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weebit_nutty
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#21: Post by weebit_nutty »

In the video I saw a bit of movement of the lower burr so it has me wondering if the lower burrs are never truly locked down and float on the adjustment mechanism, much in the same way most of their other grinders are. This does not bode well for maintaining and duplicating multiple settings. For ease of use for repeatable settings only an absolute burr lock would do for me. Of course until I use this one I can't be sure but for now I'll just have to take whatever folks will say about it at face value. But having used quite a few grinders with lockless floating adjustment mechanisms, I'm not setting my expectations very high. Based on my experience with many previous Baratza models, if this one just can maintain one setting solidly, it would do.
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#22: Post by day »

planning to get one now, and Am excited to run some Pharos comparisons. Question though if you have time. You said .2g variance, so are you finding it is frequently under .2 followed by over .2, so a working .4g range shot to shot?

I am also very interested in hearing about the burr lock and ability to hold a setting firm and then come back to it. I assume it is repeatable. Or else what use would the Bluetooth grind profile monitoring be? I can easily imagine that being fluff of course, but without repeatability it would become absurd:)
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#23: Post by Headala »

sweaner wrote:I am interested in how the grinder works when switching back and forth from espresso to regular brew grind. Has anyone tried this. A video would be great.
I would really like to know this as well. I would prefer to consolidate my grinders with my next grinder upgrade.

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#24: Post by clivecoffee »

This week everything is settling in nicely with the Sette 270 at Clive. After recent requests, I started resisting the urge to prep the basket and limiting it to at most a settling tap on the tamping pad. Things are looking and tasting awesome the longer I play with it. Shots are rock solid (by that I mean very consistent) and I haven't had to change the grind setting for days. This video shows the grinding (single dosed) to the shot https://youtu.be/ySY9XlcMUms. I'll try to brew some coffee on the Ratio tomorrow morning, then switch immediately back to espresso and report.

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#25: Post by Headala »

clivecoffee wrote:This week everything is settling in nicely with the Sette 270 at Clive. After recent requests, I started resisting the urge to prep the basket and limiting it to at most a settling tap on the tamping pad. Things are looking and tasting awesome the longer I play with it. Shots are rock solid (by that I mean very consistent) and I haven't had to change the grind setting for days. This video shows the grinding (single dosed) to the shot https://youtu.be/ySY9XlcMUms. I'll try to brew some coffee on the Ratio tomorrow morning, then switch immediately back to espresso and report.

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Thanks for taking the time to share and make the video. That shot looks great even with no WDT, etc. I look forward to the "switching" report!

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#26: Post by mauijer »

clivecoffee wrote:This week everything is settling in nicely with the Sette 270 at Clive. After recent requests, I started resisting the urge to prep the basket and limiting it to at most a settling tap on the tamping pad. Things are looking and tasting awesome the longer I play with it. Shots are rock solid (by that I mean very consistent) and I haven't had to change the grind setting for days. This video shows the grinding (single dosed) to the shot https://youtu.be/ySY9XlcMUms. I'll try to brew some coffee on the Ratio tomorrow morning, then switch immediately back to espresso and report.

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Thanks Mark! I believe you're the first one to post this full routine. Awesome tamper btw. I noticed that you hold the PF rather than allowing it to rest on the forks. Is this your typical routine or just for the video? Any problems you ran into using the forks?

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#27: Post by Fausto »

clivecoffee wrote:This week everything is settling in nicely with the Sette 270 at Clive. After recent requests, I started resisting the urge to prep the basket and limiting it to at most a settling tap on the tamping pad. Things are looking and tasting awesome the longer I play with it. Shots are rock solid (by that I mean very consistent) and I haven't had to change the grind setting for days. This video shows the grinding (single dosed) to the shot https://youtu.be/ySY9XlcMUms. I'll try to brew some coffee on the Ratio tomorrow morning, then switch immediately back to espresso and report.

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Hey Ben, you should pull some shots on the Pro 300 with the Sette, assuming you've been able to keep a floor model in stock!

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#28: Post by clivecoffee »

Hi Alex!

I actually started doing this yesterday :D Check out @Baratza's instagram for the repost! Pulled a great shot this morning as well. And if you search for #settegrinder or #sette270 you'll be able to see my continued posts.

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#29: Post by edschlukebir »

Any updates on when these will start shipping? Also, any guesses on whether you will be able to fill all the pre-orders, or if someone like me who would just be ordering now will have to wait a while because of backorders?

Thanks

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#30: Post by cmin »

I've considered selling my Vario for one just b/c it also seems to be good for single dosing, like the design, and from tasters so far saying how remarkably close it is in taste to grinders like the K30.... which I would love but don't have the room for under my low cabinets and not dealing with many of those grinders quirks. Seems like with the Vario, they've managed to make the smaller burr set punch above its weight (size).