Baratza Sette 270 Conical Burr Coffee Grinder

I purchased a Breville Barista Express with the built in grinder. The grinder does a lousy job grinding for espresso. More specifically the grinder in never consistent. Same bean, same settings, nothing touched, and yet a different consistency of grind each and every time. It was impossible to dial it in. I was ready to send back the whole Breville unit.I did my research and found out other folks who have bought this machine also have this problem. One gets what one pays for obviously.I noticed in many of the videos that I watched all used the same Breville unit and a stand alone grinder. I thought why not try that approach first before returning the whole espresso machine and starting from scratch.I agree with the results that I found. The Baratza Sette 270 is the least expensive yet great quality grinder for grinding espresso perfectly and consistently from grind to grind. It is able to extract / grind the finer flavors from the beans that lessor grinders can only dream about.Yes, I am very happy with my purchase and consistency of this grinder.One issue. The grinder did not work when I first received it. After going through the trouble shooting steps as outlined on the website I found that a wire came unhooked during the assembly of the grinder at the factory. It must have come lose during transit from the factory. It was an easy fix. Take off about 6 screws, pull the case, notice the wire off of the safety switch, reattach and tighten the wire then re-attach the case and screw in the 6 screws. Done, test and working just fine.Because I knew I would only use this machine to grind for espresso I did add the 2nd (included) shim to the base of the conical grinder. I read many users recommend to do this, so I didn't wait and just did it from the beginning.One last thing, SUCCESS, now that I am dialed in I am able to pull the following shot pretty consistently "the first time" and the taste is really smooth. 17.5gm beans, medium roast, 194F degrees brew, 4 second pre infusion, 27 second water flow, 35gm of brewed espresso. For me it's hitting the espresso jackpot. What about you?

The media could not be loaded. After watching many different reviews and how to video’s I chose this grinder as my home coffee bar addition. To be fair, I watched a lot of video’s from Whole Latte Love on YouTube on the why’s to buy this unit. Buying a good grinder is absolutely key to making espresso at home. Consistency is vital. The reviews and awards that this grinder has received played a big part in my decision to go with this one. I already have an Acaia Lunar scale so going with the Sette 270wi was not as important. The Sette 270Wi has the scale built in and while the cost is huge, the application’s it provides are huge! Believe me I wanted the 270Wi bad.I chose the Sette 270. With this grinder it has 3 pre-set grind setting’s you can store. And accurate dosing adjustments are very very easy to do. This machine has the same burr assembly that the 270Wi has. So it does the same job. Accuracy is not quite as good with the 270, but… the dosing difference’s are very minimal if not non-existent. A lot depends on your beans etc. so I would say the dosing is extremely accurate but not always perfect.This machine is beautiful. Clean in design it’s a nice addition. It holds a lot of beans and the 58mm portafilter fits nicely in the dose holder. If I had any con’s to report… I would say it is loud. No sneaking in early in the morning for your quiet cup of espresso before the kids get up. In my case the dogs. Lol! This is NOT a cheap machine and as cost’s can sky rocket with high end grinders for espresso, this machine not only hits a nice price point but is an award winner to boot! A side note: This is not your store bought grinder. There is a lot of scaling/weighting that goes into making a 18gram double shot of espresso perfect with grind time. Also (very important) the shims that come with the machine are very vital to tuning your machine for espresso. Don’t throw them away. I installed a shim after dialing in 8 shots of coffee. The shim is vital and there for a reason. Baratza has videos on how to install. Very very easy!All in all we are very happy with our purchase. Thank you Amazon!