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  • My Baratza Sette 270 arrived at last!

    @mmccarthy - you got me into this mess. Do you have any after-market mods for yours? The holder is a little awkward with a naked portafilter.

    Time to go dial it in.

    Excited!

  • Hah! Nope, no mods on mine!

    What size portafilter do you use? I've got a 51mm one (I remember you saying you were considering a La Pavoni so may be in the same boat as me there) so the little support it has for the portafilter isn't a great fit. Given it's only around 6 seconds or so I haven't decided to address that yet (to be fair, I spent a good few years working in a coffee shop using bottomless portafilters so the muscle memory is already there, and the little bumps at the rear of the supports on the Sette are enough of a luxury relative to the commercial grinders I was using!)

    Edit: Just went and checked there, turns out the fit is actually fine (photo attached). I'm guessing since I frequently switch between filter & espresso flipping that little support in and out just got annoying so I didn't bother with it.

    Also one niggle I've noticed recently, the bolt holding in the espresso burr I use is a little recessed, so I occasionally end up with a bean sitting there after finished grinding. On the filter burr I bought, the bolt is a bit longer so I don't have this issue. I've taken both apart for cleaning a few times so not sure which is the standard one that comes with the grinder. Seems like a bit of an oversight with the shorter bolt, so would be interested to hear whether yourself (and @Snips) have the same issue. Will pop up a photo later to show what I mean.


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  • Yep - La Pavoni (ELH - because the wood is nice)

    I realised I hadn't set up the supports correctly -it looks more like your setup now.

    I'm only going to be making espresso, so will no doubt come across the recessed bean problem*.

    Ta!

    * Oooer missus etc...

  • Just checked mine and the bolt sticks out from the burr. Having dialled it in with 1 spacer, it's currently sitting slightly coarser than 5E using 18g and aiming for 36g in 30s with a Gaggia Classic.

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