Mignon Notte

Probably the best budget setup you can buy. If you were going to increase the budget a bit I would highly recommend the Eureka Mignon Notte grinder at $300.

Don't go for the Opus, just don't. Grab the Timemore Sculpture deal or look at the Eureka Mignon Notte.

The jump from Nespresso to semi-auto is bigger than most people expect - not trying to put you off, just worth knowing upfront. The machine is actually the easy part; it's the grinder and the learning curve that catch people out. For lattes specifically, you want something with a decent steam wand.

Group A I use a Eureka Mignon Notte. More on the Notte: I use it with a 3d printed grind size scale as the original stepless dial does not offer a clue about where it is. The retention is also a headache. Coffee grinds have gotten out of the chute area onto the circuit board, had great fun shaking t

I can respond with this. I have a 5 year old Eureka Mignon Notte grinder. I added a toggle switch to the front left side, because it had one of those press and hold switches for the portafilter, which I thought was cool at the time. But believe it or not, those 20 seconds holding it for each espress

i feel you on the fellow disappointment - same thing happened to my first kettle. the ode's mess and retention drove me nuts too. for compact electric grinders look at the df64 or the eureka mignon notte, both have way less static mess. if you want something smaller the 1zpresso jx-pro hand grinder

Switching a grinder between espresso and pourover grind sizes isn't going to work well on any grinder at your budget. Keep your Encore for pourovers, and get a Eureka Mignon Notte or Manuale for espresso-only (it's not good for multiple brew methods).

Eureka Mignon Notte $299>Turin DF54 $260>Shardor 64mm Flat Burr $169 - Personally I’d go for either Eureka or Turin - good luck 👍

i've had the Eureka Mignon Notte, like the Manuale but with "only" a 210 watt motor for 5 years, and I'll probably have it another 5. Never an issue. The Manuale has their standard 310 watt motor. Look at the motor size of the others... Burr size is marketing bs in my opinion. I recently added a 5 d

Eureka Mignon Notte since you don’t want “generic”. DF grinders aren’t generic, they’re popular for a reason