TIMEMORE - Sculptor 064

This list seems somehow outdated, and is missing some important items, that are popular and offering a great value.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.

I love my TM 064!

Not gonna lie, with this budget I would stick to the 064s and put in SSPs that go well with your taste preferences! Or stretch it a bit (double) and get the Zerno Z1! You will get the best grinder around for around 2k shipping + duty included Under 1k, you could upgrade to the 078, but that's not worth the hassle of resselling + buying again. And you get the same grinder quality, just bigger. So at your place I would keep the 064 and get new burrs if you want to experiment around and unlock "new" (more different) highs.

Give a shot to the Comandante C40 + Red Clix—each click is like 15 µm and I can grind down to ~120 µm, awesome for Turkish. Too much arm work? The Timemore Sculptor 064 S with the ultra burrs does around 170 µm electricly. I run both with my SAKI electric cezve, cup comes super clean. Good luck!

Ode and Sculptor are IMO different price brackets and while they are both flagship-level for their price range one is clearly better than the other (Sculptor > Ode). The Ode is a great grinder for it's bracket and you can regularly find it for <300 but its not going to make as good a cup as the Sculptor if you are price indifferent between the two. BTW i think the ssp upgrade for the Ode is not worth it as the stock gen 2 burrs are very competitive.

Timemore Sculptor 64s / 64, Baratza Encore ESP Pro, DF64, and the Mahlkonig X64SD (read about the duty cycle before going for the X64SD). The Timemore Sculptor 64s might be a better choice than the Fellow Ode 2 or Opus. It’s got excellent reviews and costs about the same as the Ode 2. It’s rated for everything from Espresso to Cold Brew. The burrs are 64mm so you can find replacements easily or upgrade to SSP burrs. There’s also the Sculptor 64, which will grind for everything except espresso. The Sculptor’s footprint and design is about the same as the Ode. The ESP pro and Sculptor are probably the best of the lot.

Thanks! I’m leaning more towards the 64 because of the price, dimensions and burr size.

Df64 gen 2 or ode 1/2 with the right burrs can be a very capable choice…same can be said for an 064 or any other decent 64 platform. For hand grinders it has to be zp6 or pietro I would imagine. Pietro would be out of the budget range but either could be found used also.

I would second the 064, or recommend the 078. The 078’s turbo burrs provide excellent pourover and machine coffee, while being able to hit espresso too. If you realllly want to focus more on espresso the 078s is great while still being able to pump out pretty good drip

The 078 is better for filter, and I assume the same with the 064. The S has burrs geared more towards espresso and has a different step down on the dial. I would not hesitate to get the 078 with turbo burrs again!

Check out the Timemore Sculptor 064 or the 078s if you can stretch, great for filter, low retention, and built for light roast clarity

Timemore sculptor 064 or 064S. Slightly more expensive but auger fed and vertically mounted and overall nicer feel. I will say though, I thought my DF54 would be super ugly but it's surprisingly not that bad looking in person.

Grinder: Try pour over with your solito first. If it leaves you wanting, try the timemore sculptor.  Kettle: Timemore fish smart or Brewista Artisan Brewing Scale: Hario Polaris or Maestri S3 Hario V60: get your favorite color (Whether in glass, porcelain, or plastic is up to you) Filter: Timemore Server: Kinto Oct, Kinto Sepia, or Timemore Drinking Vessel: Duralex Picardie 310 ml

Handgrinding for espresso is suck given form. Unless you practice some sort of self harm, I would suggest getting motorized grinder. With grinders, riddle me this: Do you want to single dose or do you want your dosing to be done by your grinder? If you want to single dose, get the sculptor. If you want your grinder to dose for yourself, get Eureka, preferably one of the bigger ones. Or, if you want the option to hand grind while also not needing to hand grind, Goat Story makes hand grinder with motorized stand.

that really depends on the grinder, i have no issue with the timemore sculptor series. but static can also be helped a lot by a small spritz of water on the beans before grinding. I'd still rather have a but more maintenance than the cost of replacing both grinder and machine when something breaks and the general worse price to quality ratio of combo machines

Love my sculptor. Paying that much for aesthetics alone is pretty rough though lol

Just change the 1z for the timemore electric. Nobody likes manually grinding coffee firsr thing in the morning

I know it's months later and you probably already figure out the best grinder for your needs, but I have to mention for future buyers needing advice, that everyone here replying totally ignored your question which specifically asked for the best grinder for dark roast. Ode 2, the electrical Timemore, ZP6, etc are not good, they're light roast dedicated and they excel at that. That being said, why do you want anything other than your Encore for dark roast? You're not getting good results? The Encore is excellent for your needs, the more expensive ones are dedicated for light roasts and for one, they will result in a bad tasting dark roast, and second, they will get issues line clogging and require high maintenance with dark roast beans. The only thing I would get to complement the Encore would be a manual grinder for portability and variety, you would do good with a 1Zpresso J Ultra or Timemore C3