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QuickTech ™️©️®️: Chirp Chirp Go The Burrs with the Mahlkonig X54!

Are your coffee ground coarser than boulders on a mountain? Is your brew as fast as the water you’re pouring? You could be entitled to a QuickTech ™️©️®️ Tech Tip. Take a knee and let Josh take you on a journey of discovery, reflection, and grind calibration with the Mahlkonig X54 Allround Home Grinder.

 

Tools:

  • Steady Hands
  • Clean Ears

 

· Clear hopper of beans & and grind off remaining in the chamber. 

· Turn the hand wheel until the grinder adjustment scale is at its finest setting on 1.

· Unlock the hand wheel by pushing in the cover and rotating it counter clockwise.

· Take off the cover and parts and pull out the hand wheel.

· Rotate the hand wheel clockwise until it is at position 10 and push the hand wheel back in.

· Rotate the jog dial to manual grinding and start the grinder.

· Begin to turn the hand wheel counter clockwise until the burrs begin touching and you hear a faint “chirping” sound.

· Stop the grinder. 

· Pull out the hand wheel and rotate it counter clockwise so the adjustment scale is at 1.

· Push the hand wheel back in and rotate clockwise 4 marks on the adjustment scale to set the grinder at factory setting.

· Pull out the hand wheel once more and rotate it counter clockwise so the adjustment scale reads 1.

· Push the hand wheel back in and place the cover and parts back on the hand wheel rotating clockwise.

· Adjust to your desired grind size with your freshly calibrated X54, throw some beans back in the hopper, and start grinding!

 

Now you’re off to the races with some calibrated burrs and ready to make the silkiest of coffees. All thanks to another  Black Rabbit QuickTech ™️©️®️ Tech Tip and resident tech support whiz kid, Josh!

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