Just received mine a few days ago, if you haven’t seen it, there’s a manual on their website where they suggest a steep time of 5 minutes. However i found the flavor to be to harsh when steeping for that long so currently I’m steeping for 3 minutes and I might even try dropping to 2. Looking forward to seeing your review.

I just got mine BIRD as well, and sad to say, seems Weber starting to degrading their BIRD brewing basket quality, changing the beautifully CNC machined basket to the injection molding ones, shame on Weber.You can actually go to other reviewer's early version BIRD and see the difference. But still hope you brewing delicious coffee as always.

Such a cool machine.

Hi, So I’d say the key is more similar to the taste profile of the core burrs on the EG1 which is very balanced with clarity sweetness and low to medium body/mouthfeel. If you go on the lowest rpm on the key than you get more clarity and less body. I actually sold my eg 1 since I felt I got more value for money with the key due to the low rpm range. The key is great for natural processed coffees - that’s where it truly shines. If you only drink washed coffees I’d recommend you get a df64 with mp burrs. The key does a good job with washed coffees as well but I feel it shines with processed coffees, enhancing the sweetness and balance of the coffees. Overall the shots and filter brews have been very sweet, bright and juicy.

How does the key accompany the eg-1? Are the taste profiles very different from each other so worth having both? Contemplating getting a key