Morning Gentlepeople.
As a coffee newbie I am having some small issues while trying to improve my game. I have a Oracle Touch and subscrube to a local monthly coffee delivery, so my beans change weekly.
My issue is that the grind setting is incredibly different from bean to bean. With my last bag, grind 14 gave a perfect 1:2,5 ratio. With a different bean today, I had to discard two cups before learning that grind size 3 gave me the same ratio. 14 gave me 1:3,5 which tasted rubbish.
The problem is that I got channeling and very little crema.
I guess the questions are: do different beans require completely different ratios or am I doing something very wrong?
Should I accept a very high ratio to avoid channeling on certain beans?
Or should my timer be lower on certain beans?
Thanks in advance for any help and have a great cup this morning!
…is a necessary step on the way to great tasting coffee. You just have to decide if it’s worth the effort for you. Those kind of super-auto machines are better suited to slightly darker roasts and just getting the same consistent beans every time.
Yeah I ended up returning it and picked up a Profitech Pro 600 and DF64 G2. It’s a different world to be honest