possibly being easier to hold due to the smaller size of the 1zpresso, I wouldn't expect much difference in grind quality between the Lido 2 and even the best 1zpresso
I can sift out about 10% fines with a typical Lido grind. Not inherently a bad thing, but I'm intrigued by the almost-zero-fines of the 1zpresso ZP6. A friend of mine has one, and said he did the same thing -- was sifting daily with his other grinder, but decided to stop throwing away 10% of his coffee. :) Don't get me wrong, the Lido is great and has served me well, and I wouldn't even get rid of it. It's just a different thing, going more unimodal.
At home for espresso I use a Varia vs3 gen2 with the second best burrs (bestness being ranked by price) it's a single dose grinder with good reviews
At work for a plunger (French press) I use a hario skerton, without a drill
This exactly, except Ibuse a DeWalt. I have found that the brand power tool used has little effect on the taste and extraction, however.