The EK 43 grinder debate
So there is a bit of talk in the industry about a new method of grinding beans for use on an espresso machine using the EK 43 grinder and in consequence of that, a few blog posts.
I have seen this grinder in action at the 3FE store in Dublin recently as did two of my key staff when they went to visit last weekend. However the three of us have yet to use one, or be able to assess it fully. But the coffees we tasted were delicious.
What I have seen are the blog posts put out by four of the most well regarded people in this industry in this part of the world, if not the whole world. It makes for fascinating and involved reading, and also shows the lengths that people are going to for coffee and the experience.
These are the blogs that I have read. I suggest you read them in the listed order. I recommend you need a good comfortable chair, a great coffee (or strong drink) and about an hour. And after that, possibly another strong drink.
http://www.prufrockcoffee.com/2013/08/the-kaminsky-report/
http://colinharmon.wordpress.com/
http://www.jimseven.com/2013/08/21/alright-lets-talk-about-ek43s-then/
I am not going to write a blog post on the benefits or otherwise of this grinder. I’m not smart enough to write like these guys do, but I do know my current business model and with the limited information I have at hand, I can only see that these grinders would not work for me in our situation for the simple fact that it could take about 2 hours every day to dose out our daily pre portions and the efficiency on the bar that we pride ourselves on would suffer.
Anyway, if you are a coffee geek and wish to have a fascinating, in depth read, please enjoy and I suggest you follow these gentlemen’s blogs anyway for further great reading.
Peter Dore-Smith
Director
Kaffeine Ltd
66 Great Titchfield st.
15 Eastcastle st.
