The Baratza Encore

The Baratza Encore

The coffee grinder of choice.

Featuring 40 individual grind settings, from fine to coarse, the Encore can please any palate with its gamut of accurate and repeatable grind settings. The Encore has an accurate medium to coarse grind for the increasingly popular manual brew methods such as pour-over, Aeropress, Siphon and Chemex. The specially designed burrs give a precise grind with minimal fines for a flavorful, balanced extraction when making espresso.
Reviews

The Baratza Encore is designed for ease of use, but accurate enough for the coffee lover or home barista. Its has hardened steel conical burrs that provide a highly consistent grind anywhere from a coarse french press setting to a proper espresso grind.

You can calibrate your grind setting for each coffee you use and the plastic receptacle makes transferring coffee to your coffee maker very simple.

Coffee grinder features

  • Easy bidirectional on-off switch
  • Front pulse button
  • High torque DC motor - 450 RPM
  • 40mm hardened stainless steel conical burrs
  • 40x different grind settings
  • Low noise & heat generation (vs. other large-motor coffee grinders)
  • Suitable for manual brewing and basic espresso
  • Minimal grinds left in grinder for maximum freshness

Product specifications

  • Grind range: 250 - 1200 microns
  • Grind speed: 0.8-1.1 g/sec
  • Hopper capacity: ~225g
  • Grind bin capacity: ~140g
  • Weight: 3.1kg
  • Power rating: 230V AC, 120W, 50/60 Hz, 0.5A
  • No load burr speed: 550 RPM
  • Dimensions: 12cm W x 35cm H x 16cm D
The Encore is lauded by coffee experts as THE go-to entry level grinder for those brewing coffee at home. The Encore gives a great grind for drip/manual brew and also grinds fine enough for espresso.

Reviews

Baratza is to coffee grinders what Wüsthof is to kitchen knives: solid, understated, durable. There’s a reason why its grinders are carried by many of the more conscientious independent coffee shops. - NY Times

The grinder is the most important part of your coffee set up, and the Encore is the only entry level electric grinder I would purchase. - Wayne Oberholzer, SA Barista Champion 2012/15

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Purpose Best budget grinder by far Best value all-purpose grinder Top end manual grinder. Micro adjustments for dialing in perfectly Portable electric, camping, home use, limited grind range Portable electric, camping, home use, decent grind range Luxury portable or counter top electric grinder All-purpose electric, quick and easy adjustment from espresso to alternative brewing Best value all-purpose grinder Great clarity in the cup for specialty brews Best in class clarity for specialty level filter brews Best in class all-purpose grinder for specialty level brews
Lead Features Portable, good consistency, low cost Great all-rounder, industry standard top seller External grind adjustment, foldable handle, S2C 890 steel burrs Portable, USB-C rechargeable, auto off feature Portable, USB-C rechargeable, 58mm compatible catch cup Premium build, 44mm pineapple-style burrs, ultra-fine adjustment Optimized for espresso, dual-range adjustment (micro/macro), low retention Fast grinding, low retention, magnetic catch cup, anti-popcorning 64mm flat burrs, low retention (rotary knocker), adjustable RPM, silent 78mm Turbo burrs, exceptional clarity, adjustable RPM, silent 78mm flat burrs, high clarity, adjustable RPM, silent
Price R950 R1850 R3 900 R2 000 R3 450 R6 000 R5 300 R6 000 R13 800 R20 930 R20 930
Grind range 30 Stepped adjustments: Pour-over, AeroPress, French press, Filter, Moka 60 Stepped adjustments: All purpose 90 stepped adjustments: All purpose 24 Stepped adjustments: All purpose 90 Stepped adjustments: All purpose 60 Stepped adjustments: All purpose Micro-steps #1-20 for espresso, Macro-steps #21-40 for filter 100 stepped micro 0.01mm adjustments: All purpose Stepless adjustment: All purpose Stepless adjustment: All purpose Stepless adjustment: All purpose
Sound A bit clunky Smooth and quiet operation Ultra refined and smooth Relatively quiet Relatively quiet Refined and smooth Not the quietest Very quiet operation Remarkably quiet and refined Remarkably quiet and refined Remarkably quiet and refined
Speed Decent Good Very good Slow (Espresso ~90s/18g, Pour-over ~30s/15g) Slow (Espresso ~90s/18g, Pour-over ~30s/15g) Dec