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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
So you guys are weighing as your pulling your shots then, like your cup etc. Is sitting on the scale
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yeah, just get a cheapo kitchen scale that's thin enough to fit under the cup and has some water resistance. There are some high-end dedicated ones, but I honestly don't think it's worth the money.
Ideally you want a scale that goes down to 0.1g. Weight your portafilter, set to 0, put grinded coffee in to the desired weight. Then put the scale under the portafilter (while it's on the machine), cup on, set to 0, and start brewing. See if you can get to 1:2 (the usual ratio for espresso drinks) ratio (say 18g in, 36g out) in 22-30sec. If it's doing it too fast, get the grind finer, and coarser if too slow.
You should adjust the grind everytime you change your beans... some more anal drinkers do it on every bag.