SHARDOR - Electric Burr Coffee Grinder with 32 Grinding Sizes

I’ve had great luck with my Shardor grinders. Very consistent grind and volume, and right now under $50 on Amazon. https://a.co/d/cgnD0Ow

I have the flat burr shardor and after some leveling and mods it’s pretty decent. Beats my hand grinder from mhw 3bombr for sure. But I think you should just get the same hand grinder I got. I got it on sale for $99 and the burr is good quality. Very easy to clean as well.

The plastic comes out of the Breville portafilter really easily. Just push it out from below with a chopstick or something. Having been a beginner myself a few months ago, if I could go back, I'd have kept things simpler at the start. I got extra baskets, another portafilter, etc. I don't have big regrets but I definitely didn't need all that. You really don't *need* any accessories besides a grinder and a scale. Other than that, the accessories that come with the Bambino are pretty good. I don't love the tamper, but fundamentally it works fine, so don't feel any pressure to get a different one. If you want to get one, don't spend a lot. I have the normcore palm tamper v2, and I think it cost about $30? It's very good. You don't need to WDT (this may be grinder dependent, but still, even in the worst case, you can figure this all out without doing that, for now) so feel free to ignore all that noise and expense as well. You don't need to RDT (again, may be grinder dependent) so that's another bit of fucking around that you can skip. A good grinder *is* important. I really like my Encore ESP Pro (note the Pro is distinct from the regular ESP, which is distinct from the original Encore). The Chinese budget grinders seem to work well for most people most of the time but have QC issues, so you'll see lots of "I got one and the front fell off" comments. I'm sure those issues are real, but also people make more noise about complaints than they do when something works fine. So if your budget allows for only the Shardor, then get the Shardor and don't let anyone make you feel like it's going to ruin your espresso. That said, if you can afford it, I really do recommend my Encore ESP Pro. It's great and I think it's at the point where cheaper ones are significantly less good, but more expensive ones aren't *that* much better. It's a great value point. A good scale is important but they **do not** need to be expensive. I have a Timemore Black Mirror, and it's great, and not very expensive, but cheaper ones are good too. All it really needs is 0.1 gram resolution. A miniature one would have the benefit of fitting better on the Bambino drip tray. That said, mine overhangs the tray, but still works fine. So, just get a decent grinder, a good scale, and pretty much nothing else. Then just get good coffee and enjoy things as they are until you feel like you understand what you're doing *and you're getting good espresso* (because you should not need any extra shit at that point to get good espresso, so don't let yourself believe that the next gadget is going to be the magic bullet if your espresso isn't good yet). At that point if you feel like you want to add more gadgets or whatever, feel free. In the beginning, just keep it simple. Good grinder, good scale, good beans, nothing else. Edit: consider hand grinders, or the Shardor *flat* burr grinder.

I have the Shardor flat burr and conical burr grinders. The conical one can make espresso but at settings of 0-3. It's not something I'd choose specifically for espressos but if you're at a bind it can do the job.

Df54 with filter burrs should be better than og2. Shardor with some mods and the right burr upgrade might be pretty incredible.

My B&D burr mill conked out with just a few months. I've been using a Shardor burr mill for 2+ years now and like it almost as much as my old Cuisinart that lasted for well over a decade.

How do i fix this? I bought an OEM version of this machine with a different brand logo, but it's exactly the same factory machine as the Shaedor. It cost me only around $83 at my local store. It works pretty well, but this is my first time using a grinder machine, so I’m not sure what might not be working well or how to improve it.

I got Ode2 burrs for my Shardor. Much better results. Far less fines.

$30 bucks Shardor on Amazon prime sales. Easily modded to grind finer. Didn't know if I'd stick to this hobby, and I did. During the time my (replaced and twice fixed) old machined died, so upgraded to a Delonghi Dedica. So was trying out a cheapo. Thought of upgrading but no need to. Challenges of cheap machines are... never consistent. Espresso is actually VERY easy if you have the right machines, beans, etc. Usually expensive equipments will cover for little variables and mistakes. Kitchen appliance cheap machine is the hardest to make a good cup, IMHO. So don't go too cheap. 😁

I just bought a shardor and it works great with a bottomless at setting 3. I was going to return it on day 1 if it didn’t and thankfully it’s all good. I’m starting to think that a lot of these “rules” about grinders people have held for years now are starting to fall apart as new products hit the market. I recall a few years ago being told you can’t make espresso in any machine under $300 (used) and a friend of mine recently got one of those cheap $130 CasaBrews with a bottomless portafilter and it makes great espresso. Yeah, it’s cheap and probably won’t last many years, but it completely defies everything I had read on this sub a few years ago.