While many home grinders claim to grind fine enough for espresso, most lack the precision required for proper extraction. You need a high-quality machine designed to function as an excellent home espresso grinder. Better still, a grinder with the grind-by-weight feature to ensure greater accuracy and consistency of the espresso dose.

A home burr grinder offers vastly superior quality and consistency compared to a blade grinder. Blade grinders simply chop coffee, resulting in uneven fragments that extract poorly, leading to inconsistent and often bitter coffee. In contrast, a high-quality home burr grinder like the models from Mahlkönig cuts and grinds the beans between two flat burrs. This process guarantees a uniform particle size, which is critical for achieving optimal and repeatable flavor extraction across all brewing methods. Choosing a flat burr grinder is the most crucial upgrade any home barista can make.

The choice depends on your focus:Choose the X54 Allround Home Grinder if you value versatility and convenience. This model is designed as the new standard for the allround home barista. Its stepless grind size adjustment works for all brewing types, from espresso to cold brew, at the turn of a dial. It also includes premium features like an intuitive digital display and connected Mahlkönig Home app access. It is the perfect, flexible companion for the coffee lover who wants to make the most of every coffee moment at home.Choose the X64 SD Single Dose Home Grinder if your priority is zero reten