Tibee Senior Member Joined: 1 Jan 2007 Posts: 9 Location: NZ Expertise: Just starting
Posted Mon Jan 8, 2007, 2:52pm Subject: Definition of a "Soggy Puck"
Over a period of time I have come to be intrigued with the term "Soggy Puck" and often wonder how a puck is actually assessed as to it's dryness or otherwise.
I have seen photos of coffee pucks still contained within the portafiller, and sure enough all of them appear nice and dry. However when viewing these photos I am aware that I must allow for the PF heat retention and time that has elapsed from the moment the portafiller is removed from the machine, to the setting up of the camera, and finally taking the actual photographic shot.
Everytime I remove my portafiller, it just so happens that a blob of water decides to drop onto the surface of the puck from the grouphead showerscreen, and dissipates quickly through the puck in a few seconds.
Would my pucks best be described as a wet soggy puck (because it had a blob of water on the surface at the moment the PF was removed) or because of the heat etc, and the water quickly dissipating through the puck, should it be described as a nice dry puck??
My machine (EM6910) may be the only one that drops a blob of water at the moment the PF is removed??.
emily Senior Member Joined: 2 Mar 2006 Posts: 157 Location: Sydney, Australia Expertise: Professional
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Posted Mon Jan 8, 2007, 8:16pm Subject: Re: Definition of a "Soggy Puck"
hey Ti Bee
usually i assess my puck by removing it from the group handle onto the bench. if it comes out in one nice cake/biscuit type piece, it's dry. if it cracks or breaks up at all, it's wet at least. I dont usually get soggy puck (like mud) as I make sure i dose enough coffee into the GH. The other test i use is poke my finger into the puck while it's still in the GH. If my finger gets dirty at all, it's soggy :-)
Hope this helps. I could probably find a few images if you need.
wushoes Senior Member Joined: 9 Feb 2006 Posts: 318 Location: Melbourne, Australia Expertise: Pro Barista
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Posted Tue Jan 9, 2007, 5:11am Subject: Re: Definition of a "Soggy Puck"
a few drops of water here and there that get soaked up immediately almost certainly means its a dry puck
a wet puck is when you knock out the puck and will just crumble....you can usually tell when there is lots of water on the surface...too much for the puck to soak up...even if you leave it out to "dry" for a bit...the water will still be there
Kwax Senior Member Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 90 Location: Sydney Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Thu Jan 11, 2007, 10:45pm Subject: Re: Definition of a "Soggy Puck"
So you guys think that A dry solid puck means that the extraction was done correctly?
I had a day where my extractions were comming out perfect, honey drip and spot on 25seconds. I too think that a more dry puck = Good extraction but the pucks i was getting on this day were wet/sloppy . I didnt get around to tasteing those shots (which i should get inthe habit of doin) so I wasnt sure if they were ok or not.
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