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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • The price is astronomical for a cutter, yet there aren’t any with the feature set it offers. It depends if the ownership of something unique and carrying a miniature yet useful overengineered tool is something that matters to you. In my case, the choice landed here for:

    • office and work commuting EDC
    • extreme compact form factor: being able to leave it in the fifth pocket was really helpful in a couple of situations
    • fit and finish that could match the similarly small flashlight
    • fidgety and novelty factor
    • “buy it for life”: no moving parts, solid chunk of titanium
    • I like to reward some small private life achievements with these king of “unnecessary” things :)

    On the functioning:
    + really easy to slide open one handed
    - Ti pocket clip quite stiff, so not as easy to take out
    + decent fidgety factor
    - pushing the blade with the edge touching a side can blunt it (I think I fidgeted a lot with it at first and then had to sharpen it slightly again - solution is to take care of pushing the blade away from the side)
    + in use, it does its job very well, nothing to complain there

    So: not flawless, but I love it and have it with me every day!




  • Unfortunately you have to also use a double dose (or in that range), with double output and coarser - compared to the single basket - grind. The higher quantity of coffee is what helps make everything easier, as small variations have a more limited impact and the diameter of the baskets itself (58mm) works better for doubles. Single baskets have usually holes only in the middle part and have a much less uniform extraction for this reason.



  • Single baskets are tricky to get right, did you try with the double basket (with a slightly coarser grind) and the same ratio? The taste is the most important thing in the end, so don’t fuss too much on exact timing.

    Steaming milk requires a lot of trying and patience, focus on getting the tip at the right height and slowly you will learn when the air is mixing correctly with the milk and when to change position or stop.

    And follow the tip about the actual zero of your grinder!