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What could I adjust? Using Opus 2 Grinder.

Hi! Just got an Aidan and wondering if anyone has advice for picking profiles. I drink light roast with mix of clean washed coffees and some funkier processed coffees. What are people’s go-too recipes for 2-300ml brews? How does it change for 500ml or 700ml brews?

Thanks!

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Within the last couple of days the machine won’t auto switch to ask me to steam milk. If I click make a drink (latte for example) it asks me to pull the shot then goes back to Home Screen. But the timer is also not running. Shot pulls like normal but timer reads 0:00 the whole time. I’m thinking it’s probably a firmware issue but wanted to see if anyone else is dealing with it

For context, please see these previous conversations regarding issues with the Opus Gen 2:

• Adjustment Knob Issues with Opus Gen 2
• Very Close to Giving Up on the Opus 2

I received a replacement Opus Gen 2 grinder from Fellow today. I opened the box and went straight into adjusting the grind without plugging it in or adding beans. Unfortunately, this new grinder has the exact same stiff adjustment knob as I previously reported on my first Opus Gen 2. Based on comments I am seeing at Reddit, there are others reporting the same adjustment knob issues.

I am wondering if this relates to the versions with the aluminum adjustment knobs versus the all-black version with the plastic adjustment knob. In any case, it's irritating that this is now the second grinder with the stiff adjustment knob.

I'm at a loss for what to do. The grinder works, but making fine adjustments is so frustrating because the knob skips and jumps when trying to make small movements.

I have sent a follow-up email to support, but I have no idea where to go from here. I suppose I could try the all-black version with the plastic knob, but I am reading about different issues with that version which leaves me concerned for its build quality.

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A few that I’ve personally tried and can recommend are Kaʻū Coffee Mill, A Coffee Farm, Miranda’s Farm, and Navarro’s Farm. There are plenty of others—these are just the ones I’ve personally had coffee from.
These communities have been through a lot and could use some support. So go buy some Kaʻū coffee, support a small business, and get some really good coffee in the process.
If you’ve got a favorite Kaʻū farm or coffee, drop it in the comments so others can check them out too.

I've pulled some shots within the 25-35 second range without any channeling/spraying but the shots are still on the sour side and I'm not getting any sort of sweetness. What's consistent about these shots is that the pucks are always soft/muddy. I'm also seeing an indentation in the middle of the puck and a varying amount of small crater-like shapes on the outer edges. With my previous machine, when I'm dialed-in, or close to it, my pucks come out pretty firm and easily release from the basket. This is why the pucks coming out of the ES1 are raising a red flag to me.

I'm pretty confident about my prep given that I'm not seeing any spraying. I'm using a WDT tool, a distributor, and a self-leveling tamper.

I'm open to suggestions but I'm mainly curious to see if anyone else is having the same experience. For additional context, I've pulled most of my shots using the classic 9 bar profile with a manual stop (weighing my output). After noticing that the profile overshoots to 10 bars, I thought that could be causing the indentation in the center of the puck so I duplicated the profile and changed it to 8 bars. That didn't get rid of the issue. I then realized that the profile doesn't have a pre-infusion step, so I added that to my 8 bar profile in hopes that it could result in a more even distribution and a firmer puck. That didn't work either and I'm out of ideas.

I don't have any photos, or the energy to pull more shots today, but I can share some tomorrow if anyone's interested 😄

Can we disable it from waking up by knob turn? I wipe up near the knob, accidentally spin it, and it wakes up. Doubt any user spins the knob to wake it up. Personally I think it’s bad UI design anyway to have a knob turn that serves solely as menu cursor also function as a power on button.

I’m replacing my Opus 1 which is a grinder that I like but there is always so much retention and chaff/grounds/mess all around the machine even after cleaning the static ports. The mess and retention are constant issues. Is the Opus 2 any better? I’m really thinking about a Turin DF54. For reference I use the Fellow Aiden almost daily and occasionally ground espresso and/or French press on the weekends. Is the Opus 2 a legitimate fix because I’m seeing just enough comments about the Opus 2 to make me nervous about buying it.

Hi all

Got my ES1 today and have spent the afternoon playing around with it, and no matter what I do can’t get my shots not to gush - whatever grind size I use I’m getting 36-40g out in exactly 17 seconds (with a 10 second pre-infuse). I’ve tried a bunch of settings from 20 down to 3 on the grinder with the same result - and I’ve calibrated it to reset 0.

Im using a Niche Zero grinder and the exact same beans I was using with my Sage Bambino Plus yesterday (where i was grinding at about 10 and 36-38g out in 27-ish seconds.

Conscious the problem i’m having indicates a puck prep/channelling issue but my routine hasn’t changed either - 18g in, WDT and tamp (using a new Normcore tamper with the 30lb spring in - I’ve tested it on a scale and it’s working fine). Really the only things that have changed are the portafilter size and the machine - I’m genuinely at a loss.

Any tips appreciated.

I bought the kettle in October last year, and the metal disc started coming loose in February. At first, I thought it was supposed to be held in place by the pressure from the rubber seal, but I don't think that's actually the case, right?

I noticed from day one that the lid was fairly tight, but since this is my first Stagg, I had no point of reference. I just assumed it was by design. But now I'm wondering whether the tight lid could have been what caused the disc to come loose?

And before anyone asks: no, I've never put it in the dishwasher. I don't think I've ever even washed it with detergent.

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