Fellow - Ode Brew Grinder (Gen 1)

I started with the ode. It was the best electric grinder for the money. I want focused on espresso and wanted the electric. Shortly after I purchased the KMax for travel. In love it. It is essentially the K Ultra. I highly recommend it but am 100% glad that I first purchased ode. If you want flexibility now…get the K Ultra. It is quite nice to use.

Get an ode on sale and then buy an espresso focused hand grinder.

Find an ode gen 1 for cheap and install the timemore turbo burrs in it! https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/comments/1kaak2n/fellow_ode_timemore_turbo_burrs_incredible/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I just sold a moccamaster grinder to buy the ode for noise. I’m super impressed. https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/s/zjKOzmTeJJ The Moccamaster would wake the neighbors. The Ode doesn’t at all.

I have a fellow ode gen 1 and it works great for me. I know they did a lot of updates on the gen 2 and seems to be a pretty popular grinder for pour over and the moccamaster. Edit: here is a link to the gen 2, but you can find gen ones for much cheaper. https://fellowproducts.com/products/ode-brew-grinder-gen-2?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=trademark_keywords_ode-trademark-search&utm_source_platform=google_ads&utm_content=branded_copy&utm_term=fellow%20ode&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14888767084&gbraid=0AAAAADi8OEvHvwbc8jOQFb8diNnfDdOde&gclid=Cj0KCQjws4fEBhD-ARIsACC3d28vsjOAFZ3yG9qla1K9D0p2Aauj57GgPSxECfWGJ02TIrGomLHtMfoaAuRSEALw_wcB

On my bar currently is a Fellow Ode, Baratza Vario, and a Timemore 064s. Had SSP cast in the 064 but probably swapping them to the Ode now. All that to say, I could have just one of any of these and be perfectly happy. Timemore is probably my favorite as far as quality and workflow, plus it can genuinely pull double duty. Ode is great but obviously you’re not getting espresso there. Vario is an old design with clunky workflow but the burrs are great—in fact, the Mahlkonig X54 is essentially just an updated Vario. All these are great grinders.

Baratza grinders don’t die. Parts and instructions are available to inexpensively rebuild them. I had a Virtuoso for 15 years, and rebuilt it twice in that time. The plastic drive gear can get stripped, and once I replaced the motor and burr set with upgraded versions. I bought a Fellow Ode bc the Fellow is quieter and passed the baratza on to my son who has had it for 3 years. I like the Ode, but don’t love that I can’t repair it myself. I had some trouble and Fellows solution was to send me a rebuilt unit.

Used ode gen 1 through fellow website. Got mine for $150. Like new. Love it.

And because you mention that you’re looking for a better grinder to help you explore more coffees, I think that’s *exactly* what the Ode is geared toward. The downside is that it is considerably more expensive than the hand grinders (at least, in USD).

First - encore and virtuoso have the same motor (I’m 90% sure) so noise won’t be better. What do you mean by “fussy”? the ode is quieter and faster - I think the speed is really the thing that you’ll appreciate. I hear (ha) the Eureka Silenzio is very quiet. Lots of good grinders out there, take a look at r/pourover if you want more ideas

In my experience the encore needs way more cleaning than the ode lol. Not sure what you mean by “suitable for an office”, though. They’re both good grinders. Don’t stress yourself financially - the ode is nice and I really like the coffee it produced but it is not literally twice as good as the encore.

If you get the Ode Gen 1, make sure you RDT. The Ode Gen 1 is notorious for static.