Trying out this Blue Bottle Opascope espresso w/ this hand grinder w/ my Kamira espresso maker. But the Kamira is not pulling the espresso for some reason.
Comparing the Lavazza grounds to the Opascope grounds I can’t tell there’s a difference. Is it too fine? Not fine enough?
This is the hand grinder.
Here is what 2 out of 4 of the Blue Bottle pulls ended up like
And after that I did a Lavazza pull and it looked pretty normal..
Tried to use same grind level but also tamping this time
- Going to call this grind level 1. So “tamping” means using force to “compact” the grinds into the filter. This is not typically done w/ a Kamira filter. But tried it this time..
- And result was no pull and a swimming pool at the end
Grind level 2 , no more tamping
- ended up with half a pull..
Also tried grind level 3…
This time basically no pull. And slightly watery filter afterwards also.
Next?
Not sure what’s next. Maybe going to try to fix the pressure on the Kamira.