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Curious: I have an Encore and I still get a bit of fine sludge. I'm grinding on about 21. What setting are you using?

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21 for a French Press? That's way too fine. Barzata's own site suggests at least 28:

https://baratza.com/grinding-tips/

I personally have it around 32-33. I don't remember if I got that from their manual or from somewhere online, but I haven't noticed any degradation in flavor from the larger grind. The whole point of investing in a quality burr grinder is being able to get a proper coarse grind; make use of it!

EDIT: A separate Reddit post (though by no means authoritative) agrees with my recommendation of above 30 for FP:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/comments/1k0uhb/is_there_a_c...

Yeah, I assumed that a quality burr grinder is more important for fine grinds than coarse; I guess that's probably not true. I'll give it a shot, thanks.

I've only been using the french press more now because my home office is upstairs, and the Clever Dripper stays in the kitchen. With the press I can bring it up with me and save 4 whole minutes in my 'commute' :-)

To clarify, a good burr grinder is also good for fines. You can set the Encore somewhere between 2-6 and make your own Turkish coffee grind using whatever beans you've got lying around, rather than paying for a can of pre-ground Turkish coffee that's probably been on the shelf for months already.

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