I mostly do drip coffee (shh, I’m basic), but I’d like a more consistent, fresh brew, and potentially something that could do an espresso grind, as well.
I’ve seen good things about the Capresso Infinity Plus, but thought I’d ask about the personal preferences from more experienced folks here.
It’d be lovely to have something that can easily fit on the counter, and with a simple mechanism and/or reparability (even if that means looking for old stock of a certain model).
Thanks!
I really love my 1Zpresso K Pro. A few notes, though:
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it’s manual, I know that’s a deal breaker for some, but I prefer manual grinders 🤷♂️ I greatly enjoy the “ritual” around coffee
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it doesn’t get down to espresso grinds
If those aren’t deal-breakers, then I can’t suggest it enough! A little pricy, but significantly cheaper than an electric of similar quality.
I have that one! Got an electric encore baratza for daily use because husband isn’t as into the ‘ritual’ as I am, but I enjoyed using it quite a bit. I keep it in the cabinet now for any potential power outages; I will then bust it out with my signature look of superiority.
Nice thing about the manuals: if you have a hand drill, you can make it an electric. Fit it right over the nut that holds the handle and just drill away.
You just blew my mind, I don’t even need an adapter. My drill fits exactly to the Kaldi burr grinder I have lying around unused.
I’ve had a Capresso for about 12 years. It runs great even though I don’t take great care of it.
It’s a royal pain in the ass to switch between filter and espresso (seriously, don’t bother trying), but I love my Eureka Facile. A few simple 3D prints at the local library and I’ve modded it to be one hell of a single-doser.
And for regular coffee, I’ve a Timemore Chestnut manual – perfect for my Clever dripper.
+1 for Timemore Chestnut (C3S) - quality build, can go from powder to as coarse as you’d need. It is manual with click-adjustments on the bottom, so I’ve found it helpful to keep notes of the click numbers. It has no visible number scale, so unless you remember what it’s currently set at, you’ll have to reset it by tightening all the way, then loosening the # of clicks corresponding to purpose.
I have a baratza encore going on about a year. No complaints, does a pretty consistent grind for my pour over. It can do espresso, not amazingly well but for the price the performance is more than acceptable. Supposedly you can swap in the burr from one of their higher end grinders for a couple Andrew Jacksons and it does much better for espresso that way.
I’m happy with my Fellow Ode 2. The ionizer is a game changer. If I wanted something that could do espresso too I’d probably start looking at the Opus.
I might look at the 1zpresso J-Ultra, but I’m not sure how well it handles filter coffee.
