Hello! Thanks 4 the video, i was Looking for some vídeos to dial in my Fellow Opus, because i don’t know what’s wrong in my case. Let me explain, when i grind i can’t get lower than number 5 in my grinder, although I’m using good quality fresh beans. The ones I’ve got now are roasted the 28th of August and 85SCA. (I’ve used differents coffees all fresh and over 85SCA. My coffee machine is a sage bambino and I use a bottomless ikape portafilter with the básquet that came with the portafilter. I use a 20gr dose because I like a larger espresso. My complains are that first of all I can’t go finer than 5 and I think I don’t get enough crema in those settings. After it takes ages to grind 20gr. I have to press many times the button, (recently discovered that a long press is for manual stop) 😅. My grinder has a lot of retention. I’ve cleaned all parts several times and see if it was all ok with the grinder and it seems all parts are in good conditions. Long story short, under the lid of the grinder it says that the range for espresso is between 1 and 3 but I can’t grind under 5, and it takes for ever to grind and I can’t get enough crema. Hope you can give me some hints!! Thank you!!!!
Hey! All of that sounds a little off. Perhaps your grinder wasn't calibrated properly? I would contact Fellow for a replacement in that case. Question: Are you making the adjustments while there are beans in the hopper? If so you should always make adjustments when the hopper is empty AND when adjusting finer always run the grinder.
Fellow sais the problem its the outer burrs. They send me a replacement for free. But im a bit annoyed with the grinder. let's see if my mood changes with the new burrs. but im thinking to switch to a MiiCoffee DF54. What do you think?
@kenyastabler The Opus is a relatively low end grinder in the world of espresso, and your espresso machine is a high end model. You may have a bad match on your hands, unfortunately. You see, a grinder is just as important to your espresso quality as the machine, if not more so
Hello! Thanks 4 the video, i was Looking for some vídeos to dial in my Fellow Opus, because i don’t know what’s wrong in my case.
Let me explain, when i grind i can’t get lower than number 5 in my grinder, although I’m using good quality fresh beans. The ones I’ve got now are roasted the 28th of August and 85SCA. (I’ve used differents coffees all fresh and over 85SCA. My coffee machine is a sage bambino and I use a bottomless ikape portafilter with the básquet that came with the portafilter. I use a 20gr dose because I like a larger espresso.
My complains are that first of all I can’t go finer than 5 and I think I don’t get enough crema in those settings. After it takes ages to grind 20gr. I have to press many times the button, (recently discovered that a long press is for manual stop) 😅. My grinder has a lot of retention. I’ve cleaned all parts several times and see if it was all ok with the grinder and it seems all parts are in good conditions. Long story short, under the lid of the grinder it says that the range for espresso is between 1 and 3 but I can’t grind under 5, and it takes for ever to grind and I can’t get enough crema. Hope you can give me some hints!! Thank you!!!!
Hey! All of that sounds a little off. Perhaps your grinder wasn't calibrated properly? I would contact Fellow for a replacement in that case.
Question: Are you making the adjustments while there are beans in the hopper? If so you should always make adjustments when the hopper is empty AND when adjusting finer always run the grinder.
@@TokyoCoffee thanks for your answer, I’ve done watch you said and contacted with fellow directly.
Fellow sais the problem its the outer burrs. They send me a replacement for free. But im a bit annoyed with the grinder. let's see if my mood changes with the new burrs. but im thinking to switch to a MiiCoffee DF54. What do you think?
A lot of people love that grinder. I've never tested it
I’ve returned The Fellow Opus, had enough with it. I all read brought a DF54. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 hope that the DF54 don’t give me so many problems.
What about for a La Marzaco Micro.. espresso seems weak and we’re go between 2-3 but it seems too fine for if we went to four that seems too course …
Are you weighing out your dose?
@kenyastabler The Opus is a relatively low end grinder in the world of espresso, and your espresso machine is a high end model. You may have a bad match on your hands, unfortunately. You see, a grinder is just as important to your espresso quality as the machine, if not more so