Eureka Mignon Specialita

I love this grinder. I've slowly worked my way up to this quality of grinder over the years. I got frustrated with my Baratza Sette 270 because it was so loud and because the gears are plastic and go bad after a couple of years. (though I really liked it and the Baratza people were extremely nice, sending repair parts for free) The Mignon is beautiful (I sprung for the chrome version), quiet, and very easy and precise to adjust. The electronic timer is easy to use. Did I mention this grinder is quiet? It's a pleasure to grind coffee with it. My espresso also tastes better, richer and stronger, perhaps because of the large flat burrs. So far I'm not having good luck with the portafilter holder. It's not really the grinder's fault, it's just a difficult thing to achieve. The coffee wants to go flying out to the side once the portafilter has filled up, so you really need some sort of funnel. But there's no room for a funnel because it would hit the back of the spout. I may try making one with a notch in it from a yogurt container and see if that works. So far I'm happy with grinding into a glass jar, weighing it, and then dumping it into the portafilter with funnel attached. This creates minimal spillage and makes for easy weighing. There's a little bit of static to deal with, depending on the coffee and the humidity level, but it isn't bad.

I spent hours researching a grinder designated for espresso. I landed on the this one and I love it.5 months later: Not only is it the classiest looking grinder and worthy of my carefully curated items, a La Pavoni Manual Lever and a SMEG milk frother, it grinds to perfection!.As with any great espresso item there is a learning curve to get the right combo of dose and grind. It took me about 2 weeks to get a consistent espresso each time. Important: Only use local fresh good quality beans. Shipped beans are just not fresh enough. I had to accept I would go thought about a pound of beans to get it right.The videos do not do this machine justice on style. Most of the videos I could find are by men who are focusing on function and not beauty, but I wanted both and I am very happy with this grinder. It's quiet and sturdy and did I mention it's really pretty!

I understand that this is neither a conical nor a ceramic grinder, but with its 55 mm flat steel burrs it does a terrific job. It has replaced my formerly-go-to Bunn commercial grinder after many years of service. I am using this for pour-over coffee, which the manufacturer endorses as an acceptable use in addition to grinding beans for espresso (which I have not done, so I can't comment on that).The user-controls are superb, as is the angle of the shoot -- the ground coffee flows effortlessly in to my pour-over filter holder with wet filter paper already in it, that I hold with one hand (I momentarily press the button that is now behind the filter holder with the other hand, easy to do, no problem as there are with other machines that depend on a portafilter hitting the start button automatically when installed (which will work on this model too, but you can still reach the button to manually start the machine, a thoughtful feature). No need to hold the button down, the timer function shuts off the grinding automatically (just do a few experiments to dial-in the correct grind and the correct grinding time, both of which settings survive a power-off, the grind setting because it is a manual control, and the time setting because the manufacturer thought this thru ... you can even lock-out the time adjustment buttons so that no one can re-set your chosen time accidentally without knowing the magic button-press sequence to unlock, clever!).The machine does not move at all on the counter while grinding, so you don't need to hold it down. Hence one hand is free while the grinding happens, which is useful since I am grinding for about 20 seconds (21.5 to be exact, since I have set this on the machine); I turn on the kettle to boil the water, etc.The grind consistency is perfect, every time, and the clean-up is trivial, a quick swipe with a brush. No fly-away grinds at all (a constant problem with my old Bunn). Plus, as other reviewers have said, the machine is very quiet, compact, and looks very cool on the counter ... my guests always comment on it! And it's reasonably priced compared to others in this class.The bean hopper is not opaque, and does not have a vacuum push-down sealing membrane, so I only add beans to grind right away. I would prefer to keep some beans in the hopper, and re-fill only every-few-days. So I have ordered a custom stainless-steel 5-sided (no-top) box (aka inverted tray) to turn upside-down and act as a sheath-like cover for the hopper (from one of the very-reasonable on-line metal machine shops), and some silicone pads to trim and make a push-down seal. I'll let you know how it all turns out. I am matching the mirror-finish of the machine itself, so I hope it all looks good and not "home-made", we'll see. If the ugly "very shallow I-care-too-much-about-looks and love to show-off" me surfaces, I could always remove the metal sheath and hide it when company comes over ... and when the snooty guests say "you shouldn't expose coffee beans to light" I can produce the custom-made metal part with a flourish and with my best snark say "if I knew you knew that fact then I would have left the cover I had custom-machined in place, I only took it off to expose these beautifully-roasted dark beans".

Very nice machine. Sturdy, quiet, fast, and well designed. HOWEVER, the portafilter holder is a cheap metal fork thing that doesn't fit all portafilters (it didn't fit mine). Surprising to me they would have a poor-quality solution on such a nice grinder.

I bought this grinder to replace a Gaggia dosed grinder. I was sceptical about spending about $700 on a grinder before getting the grinder. After using the grinder for about 1 week I am sold on the value of the grinder. It is easy to setup, beautiful and easy to use with continuous adjustment for grind as well as quiet. The grinder is nice and compact and fits well under my upper kitchen cabinets. I have found that I need to adjust the grind time for a double espresso dose to get it calibrated for 18g...the pre programmed time is a good start but not perfect depending on coffee beans I use. This is easily adjusted