Solves Single Dosing on Eureka Mignon Grinders

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Can this little addition to the Eureka Mignon grinder, solve the two biggest problems with single dosing? • If it works as intended you waste much less coffee and improve your espresso shots. • ----- • Quick interruption: • If you want to improve your espressos (and espresso based drinks) I've found keeping track of your extractions is the best way. So I created an espresso journal to do just that. Get your espresso journal on Amazon here: • US https://www.amazon.com/Espresso-Journ... • UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Espresso-Jou... • (Of course you can get it outside of those countries too just go to one of those links and change your country). • ----- • There two main problems I have with single dosing on my Eureka Mignon Grinder: • The first is Retention • From my experience the Eureka grinders actually don't retain a lot of ground coffee in the chamber and chute. They have pretty low retention compared to other flat burr grinders. But, in my non-scientific testing there's still around 2 grams. • If you don't clear it out immediately, it's going to come through on your next shot. For me that would mean 2g is always old ground coffee. I prefer fresh! • Also, if you don't grind through or clear it out, it will give you problems dialling in because as you make adjust the grind it'll contain some of the previous coffee. • You can use bellows to blow the ground coffee through. [You may have seen me use bellows in my Mignon cleaning video here • Dirty Little Grinder: Cleaning Your E... ]. But it's awkward if you're using the standard hopper because you have to remove it to use the bellows. • So I found a possible solution: A single dosing hopper made to fit the Eureka Mignon Grinders. It's designed with a funnel shape on top that allows it to be used with the bellows I've been using. • You pump the bellows and it's very effective at getting out what it's possible to get out in this way. [Maybe a tilted stand for the grinder would give a little extra] • So this solves the issue of retention. • But there's a more sinister problem with this solution alone. Which brings us to… • The second problem..Critical and often ignored… Popcorning • If you single dose by putting in the exact amount of coffee you want out - say 18g - and then you blow out to get 18g (if you’re lucky). You could be missing out on a better tasting cup of coffee. • Here's why: • If you've watched your single dose of coffee beans go through your grinder, you'll see they start bouncing around like popcorn popping at the end. • When this happens you may notice that these last few beans come through a slightly different grind size than the rest. • I've personally found that doing this (18g dose in, 18g out with bellows) extract very differently than those with an extra bit of weight on top - around 23 - 24 grams for an 18 g dose. So that's what I've been doing - using 23 grams for an 18g shot and the rest goes to waste. • Hopefully no more now I have the weighted plunger that you can get with the single dose hopper. • This goes on top of the dose and adds that bit of weight. It stops the beans bouncing around, so you get a more even grind. • That's the intention with this anyway. • I'm excited to try it. I'll be testing it out so you can see if it's something you want to try. • Have you tried this? • How has it worked for you? • Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or suggestions for videos you'd like me to make. • Is this the best single dosing, low retention grinder • The BEST Single Dosing Grinder under ... ? • Eureka Mignon 3d Printed Single Dose Hopper W/ Bellows Fitment Option https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/90051... • That doesn't come with the bellows, here's the link for the bellows: • US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... • UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01D0I21CI

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