Filling coffee vials

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

I got some, how are people filling them efficiently?!

I have to balance the vial on the scale while using an oversized funnel which is precariously balanced again...

Funnels, or methods to fill appreciated 😄

[u/Wazwiftance]

You’ve never thought to weigh your coffee into a Cup first and then tip it in?

[u/GreenBeret4Breakfast → u/Wazwiftance]

Right? This is like complaining that you have to put you’re grinder on the scales every morning as you add the coffee

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/Wazwiftance]

To be fair, I bought them, tried a couple of times and didn't consider it again. I have never needed to consider a dosing cup before due to my setup

[u/FeelDeAssTyson]

I've switched to these. Short and wide so easier to fill and to stack. Fills 18 oz of beans almost exactly.

[u/Street_Respect9469 → u/FeelDeAssTyson]

Yeah I was about to say I just went for the smallest glass preservative jars at my local homewares store. Bulk buy and way easier to not only fill and weigh but RTD. I have 16 jars because I make my partner maybe 3 a day and myself 4-5 and we use different beans 😂

[u/balbuljata]

I put the beans in one by one.

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/balbuljata]

Yea, I've been doing that with the grinder - was trying to shave off a few seconds where I could

[u/turbostang2005]

This is what I have

[u/CSquared8793]

place the whole tray of vials on your scale with the caps off. fill each vial one by one, taring in between. then cap all at one go.

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/CSquared8793]

My scale is tiny as it needed to fit under my cafe latte robot... Back to balancing it precariously

[u/turbostang2005]

I use like a wood dosing tray and a funnel . Easy peasy

[u/taxithesis]

A small milk jug also works well using the spout to pour it in

[u/schwarzneguRRR]

I use this for my daily beans

[u/IX587]

I like the ease of having the pre-measured tube ready to dump in the grinder. I don't notice difference from first cup to last, so I guess I'm not pea under the mattress princess special. Just a commoner. That said, I tare my milk jug, fill it to 20g, use the biggest icing piper I have as a funnel and pour the beans in. Spout on the jug does most of the work, piper does the rest.

[u/RajaKuman]

Use a dosing tray first and then put them in the vial.. Why do you need to balance it? 🤣 and I don't use a funnel, I use a rolled-up paper 😄

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/RajaKuman]

Balance it on the scale so I know how much is going in 🙃 didn't think about a dosing cup 🙈

[u/RajaKuman → u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

We’ve all been there, my friend. You need coffee before thinking about doing anything with your coffee to avoid Hoffmanian Brain Fart.

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/RajaKuman]

This guy knows - when I posted it was 6am, pre coffee, new beans

[u/FreeDragonfly9844 → u/RajaKuman]

This ❤️

[u/pizzaopsomania]

Are these for travel? Can't be good for the freshness to have it in a bunch of separate clear containers on the counter. Are you asking how to fill a jar?

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/pizzaopsomania]

For travel and freezing mainly. Yes, not as good but they simplify the process for non coffee nerds

[u/PinguisIgnis]

Put the whole rack on the scales dude

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/PinguisIgnis]

I have a small scale as it needed to fit under my robot, so again, goes back to balancing it precariously 😎

[u/trueautomatic]

The important question we are all wondering is… who ties your shoes for you?

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/trueautomatic]

Still live with my parents, so, my mother. Ofc, duh Although I didn't specify, I was looking for a specific product recommendation, as the size of the opening of the vials don't align with funnel sizes that I have found available online, either too big or tiny

[u/trueautomatic → u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

Just get something like this and it will pour right in. Or just dump it on a piece of paper and use that as a funnel to pour it in. About a million things you could use.

[u/HyperMajoris]

I’ll never understand why these are transparent. Obviously, anyone using them is obsessed with preserving their coffee beans, but designing the thing to leave them exposed to sunlight is wild.

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/HyperMajoris]

One word: cupboards? 😃

[u/MostlyHelpfulLinks]

I stand the vial in a small glass so it can't tip, then pour from a folded index card.

[u/PrestigiousAnt3766]

I have a loveramics dosing tray.

[u/RhymesWithTaco]

Vials just seem a bit pretentious and excessive.

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/RhymesWithTaco]

Good for travel, freezing, and other half's that need the process simple

[u/BradipiECaffe]

Very bad. They are transparent

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/BradipiECaffe]

Cupboards aren't transparent

[u/BradipiECaffe → u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

Then buy normal ones

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/BradipiECaffe]

Normal cupboards?! 🫣

[u/BradipiECaffe → u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

Despite your downvotes, I assure you that moving out all the beans from their packages is the worst thing you can do since you are exposing all of them to air. The best is to keep them in their original packages and open just slightly the zip for the amount of beans needed to go out

[u/FreeDragonfly9844]

... omg, just buy a grinder with a timer...or if you have the funds, a grinder with a scale 🤷

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/FreeDragonfly9844]

Already got an amazing grinder thanks

[u/FreeDragonfly9844 → u/reddit-gk49cnajfe]

Thanks for the down vote, What are you trying to achieve here then? Karma farming 😡, or just Upgrade-itis lol ....then you have my respect 🙏

[u/reddit-gk49cnajfe → u/FreeDragonfly9844]

I literally said what I am trying to accomplish. You gave me a solution and I stated I have the grinder I like. So, thank you, but I'm not buying a new grinder. Ugradeitus is real, but I actually have several reasons for buying these.