Baratza Encore ESP Coffee Burr Grinder Expired

The static buildup on mine is insane. Ground coffee is so statically charged that it sticks to the inside of the plastic bin in clumps and explodes everywhere when you try to dump it out. Cannot use this without making a huge mess

Does it get coffee grounds all over the place? My current one is horrible and I even put water into the beans and stir to try and get rid of the static but its awful

I initially started out with the OXO but started hated using it after a while since it trapped grinds and it's impossible to clean the chamber without removing burrs. Not to mention, the grinds were not consistent. I'd personally recommend a nice manual hand grinder over the OXO or save up for a better grinder.

Gr8 grinder. Been using mine for 4+ years with no issues. This thing is a work horse. Buy one, lasts a life time or at least a long time lol

How have you been using it for years if this just came out last year?

Thanks for posting OP.

Anyone think this will hit $150? That's my target.

The Turin DF54 seems to be getting all the hype lately for $200ish espresso grinders, but it hasn't been rigorously tested like the Encore and the product support is an open question. Apparently they're rebranded Chinesium grinders which makes me wonder if build quality issues will show up later on. Decided to go with the ESP for the sale, and larger community of support.

It's not just the community: with Baratza, you also get a company that actually stands behind their product and wants you to be able to repair your machine, unlike where most US companies have pivoted to planned obsolecence. Baratza actually have videos on maintenance/repair, and you can buy all the parts direct as a regular consumer. For the Encore, they even put out videos on how to DIY upgrade it to better burrs.

I'm really interested in the DF54, but it's pretty apparent that the "Turin" branding is just reseller (Espesso Outlet) labeling, to try to make it sound vaguely Italian (which is silly, it would at least be called "Torino" if that was really the case). You can find plenty of DF40, DF64 on aliexpress, under various branding.

The support related reviews for the Turin brand on their own site (Espresso Outlet) are abyssmal. Some of them sound like a case of not knowing how to calibrate/etc, but equally… why wouldn't even just the reseller at least be able to manage telling people how to do that? There's videos on aliexpress about it for the df40, for instance. That's… scary bad levels of support. Multiple reviews claim the ionizer doesn't work at all. Some of the aliexpress vendors for df line grinders say you might get one unit or the other depending on stock, and makes you wonder if people are even getting what's claimed with these US df resellers.

So yeah… personally I'd wait out the DF stuff for a bit longer and see how it pans out. There's already another US reseller for the DF54. Then probably just order directly from China once it's available through one of the big aliexpress sellers. Meanwhile this deal here is a great price for a Baratza ESP. If I didn't already have two Encores with one modded, I'd probably just snag one now. I'm still tempted lol. Must… resist D:

nice post, yeah I figure if the DF54 stands the test of time I can always sell the ESP to recoup some cost. but if the hype is real and it's truly a game changer, I would also expect the big boys to follow suit and release something comparable in a similar price range.

Baratza Encore ESP or Breville Smart Grinder Pro. Is the pro worth the extra $40.00

The static buildup on mine is insane. Ground coffee is so statically charged that it sticks to the inside of the plastic bin in clumps and explodes everywhere when you try to dump it out. Cannot use this without making a huge mess

Baratza Encore ESP or Breville Smart Grinder Pro. Is the pro worth the extra $40.00

got a discover card? combine with the $10 off $75 offer. done 👍

My Discover card only has quarterly 5% specials. This quarter it's gas and home improvement stores. I'd be all over this like ugly on ape if I got $10 off.