kingoslo Senior Member Joined: 24 Dec 2011 Posts: 33 Location: OSLO Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Tue Mar 5, 2013, 12:43am Subject: Why do I have continuously have to adjust my grind?
Hello there,
Can you help me work out why I continuously have to adjust my grinder?
Every couple of days, I have to adjust a bit finer, then another couple of days later: finer again.
Could it be because the adjustment head on my Compak K3 keeps unscreawing itself in tiny microscopic steps whenever I turn the grinder on, or mostly because the characteristic of the beans change from the first day in the hopper? I usually keep my beans for a week or two, tops.
What do you think? Could it be caused by something else?
This is the most predominant reason. What you observe, to go finer as the coffee beans age, is the typical behavior regardless of the grinder. I suggest you to not have your hopper full with more beans than your daily consumption or even better try to single dose.
NobbyR Senior Member Joined: 10 Jul 2011 Posts: 1,612 Location: Germany Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Tue Mar 5, 2013, 3:10am Subject: Re: Why do I have continuously have to adjust my grind?
It's perfectly normal that you have to adjust coarseness setting on a daily basis, sometimes even within a single day, because humidity changes and the coffee beans age. The older the beans get, the finer you'll have to grind for optimal extraction.
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emradguy Senior Member Joined: 31 Mar 2011 Posts: 1,722 Location: Houston Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Tue Mar 5, 2013, 7:20am Subject: Re: Why do I have continuously have to adjust my grind?
Exactly! This is completely normal. I typically put about 8-10 double shots worth of beans in my hopper at a time (a 16oz Ball canning jar). It lasts anywhere from 3-5 days.
CoffeeLoversMag Senior Member Joined: 10 Jan 2013 Posts: 49 Location: Seattle Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Wed Mar 6, 2013, 10:06pm Subject: Re: Why do I have continuously have to adjust my grind?
There's also an advice in the website www.sweetmarias.com to adjust the grind when it's actually running and there's coffee in the burrs, not when it's empty.
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