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As others have said it doesnt matter. Concentrate on flavour rather than investigating the puck. If it makes cleanup messy and annoying you can get a puck screen which can help, but be warned it will make your shots run slower which can throw off your dial. Lance Hedrick just did a great video on puck screens
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Delighted to report the IMS Precision basket and the WDT have made a massive difference. I had a tiny bit of channelling the first shot I pulled through, so made the grind a little finer and the second shot was spot on. It'll need fine-tuning, but it's a vast improvement.
A big difference was the depth of the basket. Old one only left a tiny bit of headroom with 18g coffee in it, whereas there's at least 5mm in the IMS. Also means I can line up the top of the tamper with the brim of the basket to make sure it's level.
Only issue is I'm getting a fair amount of water retained on top of the puck after the shot's been pulled. It hasn't affected the flavour, but pretty sure that's not meant to happen. Any pointers as to why it's happening and what I can do to prevent it in future?