Jimbo63 Senior Member Joined: 8 Nov 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Baytown, TX Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2010, 4:03pm Subject: Virtuoso grinder calibrated to "Fine"
I just bought a Baratza Virtuoso grinder that had been calibrated to "Fine". If, in the manual, the setting for medium (for drip coffee) is 16-32 would that change on my grinder to about 25-35 because of the grinder being calibrated to Fine? The reason that I ask is that I ground some beans at the 20 setting and the grind came out real fine....not what I would consider a "medium" grind.
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miniSQ Senior Member Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 51 Location: arlington vermont Expertise: Just starting
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2010, 5:26pm Subject: Re: Virtuoso grinder calibrated to "Fine"
Jimbo63 Said:
I just bought a Baratza Virtuoso grinder that had been calibrated to "Fine". If, in the manual, the setting for medium (for drip coffee) is 16-32 would that change on my grinder to about 25-35 because of the grinder being calibrated to Fine? The reason that I ask is that I ground some beans at the 20 setting and the grind came out real fine....not what I would consider a "medium" grind.
i just bought a virtuoso rerfurb and i assume it is not set to "fine"...but for my my drip grind is like 35....anything finer and i feel it is too fine.
Sukispop Senior Member Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Northern California Expertise: Just starting
Grinder: Cuisinart(soon to be... Drip: Zojirushi
Posted Sun Nov 28, 2010, 10:29am Subject: Re: Virtuoso grinder calibrated to "Fine"
Hi,
I also bought a Virtuoso not too long ago. I bought it new from Seattle Coffee Gear, so it's calibrated to whatever the factory default setting is(I have no idea what that is, but I also assume it isn't factory set to fine).
I've been brewing my coffee with a Clever Coffee Dripper, which calls for a "finer" medium grind. I initially tried grinding my beans at setting #19, which is pretty fine for a medium grind. I tried that pinch test to see if the grinds would "cake", which they didn't, so I knew I wasn't getting too fine a grind(for the CCD). I've been quite pleased with my resulting cup, but started wondering if a slightly less fine grind would make an even better cup. So I adjusted my setting to #20. I was surprised to see what a noticeable difference in grind one setting "notch" made. The grind was visibly coarser, not by a huge degree, but still quite noticeable. The resulting cup is still quite good, perhaps just a tiny bit less bitter, but also perhaps a tiny bit less flavorful...if that makes any sense.
I've also used the Virtuoso for my Zojirushi auto drip brewer, and the #22-24 settings work very well for my wife's and my taste.
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