TIMEMORE - Sculptor 064S

timemore sculptor 064s. £450 new from ebay. Why? on looks and cost. I like the design and the cost was good discount.

I own a niche and a timore sculptor 64s. The sculptor costs less tastes better for espresso and can do pour over.

I have a (kinda old) Baratza Virtuoso, Ode Gen2 and Timemore 064S. You can't grind for espresso with the Ode. The 064S is just a bit fiddly for espresso because the available range is compressed/coarse -- but I use mine every day. My Baratza experience is "emergency use only" but a friend is quite happy with the ESP (filter/drip).

I have a 064S. There are little things like the hopper being too shallow, surprise beans, totally random fines ejection, completely borked grind indicator and larger things like cleaning is a pain, shifting from coarse (Aeropress) to fine (espresso) can cause a bad shot and annoyance setting the zero point prompted someone to shorten the locator pin. If I were serious about a 064S purchase over the next few months I'd wait on the (2026?) version. [Kaffeemacher at Host Milano 2025 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzV1MyapI74&t=3356s) has useful images even if you don't speak German.

Bambino minus, with the extra cash get the timemore 064s. I have a 4 year old and live in an apartment. I also have a turin legato which is way louder than the bambino.

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.

I upgraded from an 1zpresso Jmax to a timemore 064s and the biggest difference for me was 1) not having to handgrind espresso. 2) the consistency of my shots. I noticed when hand grinding that the speed in which I ground the beans would have a major impact on my shot. The 064s has variable RPM so you can also play around with that if it’s been an issue for you.

The Ode is hot garbage, get the Sculptor kids.

I'm pretty happy with my Timemore 064s. I got it early on at a promo price about a year ago. I use it almost exclusively for espresso. I had a PCB go up on me recently and Timemore sent me a replacement. The replacement took a couple of "back & forth's" and the first replacement they sent was the wrong PCB so there can be some communication issues with these folks. All in all I still like my 064s. No regrets. I have a Niche Zero also which I like too.

Don't know if my incident is any evidence that "they are having problems". My occurrence is probably just a random event. If there's any "problem" I think it's some communication issues and from my experience it's not horrible, just a little frustrating.

Pulled the trigger on the Timemore 064s, it ended up costing around 900 bucks. It's a great grinder but with pretty seriously annoying caveats. Popcorning and that shitty on/off button.

I picked up the 064S a couple months back when they were running this deal, pretty good grinder! I find the alignment to be much better than my Ode G1, much more consistent particle size leading to more flavor clarity.