Hi.
I'm Pedro from Coffee Parts, and I'm here with
Sal Savarino from Anfim Australia
Looking at this, the Anfim Scody
So, Sal,
we're looking at the Scody and this sits in the middle of the Anfim Range
between the Pratica and the SP2.
And it kind of is an evolution of the Super
Caimano
So can you tell me more about how this grinder fits
in the Hemro group lineup and who this grinder is for?
As you said, it's a grinder that sits in between
the the Practica and the SP2
for the café that's doing a little bit more volume
they're doing, you know, 35 kilos a week
you know, looking for their on demand main grinder
or a busy café that needs to continue on with
the look of the SP2 and want a smaller grinder for their singles.
So in saying that this is a 75 mil blade grinder
and it does come out in either hardened steel
or in titanium when the SP2
to Australia only comes down to titanium the both 75 mil.
What I understand the blades have an actual
different pattern on them to compensate for different RPMs in the motors
Is that right?
Yeah.
So the SP2 burrs special performance burrs
they cut
all their teeth longer so they are more aggressive and faster grinder
where the burrs on the Scody are an aggressive.
And having the harder and steel and the titanium
the titanium obviously a harder burrs that lasts longer.
Generally titanium is around the two and a half ton capacity.
Yeah, we always say between two times and two
and a half times depending on the the lighter roaster.
Or the darker roast.
The lighter roast
Obviously the blades last less because the harder bean
in the darker roasters is obviously going to be a little bit softer.
Look at this grinder in particular.
I love that they're using this cradle.
It's one of my favorite cradles in grinders.
It really does hold the portafilter well.
And it has been used across the range
from the practica obviously the Scody and the SP
And with this you can put the scale whole where
so if you were moving away from grinding into a Portafilter and grinding
into a dosing cup, for example, on a scale being Acaia
otherwise you can easily run that Is that right?
Yeah, absolutely.
We're trying to give
baristas a little flexibility where we're like, like you say,
they want to go into a dosing cup and have the platform to hold the scale
but we also want to make sure that if they are using portafilters
handles, that a good handle,
cradle holder will actually allow them to work a little bit faster.
So that cradle holder is one of the best.
And you got the micro switch right there.
So when you lock in your porta filter, you can not only activate
the grind, but you can pause halfway through to allow it to settle and then keep going.
Is that right?
Yeah.
There is three modes with the with the grinding.
The one where we can interrupt when we have a lag time. Yep.
Then you've got the single touch,
so grind the full amount regardless if you're moving your hand a little bit.
Or we can actually take the functionality and put it onto the touchpad.
So if they are using that platform or if they prefer to use a touchpad,
they can actually use a touchpad and that button becomes redundant.
And whether they're using a Portafilter or more specifically with the scale
they've got the
button here which allows it is to grind that touch
So if you are grinding to say 20 grams to 19.9 has come out,
you can just touch it in and get that small amount.
Yeah, absolutely.
Just that little top up or if they want to purge some coffee through,
it's just a quick momentary activation.
So quite easy to to add or or clean.
And when it comes to retention on this grinder being a larger
grinder with larger blades, it's obviously going to have a bit more retention
as they're about a double shot, a retention in there.
So 22 grams, give or take. Yeah. Yeah.
So whenever you do make an adjustment, just keep that in mind.
You've got 22 grams of the pre existing grind size to purge trough.
But yeah.
Or being that this is for a 35, 40 kilo account
and the SP for like an 80.
That doesn't make a difference because you are pushing through quite a fair bit.
Yeah.
Look, we've always had this discussion
with our, you know, with roasters and on how much grind retention.
But you know when you've got a cafe that's moving through their coffee
a little bit faster.
Yeah, it does take a little bit of a back seat.
More consistency issues you want to be talking about.
So you want to talk about other, you know, aspects of it
where the, how consistent, how easy it is with the workflow.
Yeah.
And this grinder in terms of workflow is easy.
It's a fast grinder.
And a little bit off topic, but something we'll focus a little bit later.
But even on the cleaning side, like cleaning where the clump crusher
is, it's super easy with just two screws there.
You can just pull it out, clean your clump crusher and put it back.
And it really is at the end of the day
or through service, something that can be done like that.
Look, we always preface cleaning
your grinder will make a grinder work better, work more consistent,
have a, you know, a great positive effect on on your quality.
So making it easy to clean was a super important
aspect of of the development over the years of this grinder.
And to dialing in this grinder, it's on a worm adjustment which is stepless
So you really do because of the adjustment turning on the side there it really is
easy compared to like the heavy collars or different mechanisms.
This has probably one of the easiest dials just on that worm drive
Yeah you really can narrow down a micro adjustment
you know and that
could be as easy as as looking at the
the notches on on your indicator here
and I know roughly one notch adjustment will
will slow down or speed up your poor by around about 3 seconds.
So the Scody is running 75 mil blades either
in the harder steel which is this one, or the titanium being this one.
And the main difference between the two is capacity.
So they are running the same geometry but on the harder still
you tend to get round about the 800 kilo mark
and with the titanium you get the two to two and a half tonnes.
It does depend on the roaster profile.
So the lighter of the roaster,
the slightly less capacity because it is a harder been looking at them.
the visual difference is the color
and as a quick way to identify between harder and steel and titanium.
Where you might want to introduce harder and steel
if the cafe isn't a very busy cafe
and you want to coordinate your bur changes with your machine servicing,
you kind of want to look at that kind of that timeline.
OK, that does make sense.
I haven't actually thought about it
from matching it to your servicing intervals,
but that is actually a cool way to think about it.
Just get surfing done at the same time.
Perfect.
And should we dive in and see this grinder
working, grinding?
Absolutely.
So looking at the grinding on this machine, there's kind of two ways
to go about it.
We generally grind either into a portafilter or into a dosing cup.
And as much as you can grind by hand into a dosing cup,
a common thing to do is to bring in the scale platform
and a scale for more accuracy
to replace the cradle
There's two soccer head screws here, one on the side,
and you can easily remove that and put in the scale cradle.
And what that means is you go from grinding into a portafilter
to grinding into a dosing cup with a high level of accuracy
so that normally happens into cafes that are kind of really wanting to get
that consistent 20 gram spot on in and out.
The cafe's looking for a bit more speed or efficiency
tend to grind into the portafilter, is that right?
Yeah.
Look, we're finding that different cafes
are operating
more comfortably with the scale and the dosing cup.
It can be used so you can actually speed up with that
if you got a couple of dosing cups to use for workflow.
But you know, it's sort of the courses on speed. Yep.
It says obviously we're going for a little bit more accuracy with the,
with the introduction of the scale
So let's now look at the grinder, turn it on
and grind a double shot into the portafilter to kind of see how it operates.
How it sounds and how fast it is and just.
Puti that portafilter in
One thing that's really nice.
It really does grind out to the center of the portafilter
and makes a very little mess for a grinder.
There's always obviously going to be some grounds outside.
But yeah, absolutely.
Like again, when the barista has to prepare now for tamping,
having a grinder that's,
you know, scented and the grind is fluffy, you don't have to redistribute.
So you can get on with it.
Yeah, and that's really cool.
And then the consistency between shots,
they have narrowed it down to quite a small variance, haven`t they?
Look we will say
for the
grind is part of it, you know, a half a gram deviation.
Yeah.
You know, that also depends on the roaster you know,
density of the beans coming through.
We really want a really good roasted coffee.
So there's even density.
Yet for those really wanting to nail it down.
You do have you purge button here.
It's not really a purge, but you do have your grind on demand
Buton there. Little bit more. Little bit more.
And if you are using the scale with the cup even easier.
Yeah. Yeah.
So once you activate the grind cycle, if you notice from the scale
that you need a little bit more, it's a momentary switch.
Tap it and a little bit more comes out and away you go.
Perfect.
And when it comes to cleaning this grinder, at the end of the day
or at the end of the week,
we've talked about the clump crusher being super easy to clean.
What does it look like from a blade perspective?
From a top of grinder?
OK, so having to disassemble access to the burrs,
you've just got to under the cap screws for your worm driver and just
unwind the top collar. Yep.
And that will that will bring the opening of the of the burrs. Yep.
And from there, you can easily clean the burrst yeah.
You can brush out or vacuum.
I like the vacuum.
And on this one, there is a top burrs that remains fixed.
Yeah, absolutely.
So it's on the thread.
So the bottom is your, your, your moving burrs
and their grind adjustments via the top there. Yep.
So what you'll have to do is to indicate before you disassemble
where your dial is and you can go back to that position.
Yeah. You're still at the same spot. Yeah. Fair.
That's cool.
Sal, thank you again for coming in, Pedro.
Pedro, my pleasure mate.
Glad to be here.
Glad to show everyone the Scody
And if you have any questions for me or Sal, on the Scody
or in any of the Anfim range. Hit us up on the comments below or above.
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And Sal, thank you again. Pleasure, mate.