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Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder for $139 - $13.90 w/ promo code
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Featuring 40 individual grind settings, from fine to coarse, the Encore can please any palate with its gamut of accurate and repeatable grind settings. The Encore has an accurate medium to coarse grind for the increasingly popular manual brew methods such as pour-over, Aeropress, Siphon and Chemex. The specially designed burrs give a precise grind with minimal fines for a flavorful, balanced extraction when making espresso.
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Regular "burr" grinders and traditional cheaper blade/chop grinders are very inconsistent and produce a ton of "fines". These way too fine ground pieces make your coffee bitter / off. Instead of chopping, this has two blades that almost look like gears interlocking and crushes the coffee much more consistently. How close together these burrs are determines how finely it gets ground.
The lack of consistency in the grind in general means the amount of coffee extracted with vary a ton, changing the way your coffee tastes along with it.
As for why more expensive - the burrs are more expensive, mostly. This one is great because they WILL wear down (with any grinder) and you can replace, upgrade, or repair them. This is the gold standard entry level conical burr grinder. Google "Best coffee grinder reddit" for a ton of additional info on why.
Hope that helps.
For those who don't know, Baratza offers parts for their grinders - they are meant to be repaired! You can also buy an upgraded burr (the M3, I think) and this grinder will perform just like their next model up. The only practical difference is the cheaper plastic housing and the extra $80 or so in your pocket. All the grinding guts are the same. this is more or less a Buy it for Life type of product.
Ive used mine for a week, and the grounds are so much more consistent than any of my previous grinders. And that's without the burr upgrade. The motor doesn't bog down in the least while grinding beans. It would be nice to have a timer to shut off the grinder while I'm doing other things, but whatever. It works so well that I don't really care all that much.
If you have a budding coffee nerd in your life, or just want to buy once this is a great grinder.
Unfortunately it does not have enough adjustment steps or consistency at the super-fine grind settings to make great espresso with a non-pressurized portafilter setup. Their Sette line is much better if espresso is your thing.
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Was thinking any reason why I should pay a premium over the oxo burr grinder (regular price $100/slick deal for $70-$80)?
Seems like only reason is replaceable parts.
My only real gripe is that it creates a mess no matter what, with static being part of it and the hopper never fully emptying because of it. Any help here?
For moka pot I recommend and still use the $15 Krups blade grinder. 5 or 6 short bursts while shaking during and between bursts yields wonderfully consistent fine (but not super fine) grounds. It also spares the wear and tear on a burr grinder finer grinds produce over time.
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Refurbs on Baratza's site are $99 right now, as well.
Alas, those suggestions often pair with rather un-scientific methods and as such yield mixed results.
Per Baratza [1]: just wait for the static to naturally dissipate before proceeding with the next step in your brew process.
[1] https://baratza.com/static-in-you...s-complex/
I still want a burr grinder, but ideally one that grinds the same amount of beans everytime. I could be wrong, but thought this would grind until you stop it or it's out of beans.
To get decent consistency with a blade grinder they recommend shaking after short pulses to encourage more even distribution.
The Encore still won their best burr grinder, though.
One can shake all they want, it's not going to be consistent (I've tried). The problem are the larger pieces that didn't get grounded down, the interior of that bean is never going to get exposed to water.
Burr and blade grinders are night and day in terms of finished product.
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Info on burr upgrade can be found on reddit and https://baratza.com/encore-upgrade-gb2-0/
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