Sette Update

After a couple months using the Baratza Sette grinder at home I see a slow shift towards a coarser grind occurring. (After several months I have been backed into the finest setting the machine can produce.) Kyle, the ever helpful owner of Baratza said they have noticed this as the burrs break in over time.

Currently, even at the very finest setting, I’m barely maintaining a 25 second extraction. Kyle says he has a kit to allow a spacer to be installed beneath the burr set. That will work. My only question is why isn’t the spacer installed before shipping the grinder?

Also, there is definitely chambered coffee within the grinder. Not very much, but a 4 g minimum purge is required in the morning to get that first shot to pour well. It makes sense, because any grinder used for on-demand grinding will have broken beans trapped within the burr set.

My recommendation: run the motor until all coffee is expelled each evening to have truly fresh grind in the morning.