I just took delivery of my Pharos. Ground up my first pot of press coffee this morning. I grind about two ozs. of beans for our typical morning cups.

Does anyone know how much the bottom holds before it starts backing up into the burrs or becomes a problem in any way? I know before they put the funnel in it would hold more than I could ever worry about, but I figure that funnel probably eats up a lot of space.

Anyway, our daughter is coming in for Christmas week and we are going to be making a LOT of coffee. I need to know when to dump it out before proceeding with more grinding.

Thanks and I hope everyone's having a great holiday season so far.

I don't know the exact capacity, but its more than 40 and less than 80. I use 80g for my large 12 cup press, and I have to break it up in to two batches.

You can always remove the plastic ring and funnel and grind "naked" on a cutting board. That's my preferred method. To battle static, I wire the bottom plate to a grounded source (clipleads between the pharos and my Gaggia chassis) but others would add a drop or two of water to the beans. I have a clean paintbrush to handle the coffee (fold up the cutting board and sweep the coffee into a portafilter).

I easily grind 30 grams. Not sure if it would do 60, and you would not be able to fit 60 in the hopper anyway. I use an OE dosing funnel as my "hopper," and I still would not be able to do 60 grams. Go for 1 ounce x 2 and you will be fine.

Voodoo mod holds a ton

My guess is the original holds about 30, but for press pot grinds, you could probably grind straight into the press pot, holding it above. Coarse grinds don't clump