Mignon Silenzio

Yea. I noticed I’ve been doing this as well. I took off the anti-clumping thingy on my eureka mignon silenzio awhile ago, because of the retention it created behind it…but I’m pretty sure the extra RDT’ing I need to do to avoid grinds flying everywhere is too much. I think I am creating much worse r

I only have heard about the gen 2 where they added a knocker to the chute, and I think they took away the magnetically removable chute in order to do this. Dunno what the 3rd gen diffs are. Personally, I don't want a knocker, as I can simply grab the chute and clean it and put it back. I like that.

Love the DF83V. Turin has a weird naming scheme. The DF83V has little in common with the DF83 (except maybe the espresso burr set) - as it is a vertical-burr mount (horizontal body) and has an auger, variable RPM, and a much bigger, more powerful motor. I'm not sold on the variable RPM (yet?). Howev

I would recommend a variable rpm grinder. I recently purchased a DF83V and did some brief testing to see what effect radically changing the rpm would have. I found the (extreme) rpm change gave the "fully-body / clarity" trade-off as has been oft reported. It was quite noticeable, and after enjoying

Back when I had a Silvia I was using a Eureka Mignon Silenzio. I should have bought the Specialita. I set it up for single-dose with an Aliexpress kit. Easy to dial-in with a decent grinder.