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The guys in our tech department are so busy out on the road that it’s hard to figure out how they have time to indulge their passion; tinkering around with machines and grinders, working R&D magic. However they manage to find the time, it’s good news for you guys out there in the cafés, who reap the rewards from their technical inventions and modifications. Their latest project is a pimped up version of the Mazzer Robur. Rich and the guys have been hard at work, altering it from a traditional doser-type grinder to a grind on demand doser, complete with variable timer.

Tweaking and adjusting the grinder is one of those things that needs to be done each day, sometimes several times a day, to ensure that you’ve set the grind right, and that you’re pumping out the best possible coffees for your customers. However, it can be tricky to find the time for this, particularly when you’ve got a line of caffeine deprived customers champing at the bit for their next hit.

Rich’s modifications make fine-tuning much easier and less time consuming. The original grinder requires that you hold down a button for four seconds to enter and then exit adjustment mode, which can be pretty disruptive to your workflow and can be a disincentive to making adjustments when it’s busy. Rich has implemented a much easier way to adjust the grinder, by replacing the existing button with a ten turn knob that gives you around one second of adjustment per complete turn. This means that instead of trying to exact minute adjustments, one simple twist of the knob will give you a grinding time adjustment of between 1/8 to 1 full second.

The guys have also removed the installed doser and fork and replaced these with the funnel-style doser and fork that you find on a Mazzer Robur Electronic grinder, and they’ve added a timer start switch and manual run button. Once your adjustments have been made, the new funnel-style doser and timer switch eliminate coffee mess and wastage. Minor adjustments can be made on the run, all day as humidity changes, or if a new bag of beans requires that you perform a little grinder tweaking.

Demand has been hot, with our team of Western Australian champion baristas snapping up the first few modified grinders to use in the WA Barista Championship. The pimped up version of the Mazzer Robur will cost around $500 extra (plus GST) and you’ll find it well worth the investment. If you’re interested in getting your hands on one, speak to one of our Sales guys on (08) 9528 6200.