Monolith Conical: what are the default burrs?

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viveur
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#1: Post by viveur »

I'm hoping to soon become a Monolith Conical owner (assuming that I'm fortunate enough to get onto the next order - less soon if I don't succeed :D ).

One question I have is: what are the default burrs for this machine? I see that you can upgrade to Mazzer 186C Burrs (+150USD), or TiN Coated Mazzer 186C Burrs (+280 USD). I can find plenty of discussion on uncoated vs TiN coated Mazzer burrs - but how do those compare to whatever the default burrs are?

Cheers in advance, I'm really not having an easy time figuring this out.

viveur (original poster)
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#2: Post by viveur (original poster) »

To answer my own question: Kafatek themselves confirmed (on their forums), that the default is an Italian 71mm burr. The Mazzer 186C burrs have the same geometry but better machining, hence suspected to produce less fines. Hope this helps anyone else who runs into the same puzzle :D .