just another data point - i also have a mazzer and find it's good to dial in a touch finer as my beans age. I think it has to do with the oils drying out a bit, so the water flows more quickly through the grounds when you pull a shot. that's offset by grinding more fine, which packs it in a bit more.
On 13 Mar 2011, at 10:26 PM, Ben McCafferty wrote: > I have used my mazzer for four years and frequently have to adjust one notch > or less based on humidity. I have never had it matter how many beans and I > run half pound batches from full to empty in the grinder. I also have to get > finer as the grind ages (70 % decaf, goes bad pretty fast). Today was just > colossal though. I giesstje rainstorm just did it! Kinda cool though too. > b > > Sent from my C-Dory > > On Mar 13, 2011, at 19:58, Richard W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I have never had to make that large an adjustment. >> But, recently I find that I have to continually make small adjustments >> of a few notches on my Mazzer mini from day to day and even hour to >> hour. >> I have not sure why this is happening. But, several times this past >> week shots seemed to stop flowing. It would go from 25 seconds for a >> 1.7 ounce shot to 50 seconds for 1 ounce. Maybe, I am tamping it >> differently. >> >> Maybe it depends on how many beans are in the Mazzer when I grind >> them. I usually have, at most, 80 grams of beans in the hopper. But, I >> often have only 20g. Maybe the Mazzer is grinding differently >> depending on how beans are in the hopper. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Brewtus" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
