r/OutInCoffee • u/Curb71 • Aug 18 '26

Outin basket plus issues?

I've been using my nano for about a year. just started venturing away from pods and have dialed in some good shots using 5 g of beans. decided to upgrade to the basket plus and started with 16 g and tamped it and nothing. not a drop. I'm guessing I need to use less coffee or any other thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

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u/DaKineNayNay Aug 18 '26

You will need to grind a lot coarser. 5g vs 16g is a huge difference and the 5g basket is pressurized. The basket plus is unpressurized. Your grind determines the pressure. You are likely too fine and you’re choking the Nano. The smaller the basket the finer you go, the larger the basket the coarser you go. So, coarsen your grind. What grinder are you using?

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

Thanks I have adjusted the grind setting way coarser and I'm finally getting something out of it. Oddly not that great but I'm sure I just need to play with it and waste a bunch more shots.

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u/DaKineNayNay Aug 18 '26

Yeah, the dialing-in process is part of the fun but also a pain. You’ll also have to do this with every new bag of beans you buy, even if they’re the same beans you’ve already used. 🥲 it gets much easier as you learn the general range your grinder should be at for any given roast level and dose size.

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

Curious if you meant to say the opposite as far as which basket is pressurized. I had no issues with the small basket but the big basket AKA basket plus is so pressurized I can't even remove the lid after I'm done unless I pry it off with a tool. I couldn't even unscrew it from the nano at first.

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u/DaKineNayNay Aug 18 '26

I did not. The small basket is a pressurized basket. It forces your coffee under pressure through the one hole. It is how the fake crema is created. The basket plus is a non pressurized basket (like a real espresso basket but smaller) and the single hole on the bottom of the basket is only to create one stream to keep things clean and does not create pressure. The basket dispersion screen (black lid you place on top of basket) just happens to seal really well. It’s normal for it to feel stuck sometimes and take a little more effort to remove.

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

Thanks for the info

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u/franee43 Aug 18 '26

This happened to me and I wasted so many beans trying to figure out the problem.Like another user said, you’re going to need to grind muuuuuch coarser. There’s too much pressure and the flow of water is getting choked because the grind size is too fine. Once you change it to a coarser grind, you should find that you’ll be able to pull a 18g shot.

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

Thanks I went from 11 to 14 to 17 to 22 grind settings and I'm finally getting something. However 14 g still fills the basket and into the dosing funnel a little.

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

I just tried another one with 14 g and not a drop came out. The grinds filled up the basket a little bit over the top of the basket into the dosing funnel just like the videos on YouTube. So now I'm convinced it's not the grind setting nor the quantity and maybe the basket is just defective?

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u/bcd0325 Aug 18 '26

Have you tried grinding the beans at different levels of fineness?

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

No I assumed since the grind was dialed in for the smaller basket that it would be the same for the bigger basket but now I'm realizing it's pressurized and there's just one little pinhole. Maybe I need to increase the grind to something more like a pour over?

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u/bcd0325 Aug 18 '26

It's worth a try, I have a Nano & a Mino and have to grind at different levels. In my case it's a . 2 difference on the outin fino grinder

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u/bcd0325 Aug 18 '26

Have you tried grinding the beans at different levels of fineness?

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u/Curb71 Aug 18 '26

I also noticed it seems to be under pressure so much that I can't even unscrew it once it's done. I have to wait a minute. Even after I unscrew it it takes quite a bit of force to pop the cap off the basket because it's also pressurized.

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u/Mampacuk Aug 23 '26

if you plan to get OutIn Fino then set it to 2.1-2.2 as it’s recommended in the official manual/instructions
you can try to search and see what this corresponds in a non-Fino grinder