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Reddit Reviews
alawesomesauceThe Eureka Mignon series can take a single dose or larger hopper giving you the ability to switch based on your preference. I have the Libra and added a single dose hopper with bellows for when I want to switch beans.
antablyYes the Atom 75 is the top of their home line. The W is grind by weight. The silenzio and specialata are both from their eureka line. The Eureka Mignon Libra is the grind by weight GbW option for that line. I currently have the Eureka Mignon Libra but would probably upgrade to a Atom75W for speed purposes in coming year or so.
beearticHave GWB (Libra). It’s nice, but now my partner started drinking decaf and I envy single dose grinders. Never had one but i think weighing the beans would not be a annoying additional step. What I find also limiting is that I’m limited to grind into the portafilter as nothing else works with the GWB, so for experimenting etc Single dose just seems to be more fun.
cflatsThe entire family pooled together to get me a Eureka Mignon Libra for my 30th and I would highly recommend. An extremely consistent and well built machine. As for vendors I have bought machines from homecoffeemachines.ie and parts and accessories from blue star coffee. (Both based in Galway) and found them both good.
Absolutely fair. Both of those are great options from what I've seen. Mine is exclusively used for espresso. I can 100% see what people are saying though. The grind dial has numbers for reference for small adjustments but they don't provide a definitive reading of the grind setting because the dial is stepless and can be completely rotated multiple times. So if you're swapping brew a lot you could easily lose track of where you are and then end up having to empty the hopper and zero the burrs to dial in again.
Composition1995Eureka Mignon Libra, takes a whole step out of my morning routine
creationscapletteMy Eureka Mignon Libra is written "Made in Italy" ok it...
danimal1986I just got my eureka mignon Libra yesterday. It grinds by weight. Very happy with it so far. They run about $800
digitectYour Breville Bambino Plus (BB+) is a perfectly fine espresso machine, better than adequate. Grinder is everything. I would not recommend an appliance combining both machine and grinder. If either fail, you have to replace both. And neither are generally as featureful and quality as individual dedicated ones. You also can't upgrade one without the other. I have a BB+ paired with a Eureka Mignon Libra ($800), which is a little beyond your budget but grind-by-weight means a lot less time single dosing (weighing each shot's beans and feeding them through the grinder per shot). I can walk into the kitchen and have a dose in the basket in about 15 seconds. Tamp another 10, pull a 30 second shot, and be drinking it within 60 seconds total. Add another 60s for milk. Both the Eureka Mignon Specialita ($600) and Zero ($450) are cheaper than the Libra and with similar end results except for convenience of grind-by-weight. The Specialita has a hopper and can do timed doses, very close to weight although not quite as precise as the Libra, especially if you change beans a lot. The Zero is more intended for single dosing. All three look pro, are fast, quiet, feel heavy duty, use the same digital controls, and are very reliable. Eureka does not appear to sponsor YouTube reviews or provide free machines for them to review, so there are less reviews despite Eureka being such a large manufacturer, established 1920 in Florence, Italy. In case it helps, here's my general BB+ and espresso recommendations, including a budget list post link: https://www.reddit.com/user/digitect/comments/1s75tvs/espresso_recommendations_bambino_plus/
Fellow Nopus. I had the same experience, upgraded to Eureka Mignon Libra... zero retention.
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