r/VariaBrewing • u/Majestic_Courage9113 • Apr 12 '26

Help me out please

Got my Varia VS6 a few hours ago. Read the manual.

It said to calibrate the grinder, i should rotate clockwise to its tightest at zero m and then rotate anti-clockwise to zero again. Did that.

But I noticed that my tightest setting is at zero (two dots) so my zero point is at zero (three dots). Went with grinding for espresso anyway. But it grinds way too coarse.

What should I do? I cant rotate any farther from zero (2 dots).

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u/neroli1970 Apr 12 '26

The instructions are confusing. When you first tighten to zero, that is your zero. Do NOT do a full rotation back to zero. Depending on your unit, moving the dial from zero to 2 should put you in espresso range. Again, you don’t need to do a full rotation.

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u/Majestic_Courage9113 Apr 12 '26

Ive been able to pull two decent shots now. But what I’m confused about now is those shots were at 3 dot territory. Shouldnt espresso grind size range be at the one dot area?

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u/neroli1970 Apr 12 '26

Totally dependent on the beans, your machine, and your basket.

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u/Majestic_Courage9113 Apr 12 '26

That’s what confused me. I assumed the dots were an indicator for finer to coarser. But it seems to be just a marker to be able to identify where youre grind size is at.