Re: Naked Portafilter


"Steve Ackman" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In <a0d76$49ca91ba$cf9b100b$30175@xxxxxxxxxx>, on Wed, 25 Mar 2009
20:19:06 +0000, Godzilla Monster, monster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

but does
everyone who uses a naked portafilter experience this behavior?

Nope. It just drops out in a stream of honey-like
guiness goodness. I think one of the things that
helps avoid channelling is to not tamp... grind fine
enough for a zero tamp, overfill the filter a bit, rap
it a few times to settle the grounds, strike off with
a flat edge, and lock in... but I'll bet there are a
more than a few people who engage in handstand tamps
who will disagree. ;-)

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??
Do you remember, a number of years ago there was a discussion on the pro's
and cons of tamping.....if I recall correctly, the general concensus was the
importance of tamping was very much overrated !!

bmc


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