Great reviews on the timemore 064 and 078 on pour over quality. I like the styling. Grinds relatively quiet and testing shows little to no ground retention.
It's also not that good for pour overs. I owned one for two years, and sold it to get a Timemore Sculptor 078, which is much better. Even with the Sculptor 064 you'll likely get better pour over, and they cost the same or slightly less than a Niche.
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!
I bought the 064 about a month ago. For the price point it is EXCELLENT. For me, popcorning and retention are non issues… put the cover on promptly and give the machine a tap and use 2-3 clicks of the knocker. There is little mess and no real retention at all. Finally, and importantly the grind is AMAZING. Easy to dial in, consistent and delivers great shots. For the price point, I highly recommend.
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.
If your most important thing is clarity, then you should be paying a lot of attention to the burrs. Unless you’re willing to swap them out. For example, a DF 64 with SSPMP burrs is going to have much more clarity than a timemore 64 with stock burrs. And visa versa.
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Great value for espresso, but clogs and poor for pour-over.
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