Bean Counter Shootout

#1: Post by **BaristaBoy E61** » May 4th, 2022, 1:30 pm

I hate the drudgery of blending single doses myself at home and am wondering if anyone has experience or thoughts about using a bean counter to reduce the time, effort and boredom of this tedious task.

I'd love to hear your comments and thoughts as to whether a bean counter would actually save time and which one might be the pick of the litter and why.

TNX

#2: Post by **JB90068** » May 6th, 2022, 1:59 am

I'm with you and know your pain. At this point, I would lean towards the Acaia Orion Mini.

#3: Post by **Ad-85** » May 6th, 2022, 7:52 am

I have the Acaia Orion and use it with WW commercial tubes (you need at least 2 funnels tho, I have 3). It really saves time

May 11th, 2022, 2:20 pm

Is there a reason that you chose this bean counter over the Weber? By what percentage or factor would you say that it saves time?

Would you buy it again?

TNX

May 11th, 2022, 10:41 pm

1- Orion's hopper holds more beans
2- WW's tubes with funnels on top fit below the Orion
3- saves time when you're filling the single dosing tubes this way instead of manually filling them

Would I buy it again? Yes if it was cheaper. I think it's overpriced for what it does/ when in use.

May 11th, 2022, 11:05 pm

How accurate is it? I've heard it can be off by .4g per dose?

#7: Post by **tompoland** » May 11th, 2022, 11:16 pm

This is what I do. It is as accurate as the Orion's that I had but a whole lot faster. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiEBU36bHOY

Most counters will be out by up to 0.3 grams but remember this is not a ground coffee weight, we are weighing whole beans so it's impossible to weigh to a whole gram unless your beans are somehow miraculously all of a uniform weight that divides neatly into a round number

Pouches are then vacuum sealed. Discarded plastic pouches are recycled via the local supermarket.

#8: Post by **Ad-85** » May 11th, 2022, 11:23 pm

JB90068 wrote:How accurate is it? I've heard it can be off by .4g per dose?

You are right. It's not accurate but I fill the tubes to the top anyways (helps keeping them fresh)

May 12th, 2022, 12:24 am

+ or - .4g?

#10: Post by **tompoland** » May 12th, 2022, 1:34 am

Can be either. Refer my post above: we are talking about whole beans, not ground beans so a +/- is inevitable.