[DavecUK]

@richwade80 I would jelly well hope so.

 

[28267]

@richwade80 - how do they compare to Urnex Grindz for cleaning the grinder 🤣

Whilst jelly beans are expensive they are lot cheaper than Grindz!

 

[Colio07]

I expect there'd be some retention!

 

[DavecUK]

@AdG the advantage over grinds is in being able to eat them after cleaning.

 

[richwade80]

@AdG the advantage over grinds is in being able to eat them after cleaning.

I would expect you would have run some Jelly Beans through in your destruction tests Dave. Surely some unruly minor might do this. I do recall me and a friend trying to blend colouring pencils once... as a child of course!

 

[ajohn]

Best thing to do with Niche is leave it alone and use it. Some build up at the top of the spout and stays there after a while. Rock and flick the spout with the finger nail might get rather small amounts out.

I've had grinds out of it that are so oily a good teaspoon full sticks to the can and it doesn't miss a beat. Just a bit messy as have to be bumped very sharply out on the tamping mat and brushed in.

While you may think things with puffers on are better - get one and see.

 

[coffeek]

I have my espresso setting at 18 - 20 depending on the beans. Curious to know what setting most of you are using for your shots

 

[MediumRoastSteam]

I have my espresso setting at 18 - 20 depending on the beans. Curious to know what setting most of you are using for your shots

For the beans and equipment I use, it can go from 8 to 14, but the vast majority is around 12.

 

[ajohn]

I have my espresso setting at 18 - 20 depending on the beans. Curious to know what setting most of you are using for your shots

It varies with the beans that are being used and the various ways people may choose to brew even on an espresso machine.

The setting usually drops from new over a relatively short time and less noticeably over say 10 or more kg of beans.

 

[Marocchino]

Anything from 5 to 0 for my medium roasts

 

[Lucian_Blue]

14 to 18. Most is around 15-16

 

[7493]

6 to 14 highly dependent on the beans. Maybe even 5 for a dark bean towards the end of a kilo and 15 for a medium at the beginning of a kilo.

 

[Eiffel]

Around 10 with a new grinder and medium roast beans... but this is with superautomatic machines (a 15 years old Gaggia Titanium and an more recent Delonghi Magnifica 4200 s) and their respective grinder bypass, using a 10-12g dose respectively as these machines can't take more coffee at once.