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Can't decide on a grinder (lemmy.world)

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I have been making do without an electric grinder for a while now and I have decided the time has come to get one back on the kitchen work surface. I usually make coffee with my aeropress or chemex, and sometimes grind coarsely for cold brew. I don't have an espresso machine and while I could imagine myself dabbling with the weirder manual and stovetop espresso options out there, I know that I prefer the extraction from pourover so it would never be a Thing.

I am trying to decide between the Fellow Ode v2 and the Baratza Encore ESP. One the one hand I feel I can't go wrong with a Baratza and the ESP would give me some extra flexibility. On the other hand, the Fellow Ode probably matches my coffee sensibilities perfectly. I can't really see myself choosing other grinders because I have had a Baratza before in a former life and I know their customer service is amazing. It's just those burrs on the Fellow Ode v2 that are tempting me. Any thoughts? Gotchas? Steers either way?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm an espresso handgrinder sort of person, but I do know that the Ode 2 is pretty well thought of for pour over. If you aren't doing espresso I don't think you can go wrong with it. James Hoffman did a video review on his YouTube channel a few months back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How are you hand grinding for espresso, out of curiosity?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Using a Kingrinder K4, which I believe shares burrs with the 1zpresso J-Max. Takes probably less than a minute to grind 18g of medium roast. Pretty happy with it. I think it has about 250 clicks, so lots of precision.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nice. I will look it up. I have a fairly nice hand grinder but I wouldn't trust it to grind consistently at a particular setting. I normally grind a bit out and check for myself 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have an 1zpresso J-Max for espresso grinding. It's the top of their line for espresso and still on sale I think. It's a nice grinder, although grinding very light roasts for expresso can be a real chore.