Lacehim wrote:
True, but I think we can all get too caught up in the numbers etc and forget about what it's all about. Having a damn nice cup of coffee. I've never weighed beans so I'm unsure if the weight does equal accurate dosing. All beans are different are they not. Not sure, but I can tell you that the container supplied with the Vario-W (It's been renamed) does retain some coffee grounds due to static. If it had the portafiler holder on there I probably would have considered one. Mahlkoenig haven't officially released their version for Australia yet, well it's not listed on their website anyway. I did notice that Baratza sell refurb units damn cheap, and there price is more competative than Mahlkoenig in Australia too. Pity the US ones are 110V. But I'm lead to believe that it's the Aussie importer thats keeping the Vario price high.
So if you haven't tried it how can you be sure weighing beans doesn't equal an accurate dose? If weighing beans doesn't give you an accurate reading of your dose what would? Of course it's all about a nice cup of coffee, but perhaps using more numbers as a guide will help with that? After all, we're already coming from a number base of an espresso being approx 30 mls in around about 30 seconds. Give or take ... And of course, you are completely right that every bean is different. I would never expect the dose & grind for one bean to be the same as another, or for one blend to be the same as another. Just as I wouldn't expect the dose & grind for the same coffee to be the same from one day to the next. I certainly agree that getting lost in the numbers would take some of the romance, some of the art out of making delicious espresso. But perhaps, just perhaps, having an understanding of what an optimum dose & resulting brew volume should be for the espresso you find most delicious gives you a good starting point to work & refine from every day. Perhaps. 😉 having now said all of that & taking this way off topic, I wonder if the Esatto attachment really wouldn't work with my Vario.
