Dialling in
Dialling in by grinder typeHow the grinder you own changes the way you should dial in. Each section pulls the advice together, and the links lead…Dialling in espressoLance Hedrick's espresso guidance from 2021 to 2025, brought together. Grind is only one of several levers, and much of…Immersion, AeroPress, moka, cold brew and batchLance Hedrick says little about these methods, so his points come first and printed manufacturer guides are labelled as…Dialling in pour-overSince 2024, Lance Hedrick has kept pour-over deliberately simple, with one familiar recipe, a grind that leans coarse…Temperature, roast and grind> These are starting ranges rather than exact settings. Temperatures and grind positions are rounded from what the…TroubleshootingWhat you taste, what to change and why, from the dial-in advice of Lance Hedrick, James Hoffmann, Daddy Got Coffee…
How grinders work
Burr alignmentMethod (2021). Clean the grinder thoroughly first, because one stray fragment throws the result. Draw on the flat land…AstringencyAstringency is a physical drying in the mouth rather than a taste. This covers how to tell it from bitterness, what…Conical vs flat, and burr geometryLance Hedrick started out repeating the common rule of thumb (cones are chocolatey, flats are clear) and spent 2022 to…Grind size and extractionLance Hedrick brewed five pour-overs on a Zerno Z1 at 750, 700, 650, 600 and 550 µm with everything else fixed, and…Particle size distribution and finesA grinder never produces one particle size. It produces a spread, and the shape of that spread (how many fines, where…Retention, static and RDTWhat it is and why it mattersSeasoning new burrsSeasoning means running coffee through new burrs until their behaviour settles. Fresh flat burrs are razor-sharp and…Slow feeding and RPMThe mechanism. Dumping a whole dose floods the pre-breaker. Beans crack quickly and then queue at the narrow exit…Zero point and grinder scalesA grind setting is only meaningful relative to a zero point and a scale. This page covers how Lance Hedrick defines…Grinder workflowHow the creators handle everything around the grind itself, from single dosing, retention and static to WDT, puck prep…Where the sources disagreeThe creators don't always agree. Where they differ, we haven't picked a winner. Every value is listed with the person…
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RecipesThe creators' recipes for every brew method.Grinders101 grinders: settings, specs and what the reviews say.SourcesThe creators all of this comes from.
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