Grinding King Mahdi EK43 Coffee Bean Mill: is Mahlkonig really that easy to use? how many scales do you use?

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"Patrick, I heard that you have an EK43 in your store? Can I come and play tonight? Hehe. " Yayu is a cup tester from Taiwan. His parents run residential accommodation in Hualien and like to drink coffee everywhere in their spare time. Like the author, he went to take the cup tester license out of interest. Now I occasionally stir-fry beans on the rooftop of the hotel and share the fun of coffee with the guests.

This guy is well-informed, I said with a smile: "since the Fuji (bean grinder) caused a wave of replacement, there has been no equipment to raise such a topic for a long time." Our movie arrived in Po last Friday and has attracted local enthusiasts to play late into the night. " He : "the place in Hong Kong is small, and news travels fast." Which one of yours is it important? As a matter of fact, you can buy this thing as long as you have the money, so why should you look so sour on the Internet that I have it, but you have to put it in different order? "

Common non-new technologies in supermarkets

"it is stated in advance that our own baking shop will regularly review the baking curve in the way of cup test." I solemnly said: "in early 2012, we had contact with EK43 when we were making guest coffee reviews at the Ritual Coffee Roasters bean factory in San Francisco." This bean grinder is common in bakeries and even supermarkets and is by no means new technology. The market worshiped it because the Australian Matt Perger won the 2012 World Handbrew Coffee Competition (World Brewers Cup) and the 2013 World Barista Competition (World Barista Championship) runner-up with the bean grinder. Ben Kaminsky, the coach of Perger, knows a lot about the grinding distribution (Grind distribution) of coffee powder. They separated the fine powder with a 250 micron sieve before the game and succeeded in making clear, clean, sweet coffee. This matter has aroused heated discussion in the European industry: some people say that this industrial mill originally used to grind spices is a forgotten treasure that will enable us to take a big step towards perfect extraction; others think that the design of the industrial mill is not suitable for the daily process of boutique coffee shops, so don't give up the existing flavor for the sake of unknown benefits. "

He said with disappointment, "but can a bean grinder really cope with a powder as young as espresso and so thick by hand?"

"Coffee made from EK43 lacks taste and is more like a machine-made hand-made drink than a traditional espresso. There is no doubt about the clarity of the hierarchical paragraphs, but it may also be due to the sharpness of the blade of the new grinding plate. " I recalled the discussion that night. As a matter of fact, Hong Kong friends tried the advantage of a large diameter of the grinding plate and the experiment of separating fine powder with a sieve a few years ago. The difference is that he did not follow the scientific specifications for publication and practice. The discussion among the European industry involves the extraction ratio (Extraction ratio) and the challenge to the 22% limit in the gold cup standard. These rational debates about quantifiable and repeatable are far more meaningful than copycats such as "care about who buys first".