I'm trying to take a close look at our waste on espresso and wanted some help from others who may have solved this issue.
We use a super jolly manual in the usual way (grind, dose, settle, up-dose, level, tamp) but always have a 10/15 gram pile of waste on the port-a-filter rest, bottom of the grinder and counter every 8 to 10 drinks. I'm currently collecting this for a few shifts to gauge what our total per day waste is but I'm fairly sure it runs in the 1/2 pound range.
While we don't truly clear the hopper and grind each and every shot to order (if there is a rush we will grind for each shot but not clear the hopper chamber between in shot) we do grind to order if it's slow.
Finally, my question;
In this kind of situation would an electronic, not a doser/chamber, style grinder help with this?
It seems all of the waste is created by the settling, up-dosing (to a slight crown or overfill that is then finger leveled) and not by dumping the hopper clear for each shot.
Help!!
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