Point taken about backups. I wouldn't self host something like this without backups.
Backups are obviously a good idea, but it's a pain in the ass having to restore your data. A disclaimer like this implies that restoring from backup will be a regular thing. That's why I was curious about peoples experience with it. How frequently does it wipe your photos?
Is anyone using this? It looks great, but that disclaimer everywhere saying you shouldn't use it concerns me.
If you use it, what is your experience?
Well all I can say is thank you, kind internet stranger. I tried grinding finer, and got a really lovely sweet and balanced cup. Honestly, I wasn't expecting anything, but it was like a completely different bean.
When I first got the bag, I tried grinding in the middle of the "pour over" range on the niche (35), which gave the results I describes initially. Ended up pulling back and settling on 40. It was pleasant there, but nothing special. This morning I tried 30, which felt extreme, but it was super nice!
I learned something new today thanks to your post!
I'm not super sure how light it is. I would have said it's a medium roast, but the bag said it was for filter. Maybe it's the chocolatier notes that I'm kind of disappointed with and tried to escape from with the courser grind, but who knows. The coffee's nice, but it's Brazilian, so I should really have seen this coming.
I'll give a finer grind a try tomorrow. Like you say, it's pretty easy to experiment, so why the hell not! I've been using water straight from the boil to brew. Seems to work well, and I don't see any point in playing around with that. I got a next level so that I wouldn't need to upgrade my crappy kettle, and I'm quite happy with that for now. Grinder is a niche, so I don't think I'll be upgrading that any time soon either. I realise it's probably not the best for pour over, but I'm happy with it.
Either way, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the tips
That's interesting. I'm starting down the road of pour overs with a next level. I've previously been exclusively an espresso drinker.
The latest beans were feeling over extracted to me, so I've gone courser. The result has been pretty good, but maybe a bit light.
Would you try finer in this case, or would you stick to the pleasant, but lighter extraction?
Organic maps is great, but falls down when you're searching for local businesses
I guess it also depends on if you buy it new or second hand. Can get them fairly cheap on ebay
I'm with you on the burr swapping process. If it takes more than a minute and requires tools, I'll never actually do it often enough to make it worth while.
I was sure the duo did conical too, but I just checked, and I guess I just made that up? Either way, this can take multiple sizes, like you said. It's clearly a much nicer grinded, but its also much more expensive
The niche duo does it too. This one seems like a much higher spec, though
That looks great! I always thought I didn't like the look of the breville machines, but I guess it's just the colour I'm not keen on. If only they offered them in different colours...
Are you guys not concerned about losing complete access to the internet if something drops on your server?
I realise these will be very rare cases, but shit happens sometimes, and always seems to happen at the worst possible moments.
What's your recovery plan?
Edit to add that this is the reason I'm on nextdns... Make it someone else's problem