homebarista.be (Belgium) will launch a 64mm flat burr single dosing grinder in spring this year. It is made in China and SSP-burrs will fit.

Pre-Sales starts next week for 399 EUR.

More information (non-English) can be found here:

It will be interesting to see whether...

I've had the Breville Oracle for about six years and finally decided to venture into making finer espresso. Decided to start with a grinder and pretty much went all in - just picked up the Versalab M4. I am super excited about it and wanted to share some unboxing pictures and a...

Hello everybody

Some weeks ago I have purchased a fantastic grinder from a Swiss-based start-up company. It's the brand new grinder Vertical 63 from Bentwood.

As the name is already mentioning, the burrs are oriented in vertical position and of diameter 63mm.

The grinder can...

Hey all,

Keen to hear people experience with 80mm burrs. While there's not as many options as 98mm or 64mm, there are still a few out there and it would be great to have an area where these experiences and knowledge of the burrs can be shared.

I have lab sweets in my 804 with...

The gearbox went on my four year old Sette, and Baratza, in amazing customer service, shipped me a new one for free. They told me that it has been improved and quieted, and I think that must really has got to be the case. So I would no longer judge the Sette's noise by its early...

Hi All,

The compak k8/f8 burrs look like they have somewhat of a unimodal burr geometry to them. Can anyone confirm?

Wouls anyone know if these burrs would fit in an 83mm Ceado grinder?

I found a post indicating that the Ceado SSP burrs fit in a compak, but that doesn't...

Moderator's note: split from Hacking the DF64 exit chute

I have used df64 with VFD. i use panasonic VF0 series 0.75 kw. it also has low rpm torque boost feature. i can drop the rpm up to 650 rpm reliably with out stalling.

i found this VFD second hand. and it cost about...

I was poking around on Espresso Outlet and noticed a page for an upcoming variation (not a replacement) on the DF64 -

It's more than just upgraded bits (wood trim, anti-popcorning, etc) being swapped in to the existing DF64, with the most notable change being that the upper...

Well the cat's out of bag, OE posted on twitter: First cup of coffee brewed with the Apex grinder

Last month I stopped by with another HB member to catch up with Doug and Barb, where we heard all about the big burr grinder in development. They laid out some of the rough...

Has anyone used the HG-1 Prime yet?

It seems to tick a lot of boxes for a titan hand grinding, and from my perspective, the improvements upon the HG-1 are more numerous and relevant than those the HG-2 did upon the HG-1.

Especially, if you're grinding harder and denser...