Took me 3 months to fix my grinder retention issue

I kept getting stale coffee in my shots no matter how fresh the beans were. Every morning the first dose tasted flat and I blamed the roaster or my technique. Finally I weighed the grounds coming out after cleaning and found I was losing 4 grams every single grind to static and buildup. Cleaned the chute with a brush and a tiny spray of water on the beans, now it's consistent. How long did it take you guys to realize your grinder was the problem, or am I just slow?

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karen_shah561mo ago

Took me 2 years and a bag of wasted single-origin beans to figure that one out. Thought I was a bad barista, turns out I just had a dusty grinder.

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