Mignon Crono

Grab a Eureka Mignon Crono from Whole Latte Love for $209. Then buy Eureka's 50mm espresso burrs for ~$30 from Amazon. Been working out great for me!

It has 50mm brew specific burrs which are for filter coffee. I think they are probably capable of grinding fine enough for espresso but not at the same precision as the espresso burrs.

I’m using the Chrono model with reasonable outcomes.

I use my Eureka Mignon Crono for single dose. I removed the dumb plastic catch bin and just put my portafilter under it. I've set the timer for the time I need to fill the basket.

haha that is awesome. I am a cheap fuck and waited until I could get a profitec go refurb from Whole Latte Love... which I did score a few weeks ago. My grinder is a Eureka Mignon Crono because it's the cheapest and most basic grinder in the Mignon line. You can swap the burrs out for espresso burrs but I have not had the need to do this although I do have espresso burrs someone gifted to me. I bought my grinder last year in anticipation of tariffs. I purchased on Black Friday so there was also a discount. I'd suggest trying to find a Crono that is made in Italy... they started producing Eurekas in China and the quality appears to be poor based on another post in this sub. That or try to find another grinder in a similar price range that can do espresso/ take espresso burrs. I'd say with tax and all this came out to under $1500. I also bought a tamp mat for around $20 and a knockbox so I can compost my coffee grinds without dripping all over the kitchen. You probably don't need a knockbox tbh. I just don't like the idea of banging out my portafilter into my compost directly.

Eureka Mignon Crono. I have been using mine for about 5 years with my Moccamaster. Hasn't skipped a beat. It is super heavy and feels very high quality. The grind is consistent and perfect and doesn't need adjusted.

i would get something like the mignon chrono instead. you are not grinding super fine for espresso.

Not overkill at all. I have a moccamaster KGBV and a eureka chronos for drip coffee and a eureka mignon oro and bellezza Francesca leva for espresso and flat whites. Drip first thing in the morning and espresso and related drinks the rest of the day.

This is my advice. I bought an open box mignon crono on SCG and replacement OEM espresso burrs on amazon for ~$200 usd all in and it’s been great the last few years.

+1 on the crono

I started getting into coffee and went the moccamaster route and disliked all the parts and cleaning. Tried a number of different coffee makers, pour overs and while it was good it was all a lot of work. For coffee I ended up with the chemex ottomatic and it make great coffee in my opinion. I paired that up with a Eureka Chrono grinder. Then decided to go the espresso route and purchased a Breville double boiler. Wife loved the espresso but I had to make it. Wanting to get back to drinking coffee and less making it I got a Delonghi Magnifico evo from Costco and it makes really decent espresso and cappuccino. Wife or I just go push a button and we have our coffee. Still use the chemex for a good brew as I don’t like the coffee out of the Delonghi. All this to say your post made me think you are more into drinking the coffee than the making of it so something like the automatic espresso machine might be more your thing.

As a fellow Canuck, I was recently in nearly the exact same predicament having received a Moccamaster KGBV for christmas and needing to supplement my existing Breville BSE870XL all-in-one espresso maker with something more appropriate for drip coffee. I ended up choosing the Eureka Mignon Crono over the Baratza for a couple reasons. 1. Flat > Conical Burrs. Probably overkill for pour over and filter, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have that upgrade. 2. Timer Feature. The 5 - 60 second timer will be useful for dialing in weights and make it more accessible for other family members to use it too. 3. The Eureka Mignon family. The Mignon series is traditionally Espresso focused with models costing up to $1,300 CAD depending on features. But they all seemingly use the same build quality, and most of the same internal parts. [This guy ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiStVdGEp8I)did a deep dive comparing all the models. 4. Price: Currently on sale for [$254 CAD ](https://idrinkcoffee.com/products/eureka-mignon-crono-burr-grinder-matte-black)w/ free shipping within Canada. So for just an extra $54 you get the benefit of flat burrs and the ease of using a timer. Supposedly a few upgrades you can do with this model too if you want it to rival the performance of the more expensive models and use it for espresso

I recently got a Eureka Mignon Crono and have been super happy with it! Priced in between the Baratza and Fellow Ode. Possible to dial in a consistent dose using the timer but I normally just weigh out each morning.

For flat burr grinders the Eureka Mignon range has better options imo. Crono, Manuale & Zero are all worth looking into as alternatives for the Ode 2