/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>20255191
>spray
takes time off the workflow. I get some chaff and fines static'd to my exit funnel most of the time if I don't so I have to bang it on the table a bit to knco it all loose. Visually better grounds as well. Little fluffier.
>slow feed
Takes a little time off too. Dropping in a half dose at a time keeps my "feed" funnel clean so I don't have to go back and push little popcorned bits and stray beans back in.
>wet paper filter
Less necessary now that I have a 2200hole high flow basket, but it still helps out with extraction a bit by keeping the basket holes from getting clogged with how fine I'm grinding month old light roast. I drop this out of the routine when my shots are running faster than I'd like/want to pull something higher bodied for a cortado. There's also different papers with different flow/properties like sibarist and ahlstrom 909s. Ahlstrom's are supposed to drop astringency somehow. I just use cut chemex filters.
>conventional wdt tool
minimal difference, its just nice. I dropped my 3d printed one behind my bar and I'm too lazy to move shit to get it. When I say quick wdt my grounds come out very nice and uniform so its more of a quick distribution/settling when I pour it in. I'm not busting up any clumps.
>top paper and puck screen
I've got a flair 58 so there's no shower screen. Puck screen keeps water from potentially digging into the top of the puck causing channeling, paper filter spreads it out even more, but mostly keeps the puck screen cleaner. I think its worth the extra minute. Every few weeks I take 10 minutes punch out a few hundred papers. 4 layers per cut, 20 espresso papers per chemex square.

>>19235234
>gimmick
>a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.
Not its not a gimmick its just a device to attract more business. Enjoy your new grinder anon. Think you'll get it this week?

>>18881421
>I didn't know this was an indicator of them being low quality.
Not what I'm saying. MOST cafes and roasters are shit. They source and roast cheap beans, because 8/10 customers are just drowning them with adulterants. You want to keep that 80% happy. They keep your shop running and retail space ain't fucking cheap. There's zero reason to source quality for them as you'll just bleed away your profit margin. Branch out from your local pond. Try some others.

>>18637146
Depends on your humidity but yeah. Two sprays on 18g gets me this. I don't do more than 3 sprays no matter the dose. When I grind bags a spray every few doses keeps shit from building up. Very minimal staticy fines on the funnel and everything releases with a light tap.