trying to figure out where to start with a pre millennium pavoni dose. dont want to waste a whole lot of coffee and i will be using a hand grinder (will be using it out of town on vacation).. so whats your dose. I will be using Black Cat.

Thanks..

I use a TWO Tablespoon measure and scoop up beans slightly more than level. This yields about 12-13 grams of beans which I grind. I find the 14 gram dose too big for the system.



Basket filled with grinds.


After tamping.

I'm using 14.3g to accompany lossage with NO HEADROOM, with the final ground dose in basket being 14.1g:




With no headroom the dispersion screen does a final tamp of roughly 2mm. You need not to worry about disturbance to the puck because you have left no room for this to happen:


I am grinding with a Kyocera hand grinder, and using a bit coarser of a grind - between 160-170 turns to be exact of Detour Coffee's Punch Buggy espresso blend. Detour is out of Dundas and you can pick up his stuff at Darkhorse.