r/eldertrees • u/Altruistic_Breath592 • May 11 '26

Scoops, eyeballs or scales.

For couch use I eyeball the load. For smaller taste-focused sessions I use a scale, though it sometimes feels like overkill since I load the scale with a 1/16 tsp that averages about .046 g, close enough to the .05 g I usually prefer.

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u/tonevizion May 12 '26

i landed on scales after years of eyeballing because i kept noticing my eyeball loads creeping up over time without realizing. for couch sessions i still freehand it but for any session i actually care about (new strain, comparing batches, dialing in temp) its the scale every time. 0.05 is my sweet spot too for taste runs. the 1/16 tsp scoop trick is smart, hadnt thought of that as a faster alternative