La Spaziale Dream dose

#1: Post by **Bodka Coffee** » April 2nd, 2016, 8:39 am

I purchased a Dream to use in my roastery. It is a good looking little machine. I have been using my Astoria lever with 58 mm basket and this 53 has me stumped a bit. Would one of you Vivaldi or Dream users mind telling me how many grams you use in the single and double baskets?

#2: Post by **RapidCoffee** » April 2nd, 2016, 8:50 am

15g in a 53mm basket corresponds to 18g in a 58mm basket. That is my typical target dose. My dose range runs 14.5g to 16g in the Spaz double basket. You can cram in more coffee, but I've never found an improvement in taste.

Enjoy your new toy!

April 2nd, 2016, 1:52 pm

But don't you hit the screw head with that much?

#4: Post by **woodchuck** » April 2nd, 2016, 2:25 pm

I dose between 15 and 16 grams. I shaved done the bolt head for the diffuser screens to give me a little more room.

Cheers

Ian

#5: Post by **jfrescki** » April 2nd, 2016, 2:30 pm

My preferred dose is 14.5, but I'm good up to 16. If the roast is very light, 17-18 will work in the stock double.

#6: Post by **RapidCoffee** » April 3rd, 2016, 4:58 pm

Bodka Coffee wrote:But don't you hit the screw head with that much?

With 16g? Not even close on my S1V1. The Spaz double basket has the geometry of a triple. Despite the smaller diameter, the height is as tall (or even a hair taller) than many 58mm double baskets.

#7: Post by **Bob_McBob** » April 4th, 2016, 12:36 am

I use IMS precision double baskets. For a light third wave roast, I typically dose 18g, but for darker roasts I aim for more like 16g. I am grinding with a shop grinder (Mahlkonig Tanzania) so YMMV.

#8: Post by **michael** » April 4th, 2016, 7:23 pm

I'm generally using the perecision triple with a bottomless, can dose a nice 20gs with no indentation on the puck

#9: Post by **expy98** » April 8th, 2016, 6:40 pm

I've replaced the screen's hex head bolt w/ a button head bolt to gain a little extra head space (didn't measure,
I took the bolt to the hardware store and looked for the smallest bolt head, it's been a few years since I've swapped bolts).

I regularly dose 19g using the double basket without touching the screen bolt. I can go 20g w/out touching.

Never touched the single basket.