TIL weighing beans before grinding fixed my sour shots after a year of guessing

Lisa Jones · 2026-10-28T08:10:04.315767+00:00

For about a year I just scooped beans into the grinder with the little plastic scoop that came with it and hoped for the best. Then last week I pulled three shots in a row that tasted like lemon juice and finally dug out a $12 kitchen scale from the back of a drawer. Turns out my scoop was giving me anywhere from 14 to 19 grams depending on the bean, which explains why some mornings were great and others were a mess. Now I weigh 18 grams every time and the shots have been steady for 9 days straight. Anyone else get lazy with the scoop for way too long before switching to a scale?

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