DF54

Maybe not preference, but from what I've gathered from my recent purchase is that you can get an S-tier manual grinder for the price of a C-tier or D-tier electric grinder And the cost of entry is much lower. The cheapest reliable electric grinder option seems to be a Baratza Encore ESP ($200 USD),

something that is going to last. With this in mind... Breville and Delonghi machines are not known for their longevity. Plastic chassis, plastic tubes, they're not really made for long term (10+ year) reliability. You mentioned the Delonghi La Specialista... All-in-one machines aren't recommended he

Love my DF54 and use a metal catch cup. I just use the bellows thoroughly for each dose and clean the shoot 1-2x a month and it’s great I do recommend 2-3 spritzes of water as RDT and haven’t had any issues. Enjoy your grinder Fwiw, I bought via MiiCoffee and they did a good job

FWIW we use the Baratza Encore ESP for double duty, both filter and espresso, and it handles it like a champ. No complaints. It's nice and compact and it looks stylish. There's a bit of retention, so use the hopper lid as a bellows to purge the burrs when you're done grinding. My personal belief is

I had a DF54 for about 2 months. Every week it would completely clog (using rdt and hot starting, bellows pumping…) and I would have to disassemble it. Definitely not what I wanted to do in the mornings before I had any coffee. Although it’s an entry grinder, I want a $230 grinder to function consis

If you go df54 route, order from MiiCoffee. They are in Washington, have good customer service, and I think they get the priority picks from assembly factory because the quality control seems better than what I’ve heard with turin

The DF series of grinders are "white label" products sold by a number of different "brands". The common ones seem to be Turin, MiiCoffee and DF64Coffee. This is an Amazon (Canada) link to a DF64Coffee branded DF54: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0D965M7BL?ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_V3X0TMB12J28NF12SP25 Personal

The DF54 is a white label product. Could be ‘Turin,’ ‘MiiCoffee’ or ‘DF Grinders’ they’re all the same product from the same factory. I doubt you’re getting a ‘knock off,’ it’s just probably unbranded or something other than ‘Turin.’ The bigger issues I see are after-sales support and power compatib

These grinders are all built to a price point for sale domestically in China as well, so I like evaluating them based on their Chinese price bracket. Even then, the DF54 is positioned as a more premium grinder than the GF64, though just barely. Actually kind of interesting since these grinders are s

(answering as a cafe owner) What is your budget ? I would focus on getting a grinder that is designed for consistency and reliability. Most domestic kitchen grinders will just fail with repeated use, they are not designed for. A DF54 you could try, but I suspect most of the Turin/MiiCoffee grinders