Breville Barista Pro not brewing with fine grinds

Coffee preparation techniques besides espresso like pourover.
jinrowang
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#1: Post by jinrowang »

I just received Niche to use for my Breville Barista Pro. I set grinding setting to 7 and it was really fine. I was expecting extraction time to be long... but it did not give normal extraction but only few drops passing 30sec+... I had to stop extraction manually. Is Barista Pro incapable of extracting really fine grinds? Or is this normal for all espresso machines?

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HB
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#2: Post by HB »

Sounds like you have the grind setting too fine. This video offers step-by-step instructions on dialing in a grinder:
Once that's in the ballpark, you can move onto Espresso 101: How to Adjust Dose and Grind Setting by Taste.
Dan Kehn