Coffee grinder recommendations

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Been looking at the sage dose control at £118 currently. Would prefer cheaper if there’s a gem out there that performs above its price grade!

I have a sage bambino plus machine fyi

Any suggestions?
 
I have a Eureka Mignon grinder and was happy to spend almost £300 on it. May be better options now but the was the single biggest element of overall espresso prep.

I think for price/performance the Sage is a good choice but depending on how into it you want to get (occasional drink versus all-consuming hobby), you’re at the lower end and may want to upgrade. FWIW I almost bought one of those too but I wanted to invest in something a bit higher end and more repairable. Just my experience, you may be very happy with the Sage.
 
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I bought a grinder on Amazon years ago imported from Germany, was cheap like £40 still going.

Only criticism is really loud, and getting fine adjustments on grind amount is pretty fiddly.

Edit: this one.

SEVERIN Grinder coffee grinder with electric grinder (100 W, stainless steel disc grinder, max. capacity 150 g) black/silver, KM 3874 https://amzn.eu/d/iezOt3B

That's inflation for you I paid about £40
 
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alex24 said:
I have a Eureka Mignon grinder and was happy to spend almost £300 on it. May be better options now but the was the single biggest element of overall espresso prep.

I think for price/performance the Sage is a good choice but depending on how into it you want to get (occasional drink versus all-consuming hobby), you’re at the lower end and may want to upgrade. FWIW I almost bought one of those too but I wanted to invest in something a bit higher end and more repairable. Just my experience, you may be very happy with the Sage.
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The Eurika seems to be well reviewed but is considerably more expensive now. In a bad turn of luck, Amazon have currently sold out of the Sage, so I’m having to stay patient if I were to go for that model.
 
BUDFORCE said:
I bought a grinder on Amazon years ago imported from Germany, was cheap like £40 still going.

Only criticism is really loud, and getting fine adjustments on grind amount is pretty fiddly.

Edit: this one.

SEVERIN Grinder coffee grinder with electric grinder (100 W, stainless steel disc grinder, max. capacity 150 g) black/silver, KM 3874 https://amzn.eu/d/iezOt3B

That's inflation for you I paid about £40
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I’m actually more keen on buying a cheaper model if they have good reviews, like what you mention. There’s a few on Amazon that seem to read well and my coffee intake isn’t at the addict level of some so could probably survive fine with something basic :cry:
 
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Unless you can actually achieve a decent espresso level grind, the cheaper grinders are a false economy as you won't be getting anything decent from your machine. That was the issue I had.
 
Been using this since November, grinds down to espresso surprisingly well, I use it at setting 5 for my espressos. Price hasn't risen much since I bought it.

SHARDOR Conical Burr Coffee Grinder Electric, 31 Precise Grind Settings Coffee Bean Grinder for Espresso/Drip/Pour Over/Cold Brew/French Press, LCD Screen and Precise Digital Timer, Black https://amzn.eu/d/90nD2BZ

I went for the smaller of the two, still holds around 250g of beans should you want to grind enough for a trip away etc. the container holds around a third of that but I don't store any coffee in it. Either straight to portafilter or sealed container.
 
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You're better off with a manual grinder up to a certain price point, the cheap electric ones I've always found to be poor. That said, you do trade off efficiency/time/cleanup with a hand grinder, so I can certainly see why people don't go down that route.
 
Damn, my Wilfa grinder ground to a halt this morning.

Checked when I bought it, June 2021.

Checked the seller's warranty, phew, they come with a five year warranty, so will see how that goes.

In the meantime, just had a cup of twenty year old tea (last time I bought some), best before 07/2010, tastes OK.
 
The Melitta Calibra is a credible rival to the Sage options in my opinion. I paid about £120 for mine when it was relatively new and have been using it daily for a couple of years now and its great. It's down to about £75 on amazon at the moment assuming you get the same voucher as I do.


I orginally bought it as you can get a melitta pour over adapter and it fits directly on the weight plate meaning I can grind directly into a 2x4 paper filter without any addational containers being needed for a drip machine. However, I've recently bought a sage bambino and now use it 50/50 for drip / espresso and it handles both admirably.

I think the sage probably has the edge on espresso, but I'm not sure that its worth the 50% price increase depending on what you want.
 
brendy said:
Been using this since November, grinds down to espresso surprisingly well, I use it at setting 5 for my espressos. Price hasn't risen much since I bought it.

SHARDOR Conical Burr Coffee Grinder Electric, 31 Precise Grind Settings Coffee Bean Grinder for Espresso/Drip/Pour Over/Cold Brew/French Press, LCD Screen and Precise Digital Timer, Black https://amzn.eu/d/90nD2BZ

I went for the smaller of the two, still holds around 250g of beans should you want to grind enough for a trip away etc. the container holds around a third of that but I don't store any coffee in it. Either straight to portafilter or sealed container.
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Just bought this, as desperate for coffee, and not sure if or when I will get a Wilfa replacement.

Decided it's a good idea to have a backup grinder anyhow.
 
I bought the baratza encore esp to go with my bambino. So far I have it set to 21 and seems to work fine. Mind you I’m all new to this and still learning.
 
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@brendy So far so good with this grinder, makes me wonder why the Wilfa is £35 more.

Still haven't heard from the seller regarding my broken Wilfa.
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I have mine dialled in at 5 for my espresso, honestly can't fault it, it's not overly fast or slow, uniform grind, static is there but low, easily better than my old krups burr grinder.
 
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