Coffee grinder scale thickness-what is the appropriate size adjustment of the bean grinder?

Coffee grinder scale thickness-what is the appropriate size adjustment of the bean grinder?

French filter press, plug air, drip filter or mocha pot do not require high fineness of coffee powder. Knife milk grinder (commonly known as bean chopper or propeller grinder) can not adjust the scale, but to adjust the size of coffee powder according to the length of time, the size of coffee powder is uneven, so it is not suitable for making espresso. It is generally believed that as long as you have an espresso machine, you can make delicious Italian coffee, which is only half right, and the other half depends on a more sophisticated double-gear bean grinder. The lower gear of this bean grinder is connected to a powerful motor, providing a force for high-speed rotation, while the upper gear is connected to the scale and twisted in the reverse clockwise direction, the reading of the scale is getting smaller and smaller, and the upper gear is falling, narrowing the distance between the upper gear and the lower gear. This means that the finer the coffee powder is ground. If the upper gear is twisted in the clockwise direction, the larger the scale value is, the higher the upper gear is and the larger the distance between the upper gear and the lower gear is, so the coffee powder is thicker.

The same scale, the same beans, in the case of fine grinding, the powder used overnight has changed? Even after cleaning a large amount of residual powder from the powder outlet at night, there is an increase in extraction time (there is a pressure gauge on the machine for reference, and the pressure is really high) whether the residual powder in the cutter head overnight will have an impact.

May I ask you if there is something wrong with my operation that I haven't noticed, or whether it's a machine problem?

The scale is just a reference, different brands have different grinding scales, and the performance of the same model bean grinder of the same brand under the same scale is not exactly the same. it is better to understand it this way: the scale just tells you which direction is thick and which is fine. when you find a suitable powder thickness, the role of the scale will show a little bit. The premise is that only your bean grinder, and can not change the beans, the amount of powder does not change, the strength of the powder can not be changed.

Remember a little trick: when you find the right powder thickness, twist it with your hand from time to time, pinch it, feel it with your body and write it down as much as possible, so that even if you change the bean grinder, you don't have to rely solely on the scale to judge. If you pinch it with your hand, it will be significantly thicker, which can greatly improve your efficiency.