TIMEMORE - Sculptor 078

I have both. I love/hate the pietro. I regret using the 078 every time I use it and would wish I used the pietro. Pietro makes a wonderful cup but is not great to use. I hate myself for needing to use it. With that said, the suffering is worth it.

I used to own the Niche, replaced it with the 078 and now I don't feel like I will be buying a new grinder any time soon. It's fantastic for pour overs, and I stopped drinking espressos

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.

Unironically if you are claritymaxxing and you don’t mind hand grinding, this is gonna get you better cup quality (in terms of clarity) than the timemore 078. Though if you’re grinding electric I would really buy that with the turbo burrs.

I have an Ode Gen 2 with SSP, and I have really enjoyed it. However, I have a friend that has a Timemore 078 and have done brew comparisons between the grinders. I personally like the 078 better for filter and soup. 078 also has a better workflow in my opinion. Another grinder that people seem to love on this subreddit is the Femobook A4z. I don’t have any personal experience with that grinder, but you may want to consider it as well given your prince range.

I have exactly what you describe with the Philos and 078 and it works really well. I think the Philos could easily do both but I would potentially have to purge a bit of beans when switching between pour over and espresso. The 078 makes great coffee, but isn't as impressive a piece of kit as the Philos. It sounds whiny and the popcorn effect is real. Not a huge deal but worth mentioning i think.

Spend whatever the Sculptor 078 costs and don't worry about it. I wouldn't recommend anything less, don't let the Ode 2 gang lead you astray.

The Sculptor crushes the other two IMO. The only reason to look at a 64 mm option would be for burr flexibility, and I would look at the Ode or 064, personally.

I love my sculptor 078

Try Timemore sculptor 078 or the OXO rechargeable burr grinder both are battery powered burr grinders that hit a solid sweet spot under 120$ for Aeropress filter use.

Niche will be shit for filter. Timemore will be fantastic and good for filter. You know what to do.

You are absolutely correct. I fired that off to quickly and didn’t see that it was the duo. The conical would be shit. Still, I think you will find the Timemore produces some of the best filter out there. There’s a more espresso focussed model called the Timemore 078s if you wanted to keep your partner happy. Or you could not tell them. Your choice!