DF54

I always hear good things about the MiiCoffee/Turin grinders, except for minor retainage and power issues. If I was starting from scratch on a budget, I'd definitely get the DF54. But by the time you get up to the DF64 or DF83 budgets, other premium models seem to get better reviews.

My usual budget machine post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/comments/1pemyi9/comment/nshft26/ But I'll extrapolate some algebra into levels and see what the sub thinks. Each step represents an improvement in both ease and quality/taste, from cheapest to decent cheap: $170 = 1Zpresso Q Ai

If your df54 does end up clogging, check out this: https://miicoffee.shop/blogs/gear-workshop/how-to-fix-the-clogging-issue-for-df54-coffee-grinder?srsltid=AfmBOoqGqh3-J6sapt_62Rv1Tcv7ArL0HfHHUDhv0O1o-pMzjTVqfjk0 There’s a flap which helps with declumping, but if u clog ur machine once by accident (

I bought the metal one at miicoffee over a month ago and now no more clumping. Zero issues where before I was about to toss my df54 in the trash. But even shipping in usa was stupidly over priced. I can't imagine how much they would charge. Declumpers for DF Series Grinders – MiiCoffee https://share

The grinder is everything. I think between fresh beans and grinder, that's 95% of the quality of the cup. The Fellow Opus 2 just came out, so there won't be a lot of experience with that yet. The Opus 1 (which I had) ground well, but retention was horrific. Apparently the 2 was a clean sheet re-desi

The MiiCoffee guy has a series of DF54 DIY videos including on alignment and the declumper. There’s several versions of the DF54. The latest (V1.3 or V3) has a metal declumper but the tab may need to be pushed down for it to be effective because it was still clogging. V1.2 or V2 has two pieces of pl