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The burrs, explained

Conical 63mm burrs grind between a cone and a ring, which tends toward a fuller, more traditional espresso profile with a forgiving body — small grind errors punish you less. They also run slower and quieter at a given motor size, which is why conicals dominate hand grinders and kitchen-friendly designs. This one is built for single dosing: weigh beans in, grind, weigh out — what you dose is what you get, and switching beans costs nothing.

Key facts

• The grinder that made single dosing mainstream — near-zero retention by design
• 63mm conical burrs deliver a forgiving, traditional espresso profile
• Weigh in, grind, weigh out: what you dose is what you get
• Quiet, compact, and deliberately simple — no timers, no presets, no app

Our verdict

Who it's for: the single-dose conical benchmark. At $699 typical street it earns SpecScore 88 — and remember the house rule: if the budget forces a choice, the grinder wins. A $699 grinder in front of a modest machine beats the reverse every single morning.

Once it's on the counter, the first week is dial-in week — the dial-in calculator turns sour-or-bitter guessing into a one-variable correction.