OPTION-O - Lagom 01

This list seems somehow outdated, and is missing some important items, that are popular and offering a great value. Hand grinders: **Kingrinder K6, K2, K0, Timemore C3S, C2S** Electric: **Zerno Z1**, soon also **Z2** (80mm, now in a prototype stage), **Mazzer Philos, DF64V, Sculptor 078s,064, and Lagom 01** (although grinders with burrs larger than 83 mm is a rather niche ultra-high-end, so not sure really, if EK43, P100 and L01 make sense to be included in such a list) Also: In this list, the **Fellow Ode2** is placed in "budget-friendly", while **Fellow Opus** in "mid-range/prosumer"?? :) Ode costs almost twice as Opus, and while Ode is rather popular for manual brews, Opus is not that popular neither for brew, nor for espresso, although technically "it can do both". (edit to add) Also missing, the **DF54** low-cost electric grinder.

Some will push back against this but in General Electric is able to outperform hand grinding. The issue though is “for what price?” The get the same performance from an electric as a hand grinder, you pay more money. I have had an Ode Gen 2 ($350 electric), P64 ($1800 electric), Lagom 01 ($3000 electric) and a Pietro ($500 hand grinder) . It’s a lot of hassle to use the Pietro but it makes a great cup or pour over. The Lagom 01 is my “best” grinder by quality of the cup and experience using it. It has 102mm blind burrs in it that you could not have in a hand grinder. The cups it makes aren’t 6x the cups of a Pietro though. Hope that helps

I would get a niche zero and option o 01 with SSP HU. The mizen does good with dark espresso (see if she likes it) and is great for pour over but is less acidity than ssp hu. Or go all out and get kafatek mc6 and 01.