[ImthatGuy]

Which allows an extra 3 settings finer or coarser per adjustment, depending on whether you decrease or increase the setting!

Like I said above, it adjusts the range finer or coarser. So instead of (for example) a range of 1 to 28, you could set a range of -2 to 25, so all your grinds are 3 steps finer, or 4 to 31, so everything is coarser. You get a range of 28 settings per burr position regardless.

This is something you might want to do if you can't get the grind you want from the standard settings.


In the end, this is all abut how you get the grind that works for you. Credit to Sage for giving us the option of adjusting th burrs if the standard grind control doesn't work for us.

 

[ImthatGuy]

Wow, you must rarely change beans or are extremely lucky dialling in!

Indeed, I don't change beans very often. If I'm able to get a coffee I like from the beans I have, I'll continue to use the same beans. Occasionally, I might try something different.

I will sometimes adjust grind a little if it's taken me a while to get to the end of a large (1Kg) bag of beans (I'm the only coffee drinker here, and we're sometimes away for a while). In those cases, I'll simply make he grind a little finer (1 step is normally enough) and tweak the grind time to get the output I want.

I only use this grinder (Sage Barista Pro) for espresso. I use different grinder for cafetière

 

[ImthatGuy]

But when you change grind, do you not run a few grams through and discard them?

I hardly ever change grind. When I do, I set the new grind with the grinder stopped, and then run it for a second or two to clear any retained grounds. But, as @ajohn said, it's not really a major thing with Sage grinders.

If you adjust this by 1 up or down it will shift the external adj by 3, so if you adjust the Internal say from 6 to 4, then
6-15 effectively = 4-21, this therefore gives you 6 extra ‘fine’ settings!

I can't confirm the numbers (I haven't checked) but it's correct that adjusting the burr moves the entire grind range finer or coarser, but it's not an alternative to using the grind adjust knob. Adjust the burr only if you can't get fine enough (or coarse enough) with the control knob. And as @ajohn points out, be very careful when adjusting burrs to make the grind finder - it is possible to damage the burrs by going too fine.

In practice, I would say that it's very rare to have to adjust the burr on a new or new-ish Sage; in most cases, if people are struggling with the shot, it's more likely to be down to the tamp or the age of the coffee. Just my opinion

 

[ImthatGuy]

SBP user here - I never adjust while the grinder's running. I can't even see how that works well - what grind am I getting if I adjust the grind while the beans are going through. If I change from (say) 5 to 6 mid-grind, is my output at 5, or 6 or 5.66332875?

Where did you read that the grinder has to be running?