Hello,
I have a Maccap mc4 (the one without the hopper/doser) ... and to be honest, I dont like it. Its a messy big bugger.
Ok so it grinds great, but thanks to it not having the doser it makes a bleeding mess, you grind out what you think is going to be almost the right amount into your basket, then you insert your chopstick up the spout and give it a wiggle (ooh err missus) to get any remaining grinds out the shoot, then you give it a few taps just incase, then stick the chop stick back up the spout for one final wiggle, then level off your basket, tamp and make a coffee.
all very nice, but now the top is covered in grounds, so you wipe that down and as you knock your puck out, the slightly incontenant mc4 dribbles a bit more coffee out its limp spout and I have to clean it up again.
Beggining to wish I had the doser model so I could throw a bit more coffee away from over grinding, but it would be cleaner.
So its been a few years since I bought it .... is there a good clean grinder on the market thats ideal for doing coffee on a minimal scale, ie 2 doubles, one after the other then left for a few hours until I need another coffee.
Looking for a small footprint, clean, easy to adjust, low usage, grinding mainly for espresso, but would be nice to quickly change the grind for a course setting if the inlaws come over and want some god awful drip machine stuff
pleeeeeeease help
Johnny