Hey everyone, today I want to cover a few ways that you can fix your puck defects.
Now, you might have caught our recent video where I went through some of the puck defects
you can experience, things like a floating puck, channeling around the outside of your
coffee puck, wormholes.
We identified these issues by looking at the coffee puck.
Well, what I want to cover today are some cool new tools that are available to help
minimize these issues, and we'll take them through one by one and show you how they can
improve your espresso game.
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So, the first one we're going to start with is what size basket do you have in your group
handle, and how much coffee does it need?
To measure that, the first thing you're going to need is a set of scales and a dosing pot.
We're going to dose out a bit of coffee.
We've got our 21-gram basket, commonly known as a triple straight-wall basket.
The recipe for this is 22.5 grams of coffee.
If you've got a 7-gram style basket or a 14-gram basket, the best way to understand how much
coffee you need is to fill it to the top, get it flat, tamp the coffee, test your extraction,
and weigh the grind before extracting your coffee.
That's what you should use to repeat.
Having the right amount of coffee in the basket helps with the floating puck issue.
Without pressure on the waterbed, the water goes straight through, making the puck float
and losing rigidity.
By having the right amount of coffee, you prevent this floating puck issue.
Now that you have the right amount of coffee, a dosing pot is handy to transfer coffee to
your group handle and basket.
A bit of a spin gives the coffee a Gravitron effect, like a carnival ride, distributing
the coffee around the outside of the basket.
To prevent water from going around the outside edge of the basket, which has the least resistance,
use a dosing funnel and a WDT (Weiss Distribution Technique) tool.
This tool helps improve grind consistency, eliminating boulders, fines, and super fines.
By getting a consistent grind, you eliminate wormholes, a straight channel through the
coffee puck.
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Using the WDT tool, clumps start to disappear, ensuring the water flows evenly.
Next, use a tamper that fits your basket size.
Upgrading to a Pullman tamper allows customization, increasing the height of the shaft, adding
a rubber point for comfort, and changing heads for different basket sizes.
The Pullman tamper ensures precise tamping on the coffee bed, fixing the grind into the
basket's outside edges.
A tamper that fits the basket prevents water from going around the outside edge, creating
channeling.
A Pullman tamper with a big step avoids binding while maintaining precision.
The tamper can be disassembled and reassembled easily.
Using a lovely tamp mat and an NCD (Nutating Current Distribution) tool, distribute coffee
evenly.
The NCD tool scrapes coffee from one point to another, achieving a flat surface for tamping.
Tamping with the Pullman tamper ensures even distribution and a nice tamp around the basket's
outside edge.
A Flare 58 Puck Screen prevents the coffee puck from lifting, allowing expansion without
excessive head pressure.
Place it
on top of the coffee puck before extraction.
After extraction, check for puck defects, such as channeling, floating pucks, or water
on top of the puck.
Using these techniques and accessories improves your espresso game.
A WDT tool reduces channeling, a proper basket size prevents floating pucks, a dosing
funnel and
NCD
tool help
with even distribution, and a Flare Puck Screen prevents defects.
Accessories are available on our website.
Thanks for watching, and if you
have questions, drop them below.
We appreciate your support and hope these
techniques enhance your
coffee experience.
Cheers!