Originally posted by rilu
So I do something similar, except without as much waste (i fill it until its just barely over the lip) then I do the following:
1-Start by leveling from the neck of the portafilter to the center, then chopping to the far side (without pushing too much of the coffee off the edge)
2- Level back from the far side to the center (pushing the extra grounds to the middle) then chop from the center back to the neck.
3- Level back to the center and repeat from side to side
I also use a naked portafilter and it really helped me see what was happening with my shots and led me to using this method after playing with the WDT (Weiss Distribution Technique) for a little while. It's just second nature now, takes me a minute and a half to grind, dose, tamp, and pull a shot in the morning. No reason to ever use stale pre-ground coffee or pods, in my opinion, unless you don't care about the product and just want a passable vessel for caffeine.
One big problem I think I posted about in the other Coffee thread is that I'm off caffeine for a while, and it's been a challenge finding decaf beans that pull a decent shot, since most are low-acid, single origin, and lightly roasted. Time to start roasting my own blends, I think!
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