Coffee: we drink it or we get angry.

Hmm, okay, the consensus seems to be pretty unanimous here. I don't have a problem just waiting to have another $80-100 to spend on equipment - using a Hario Skerton Plus right now which suits my needs just fine. Having an automatic grinder is more of a luxury than anything else right now.

Thanks for all the input guys!

 

So what grinder are you going with? The encore?

 

I just bought an encore for pour-overs. I'm not sure whether in all the hobbies I've had I've ever come across such a unanimous recommendation as the encore for filter coffees. It felt so good to have a decision that was so easy to make compared to what we usually face! The other good thing about it is it's so ubiquitous, a lot of recipes will specify an encore grind setting. I find that really useful.

 

I'm very jealous of all of you that can handle caffeine. I love coffee, but I made myself sick on it for years... Just can't do it anymore. I drink decaf sometimes but it's just not the same.

 

Yup! I'll back burner it for a while as I save up. Gotta wait for my tax return.

 

This is what I use as well.

It's fine for pour overs.

Maybe they've updated since I bought mine 5-10 years ago, but it fails pretty hard for coarse grinds and was the reason I went pour over rather than french press when I first started getting into coffee.

 

I haven't bought one yet, but I've been eyeing the 1Zpresso JX:
https://coffeechronicler.com/1zpresso-jx-review/
"It takes me about 25-30 seconds to grind my typical pour over dose of 20 grams of coffee. It’s by far the fastest manual grinder I have tried."

 

I was looking at the 1zpresso, but was hard to find the espresso capable pro version. For pour over, the non pro looks like a nice grinder.

I'm still very happy with my Kinu Phoenix. Just used it for espresso so far, takes about 40 secs to grind 17 grams. Espresso grinding takes longer too because you need to grind finer. I would expect similar times to the 1zpresso.
Did have a partial bean escape this morning, found it on the floor. The Kinu doesn't have a cover, so its possible for beans to pop out while you grind, but this is the first time I've noticed in about 10 uses.

 

My guilty pleasure today. I had an Indonesian or Malaysian instant ginger coffee, not bad.



P.S. Skip to 19:00 for the white Russian, Dude-ism lingers.

 

Redbird is pretty much the only place I order from.
Just received 6 pounds of coffee, need to vacuum pack then freeze most of it.
May run out of food, but I'll still have coffee

The 1zpresso's looked really nice. Dialing in is harder on a manual grinder, its pretty easy to press a button on the Baratza and see if the grind size is good or not.

 

BTW Counter Culture Coffee has free shipping for any size order right now. No minimum.

 

Awesome. I've got a bag on the way too. Ordered one eahc of the first three Africans

 

I have the same as @DigMe and love the Baratzas - I also have a Compak k10 barista and i only use it every now and again since the baratzas work so well.

 

Thanks for the heads up on 1ZPresso JX availability. It was sold out everywhere when I was looking a few weeks ago. I ordered after seeing your post and received it yesterday. I was expecting shipment to take weeks, especially from Asia and with coronavirus disruption, but they sent it FedEx International Priority from Taiwan and it arrived after only 2 days transit. They also did not charge state sales tax, which even AliExpress is doing now.



I've been using a Porlex Mini (on the right) with my AeroPress for years. During the lockdown I wanted to get something that would grind faster. The 1ZPresso is both much faster and produces a more even grind. It will take a few days to dial in the grind setting.