SwingT wrote:there are several major threads here that take differences between grinders very seriously . . . EDIT . . . while there are many variables, and taste is subjective - we only advance our interest by realizing there are differences and trying to establish what those differences are.

+1

While I have never personally used a Vario, I'm sitting in 21st Street Coffee and Tea in Pittsburgh right now and while they mainly have Black Cat, they offered an Olympia Big Truck espresso ground on a Vario. The barista said that it's a bit slower than their Mazzer, but as far as quality, it's doing an excellent job.