Broke out the Bodum Pebo for use this morning as well as Christmas morning.
Spent some time reading back through this thread and some of the included links, so I felt
prepared to tackle the task. 34 ounce size vacpot. Used two of our travel mugs to determine
the water size needed, weighed and adjusted amount of coffee accordingly. Waited until
bottom globe reached 195*, placed top globe on and lowered heat from 6.5/10 to 5/10. Water slowly
rose to top globe, but then unexpectedly emptied from top globe back to the bottom globe. I assume
loss of temperature at burner to be the culprit. Next attempt left burner at 7 until the 90% of the bottom globe had
traveled north, then for an additional minute, then lowered to 5, put ground coffee into top globe,
started a 3 minute timer, and slowly paddled coffee to moisten all the ground coffee. 2 minutes later,
removed the vacpot from the burner and 50 seconds later, the top globe had been emptied of liquid.
Using the "new" Cory rod (5.75") purchased on Ebay a few weeks back rather then Pebo filter. Significant amount
of grounds at the end of the cup. An adjustment is needed to the Baratza Vario I am afraid. But the cup of coffee
both mornings was sublime. Really fantastic. Less stressful this morning then Christmas morning when I
was still reading and trying to work thorough all the necessary steps. Not sure this can be an every morning
process, but it will be in the rotation for weekend mornings along with the 10 cup Espro. Thanks to all who have
contributed to this thread, it was very helpful and appreciated.
Now how to adjust the Vario to grind coarser? Was it the 2.0mm screw or the 2.5mm screw? More reading and
researching will need to be done.