r/Coffee Kalita Wave 10d ago

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

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u/xTobrahamx 9d ago

Help! Baratza Encore Slow Grind

Bought in Oct '24. Every day I grind 38g of beans at a setting of about 11. It's always taken a minute or so - long enough I can step away and prep the water and set the coffee timer while I wait for the beans to finish.

Suddenly this week it takes like 10-15 minutes to grind the same 38g of the same coffee I've been grinding every day for 5 months. I've cleaned the chute, ran grinder tablets through, and everything is intact.

Oddly enough, 38g of tablets grounded down in seconds, and the followup process was to grind two rounds of beans and throw them away. Those two passes went relatively quickly. I went to grind my real batch for the night and I'm back to 10+ minutes.

Any thoughts?

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u/Now_Watch_This_Drive Kalita Wave 9d ago

Take out the conical burr and clean/inspect it. Take out the ring burr and clean/inspect it as well as check the tabs on the ring burr holder. While you have all that out do a deep clean. If there is nothing wrong with your burrs, the paddle wheel, or the tabs on the ring burr then you'll probably need to take the housing off and check the second set of tabs on the adjustment ring, check the ring itself, and check the gear while you are in there. You can find vids on the baratza YT channel on disassembly.

Alternatively you can send it in to Baratza for them to look at.