try lower water temp and/or a more coarse grind.
try lower water temp and/or a more coarse grind.
I just opened a bag of washed light roast Arabica Typica from Dalat, Veitnam. Used a V60 to brew it and a Fellow Opus to grind it.
Quite nice. Floral and fruity not bitterness or excess sourness. Very happy considering the relatively low cost.
HiFi folks and coffee folks have active forums outside of reddit and discord.
The specialty robusta niche is growing since it is easier to grow. I’ve not tried any of it yet.
The Opus is a great grinder for the money. Very powerful. Low enough rpms to not generate too much heat. Not too many fines. Huge torque, like the lightest roast doesn’t even begin to make it work hard.
I already have two very nice hand grinders, so I have good conical burrs. If it hadn’t been for the moka/espresso side track, I was wanting to try out the flat burr profiles.
I have plenty of money for a nice espresso machine, what I don’t have is excess counter space in the kitchen nor an excess of patience that seems to be needed for learning and getting good at espresso.
Also, after lots of moka pot and cafe espresso, I think I just realized I am really more of a light roast filter coffee person.
I got a Fellow Opus thinking I might get an espresso machine in the future and I was thinking it might be better for moka pot which I was doing at the time. Now I have abandoned the moka pot and have at least for now decided not to consider an espresso machine. So I regret not getting the Ode 2. Not that the Opus is a bad grinder, it isn’t bad especially at less than $200 but I am now doing only V60 pour over and the Ode 2 would be a better grinder for that.
You get a lot of value for the money with the better hand grinders. The really good 1zpresso, Kinu, and others (not Commandante C40 which is way obsolete for the money) get you great burrs and materials without the added expense and space of a motor. A good hand grinder will go through 25 grams of beans in under a minute easily.
Both are quite good but please be looking at the Ode 2 and not the original Ode. Same goes for the DF64, make sure that it is Gen 2 and not the original.
If it’s the same bag or a different bag from the same roast date then that couple of weeks is quite possibly related to the age of the beans.
The grind consistency and shape of the grinds can be better for pour over. The 1zpresso ZP6 and the Fellow Ode 2 are two grinders that are specifically designed to produce better grinds for pour over. Both under $400.
I weigh the amount of beans I intend to grind so I never have to store ground coffee.
I grind 27 to 28 grams of beans (depending upon whether i use a 16:1 or 15:1 ratio) for a cup of around 430ml of brewed pour over coffee.
good choice. 1Z Q Air, Timemore C2 or C3, Kingrinder K0 or P1 are all better choices than these very old Hario ceramic burr/plastic body designs
The Skerton is horribly outdated at this point. Please replace it with a newer and better entry level hand grinder like the Timemore C3 or a Kingrinder K0 which are both $80 or less or the Kingrider P1 which is around $35. All are far better than the Skerton.
What takes 2 to 3 minutes to grind with the Skerton, takes less than 1 minute with the above.
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Light roast washed process arabica typica from Dalat, Vietnam and it is very good. I just received some light roast washed process Yellow Bourbon beans also from Vietnam but I don’t recall the region that I will brew next week since they are quite fresh.
Other than possibly being easier to hold due to the smaller size of the 1zpresso, I wouldn’t expect much difference in grind quality between the Lido 2 and even the best 1zpresso
Also keep in mind that now it is possible to get a far better hand grinder than the Skerton for almost the same money. The Timemore C2, the 1Zpresso Q, Kingrinder K1, P1, and P2 are the same price or only $10 to $20 more than the Skerton and all produce far better grinds.
I understand. I hate single use tools. But if I am spending fairly decent money on beans, I want a tool to properly process them. A $20/200g bag of beans is wasted on a Skerton. Other than the beans, a good grinder is the single most important tool in making good coffee.
There are some great hand grinders available now compared to a decade ago. To get a remotely acceptable electric grinder you would need to spend around $150 or so for something like the Baratza Encore. For that same money you can get a really good hand grinder from 1zpresso or Kingrind which will produce more consistent grinds and fairly quickly.