Niche
Zero
the single-dose conical benchmark
$699 typical street
88
SpecScore
63mm conicalsingle-dose
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The Grinder Database
House take: a great grinder fixes a cheap machine; a great machine cannot fix a cheap grinder. We file each one by burr geometry and workflow — hopper-fed or single-dose — and gauge them identically.
| # | Grinder | Score | Burrs | Workflow | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niche Zerothe single-dose conical benchmark | 88 | 63mm conical | single-dose | $699 | Price → |
| 2 | DF64 Gen 2single-dosing flat-burr value | 87 | 64mm flat | single-dose | $429 | Price → |
| 3 | Eureka Mignon Specialitàquiet hopper-fed workhorse | 86 | 55mm flat | hopper-fed | $699 | Price → |
| 4 | Baratza Encore ESPthe default first espresso grinder | 82 | 40mm conical | hopper-fed | $199 | Price → |
| 5 | Fellow Opuskitchen-friendly all-purpose | 80 | 40mm conical | either | $195 | Price → |
| 6 | 1Zpresso J-Maxhand-grind espresso travel/quiet | 79 | 48mm conical · hand | single-dose | $199 | Price → |
DF64
Gen 2
single-dosing flat-burr value
$429 typical street
87
SpecScore
64mm flatsingle-dose
Eureka
Mignon Specialità
Baratza
Encore ESP
the default first espresso grinder
$199 typical street
82
SpecScore
40mm conicalhopper-fed
Fellow
Opus
kitchen-friendly all-purpose
$195 typical street
80
SpecScore
40mm conicalsingle-dose-ish
1Zpresso
J-Max
hand-grind espresso travel/quiet
$199 typical street
79
SpecScore
48mm conicalsingle-dosehand grinder
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