Breville - Smart Grinder Pro

If you just want one, get a decent coffee burr that can do fine & coarse. Might cost more but you won’t hate your first latte or espresso. If I had to pick: Baratza Encore or Breville Smart Grinder Pro.

I recently got one of these, and it's hands down the best grinder I've ever had or even seen. You can fully disassemble them, very well built, pretty quiet.

This is my setup as well. Works great.

This and a Bambino Plus are a perfect duo, because If I’m not doing espresso, I can grind into the container for French press or aeropress instead. The all in one machines with built-in grinders don’t give you that kind of flexibility.

Don't forget that there is a huge difference in price between the niche and this smart grinder pro I've been here going on almost 2 years. And the common theme is most people have very inexpensive equipment and would not even afford the niche. I can easily see the SGP Getting recommended more often.

This is the way I look at it. The SGP gave very good results that people here raved about in this subreddit.  And these other breville machines that people rave about have built in SGP or something comparable. Either - the smart grinder pro is a piece of  crap and people just don't know any better and think they have good espresso when their  espresso is actually crap - the smart grind of pro is still a decent grinder for espresso, and people do like the flavor and they know what they're talking about I choose option #2 ad being the most likely explanation:)

The BDB is a great machine, was my daily for 8 years, the SGP is a garbage grinder. We are in a golden era of grinders, just get as good as you can afford, don’t skimp.

Same here. I’ve had my Smart Grinder Pro for about 6 months and am already thinking I should have set my sights a bit higher. I mean, it’ll do for now because I’m broke, but one day…

I love my Breville - Smart Grinder pro

I have a BDB, it's paired up with a Niche Zero. I also like you, have a Smart GP. I got one for my birthday a while back, I eventually sold it for the Niche. Eventually I picked up another Smart GP because I wanted to do cold brews and pour overs. I'm still faffing around, my wife asks me why I need two grinders and honestly, it's a painless effort. The Smart GP I use for pour overs and cold brew. I set it to coarse and that's all I need it to do. As much as I want to use my Niche for it, it's primarily my espresso grinder. I'm not saying you have to get rid of it, but you can technically keep yours and get a dedicated espresso grinder, like a Niche, or like the others have recommended. I think for best bang for the buck and you can upgrade down the line is probably the DF64 or DF54.

My regular drink is an Americano with cream. I occasionally make lattes and breves, as well as straight espresso. I use medium roast beans, sometimes slightly on the darker side, but nothing I'd call a dark roast, and nothing visibily oily. My DF54 works great for these applications. Some people caution against dark/oily roasts in the DF54,but I don't have personal experience with that. My previous grinder was a SmartGrinder, but the older version that did not have the adjustable inner burr, though I shimmed my burrs to allow adequate performance for espresso. The SmartGrinder has a significant amount of retention (as much as 7 grams in my experience), although once it has run a few doses, it does *exchange* each does well. It is also far more difficult to disassemble and deep clean than the DF54. Additionally, the SmartGrinder is largely made of plastic, where the DF54 is mostly metal. If I really wanted a conical grinder, I would probably have bought an SK40. I did not and would not consider another Breville grinder. Cheers!