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Best Coffee Grinder for Home Brewing

If you only upgrade one thing, make it the grinder. A consistent burr grind unlocks more flavour than almost any machine change, because uneven grounds extract unevenly.

For filter, pour-over and French press at home, the pick below is a proven workhorse that is also easy to repair.

  1. #1 · Grinder · Budget

    Baratza Encore

    Consistent for the price and famously repairable with off-the-shelf parts.

    An entry-level conical burr grinder that grinds consistently enough for drip and pour-over. Baratza sells every replacement part, so a worn Encore gets fixed, not binned.

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