Sage BCG820BSSUK the Smart Grinder Pro Coffee Grinder - Silver

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Grinding Mechanism: Stainless Steel conical burr grinder efficiently designed to minimise grinding heat and protect the essential oils in the coffee bean. TWO FREE BAGS OF COFFEE BEANS. You'll receive a 250g bag of each of our ever popular Breakfast Favourite and Everyday Espresso coffee bean blends. Whilst these two blends work well for all brewing methods, they make an amazing espresso with super rich crema when used with any of the sage barista machines.

So, they replaced the grinder, and all was well. It wasn't until a few years later when I knew so much more about espresso in general and had so much more experience with the Smart Grinder Pro, that I figured out what the issue was. It was just the coffee beans! In other words, it was the environment that the coffee machine was in, in which the changes were happening, not the hopper, but the hopper wasn't providing any protection against this change in humidity. The grind adjustment dial changes the number on the digital screen, smaller is finer, bigger is coarser, and if you didn't think it could get any simpler, it can, because it tells you on the screen what brew method the current grind relates to, so at the finer end you'll see “espresso”, and then that will change as you move it, so if you're grinding for espresso for example, you can just start off somewhere in the middle of the “espresso” range, and adjust from there.So all I actually needed to do in this situation was to take the grind more coarse and use these beans either via the dual walled baskets or for manual brew methods. If you're looking for a more in-depth review, though, carry on reading :-). Sage Smart Grinder Pro Review – 7 Years Later If you weigh the coffee and it is heavier than your desired dose in your recipe then decrease the time of the grind. So if you have one grinder which creates a huge range of particle sizes at one grind setting, and another grinder that creates a much more uniform range, meaning more of the particles are a similar size, you're going to get better cup quality. Remember, at this time I knew nothing about grinders, and I knew very little about espresso making in general at that point, I'd mainly brewed manually up until not long before getting the Smart Grinder Pro as an upgrade to my manual (Hario Skerton) grinder and cordless drill setup. But I was up and running instantly, without even bothering to look at the instructions.

This is the aforementioned internal burr adjustment, and it's such a clever, and useful feature, and one I very rarely hear anyone talking about. If you're someone who's not used coffee grinders in the past, you'll probably find there's a shorter learning curve when it comes to getting used to grinding your own coffee with the Smart Grinder Pro vs many similarly or lower-priced grinders. The best grind size if you are extracting your coffee as an espresso for both the dose control and a smart grind is somewhere between 8-13.But for the relatively low price, I'm very happy with the quality of the particle uniformity of the Sage Smart Grinder Pro. You will have to have change the grind as you make the first espresso and alter it either finer or coarser to brew the perfect espresso. Included Accessories: Portafilter Cradle–Small 50-54mm Portafilter Cradle–Large 58mm Grinds Container with Lid and Sealing Cap Conical Burr Cleaning Brush

In these cases, these beans being so hard that the grinder treats them as if they were stones, means that if this failsafe wasn't there, there's a good chance that the grinder would be damaged, possibly irreversibly. Some other entry-level grinders (and some not so entry level grinders) are known for stripping gears for example when they try to grind beans that are too hard for that grinder.You will also find that making the coffee grind finer will decrease the weight and volume of your coffee grounds. Sage Coffee Grinder Problems? The reason for this is that the environment, whether it's in your kitchen or in your office, isn't the best place for coffee beans – and if the beans are in your hopper, they're in your environment. The hopper doesn't give any protection from oxygen or from fluctuations in temperature and humidity. These things will mess with your beans, and you don't want things messing with your beans.

I'd previously made the assumption (as this has happened to me many times with integrated grinder machines) that it was an issue to do with the humidity in the hopper changing in integrated grinder machines like the Barista Express or the Oracle when the machine is turned on, but I found that the changes in humidity in my studio, which is a fairly normal environment, changed by as much as about 12% during a period of about an hour, both outside the hopper, and inside the hopper. It's true that the hopper lid on the Smart Grinder Pro has a gasket, and this is good mainly because it keeps some of the decibels of the grinding from escaping from the top of the hopper, so it dulls the sound slightly, but what it doesn't do is stop air getting in. Don't forget, coffee grounds can get out of the bottom, and the air is infinitely smaller than the smallest particle of ground coffee ;-). It's not just about letting your beans go stale, it can mess with your shots too. There are actually some areas where I think the Smart Grinder pro actually wipes the floor with its much more powerful cousin (Baratza is owned by Sage, well – by Breville Worldwide, which is kind of the same thing, Sage is the brand name they're sold under in Europe because they sold the brand name here in the 80s), but that's one for another post. The Smart Grinder Pro is an all-rounder grinder, It'll grind for manual brew methods such as Aeropress, pour-over, stove top & cafetiere, and it will also grind for espresso, with traditional or pressurized baskets.Anyway, my search stopped at the Smart Grinder Pro. It was more than I was looking to spend (as the amount I was looking to spend was closer to zero), but at the time (and it's more or less the same now really) there wasn't really anything that appeared to be as good across the board, including ease of use, reliability, and compatibility with most brew methods including espresso, for this kind of price. If you’re looking for the best coffee grinder, you've come to the right place. Our electric coffee grinder models with stainless steel conical burr grinding mechanism is are designed to minimise grind heat and protect essential oils where fresh coffee flavour resides. I know a lot more about grinders these days, so I understand that these don't have “true” burrs, they have “flat grinding wheels” which crush beans, and it's a common misconception that this is what burrs do, but actually, burrs are made to more or less “chew” beans into uniform chunks, not so much to crush them. So it's this crushing with these types of grinders that is the problem. If you do want to work with light roasts, by the way, just keep in mind that you'll need a more commercial-grade grinder for that. Grinders that can cope with much harder beans often have a much higher powered motor, and a gearing system that transforms the motor power into torque, and all of the componentry would usually (hopefully) be sturdy enough to cope with grinding much lighter roasted beans. How Good is The Smart Grinder Pro for Manual Brew Methods? GRIND SETTINGS With so many intuitive grind settings to choose from, you can create perfection from Espresso to French Press.