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#1 ·
Recently bought a grinder and I seem to be getting through much more coffee.

Both myself and wife drink maybe 2-3 coffees a day, normally cappuccino.

Previously 250g bag of pre-ground was lasting approximately a week. We have got through the same bag of beans in 4 days!

Is this simply because of the finer grind?
 
#3 ·
I know what you mean.

I drink 2 glasses a day and one bag does not last me 2 weeks even!

I usually use 14 - 14.5g of beans and then grind fine. My current beans are Hands on Lusty Glaze and they are hard to dial in sometimes as it extracts too fast.

Best shot I got with them is 2.5oz in 20 seconds which is slightly too fast still.
 
#4 ·
nekromantik said:
I know what you mean.

I drink 2 glasses a day and one bag does not last me 2 weeks even!

I usually use 14 - 14.5g of beans and then grind fine. My current beans are Hands on Lusty Glaze and they are hard to dial in sometimes as it extracts too fast.

Best shot I got with them is 2.5oz in 20 seconds which is slightly too fast still.
You probably need to grind finer and /or increase dose
 
#6 ·
If your average daily use is 5 cups and it takes you four days, that's 20 cups. 250g divided by 20 cups is 12.5g per cup. Is each cup a single shot or a double? A single shot cup should use something like 7-9g and a double shot cup 14-18g ish. If you're splitting the shot between two cups, that would mean you're using 25g (12.5g x 2) for each double shot, which would sound like you're filling it all the way then levelling off and binning the surplus. That would be a very big dose and/or a lot of waste. Alternatively if you're only using 12.5g for a double shot then count yourself lucky that you enjoy such a low dose... you're getting more shots out of it than most people.
 
#7 ·
MikeHag said:
If your average daily use is 5 cups and it takes you four days, that's 20 cups. 250g divided by 20 cups is 12.5g per cup. Is each cup a single shot or a double? A single shot cup should use something like 7-9g and a double shot cup 14-18g ish. If you're splitting the shot between two cups, that would mean you're using 25g (12.5g x 2) for each double shot, which would sound like you're filling it all the way then levelling off and binning the surplus. That would be a very big dose and/or a lot of waste. Alternatively if you're only using 12.5g for a double shot then count yourself lucky that you enjoy such a low dose... you're getting more shots out of it than most people.
I use around 14g of beans grinded into a double basket. Then I use 1 cup and around 2.5oz of espresso two times a day then I dump the ground coffee after use in the bin.

That sound about what most people use?
 
#10 · (Edited by Moderator)
I would suggest your taste-buds dictate. If 14g into 2.5oz tastes good then why fix what isnt broken. If you think it could be better & you want better accuracy then try weighing the end extraction. 14g into 22-23g extraction is a good place to start (approx 1.6 ratio) , to achieve this you might need to grind a tad finer.

edit - 20 seconds is very fast for 2.5 oz. If you cant grind finer then try 14.5, 15, 15.5g and so on