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Code 3337 from previous post works again - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/685305
I purchased the double black version for $516.21 shipped. The double black is currently $699 from 'alternativebrewing' and 'kbean'.
Eureka Mignon Specialita Coffee Grinder Black (15BL) €302.09 + €40 Delivery (~A$516) @ Espresso Coffee Shop
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IIRC they ship with a semi-permanent AU plug adaptor: basically a housing around the EU plug that you screw closed
Ah righto.
kbean have the 16CR for only ~$100 more, the 15BL is ~$170 more
Do you need to leave a note for this, or you get one due to choosing AU?
Have bought from them twice, didn't ask for an adaptor either time but both packages arrived with one in the box, assume they base it off delivery address.
The adaptor is quite bulky though, I've chosen not to use them as I've bought far slimmer profile adaptors separately
@vaporjet: Hey, do you mind to tell me what kind of adapters you bought? I made the mistake of screwing mine before inserting the plug in and they use those one-way screws so I can't unscrew them. Do those cheap EU to AU adapters from eBay and Amazon work? Tia
@AussieDaddy: They are security Anti theft screws, so won't open up after tightening. Any adaptor EU>AU will work. I cut the EU plug and replaced it with flat side entry AU plug from Bunnings ($3.5) plug, but you need to be handy and know how to wire.
@AussieDaddy: Yep just cheapo ones from eBay or AliExpress have worked fine for me.
My wife is Malaysian so we have a lot of appliances with foreign plugs. Have been meaning to give re-wiring plugs a go as well!
I'm with ING and I was charged $516.21, no fees or rates.
I bought this last time the deal was on and they threw in a free adaptor, so don't let that influence your decision.
I'm really happy with the grinder, very well built but also smaller than you might expect. Nice and quiet, you can make very fine adjustments. The only drawback for me is that the bracket for the group handle is a bit shit, it's just a little removable metal bracket thing that barely holds up the group handle, you can kinda get away with hands free grinding but you always feel like it could easily fall out.
Yeah, I got rid of the fork/bracket and bought a funnel to match my group handle, works quite well with minimal mess. In any case the specialita grinds fast (<10s for a 16g dose), so there's no time saving from going hands-free
This or the settle 270wi?
This
Oh? Can I know why?
Probably not a lot in it. It was the advice I received when I was buying a grinder. At this price compared with local sellers I'd be all over it if I didn't have one already.
Next step would be a single dose grinder, although I am happy with my set up and work flow for the next little while.
longevity, reliability, Made in Italy, check review
Sette gives a nice fluffy grind and reviews show good grind distribution, but that's with a new machine. Still fluffy as it ages, but who knows how the grind distribution is with its more plasticy components
Sette is quick, but it's loud, and not a nice grind sound. I use mine without a hopper and single dose, which it's very good at as it has effectively zero retention.
Sette's gear box will eventually die on you. Parts are readily accessible and cheap - I prefer fixing myself rather than sending the grinder away for a few weeks.
I don't feel the weighing version is worth it though.
@Janko: Yes, agree - three gear boxes and two power boards replaced on ours and I’ve given up. Lots of plastic in them. Good while it worked though.
Had a mate with a Sette, barely last a year before it stuffed up on him. (Read similar build quality issues from other forums, searches etc)
Brevillle owns / acquired Baratza in 2020
Sette would win if it was built better.
If it were built better, it would cost at least another 25%, maybe 50% - and then other options start to look worth the jump to.
I think Baratza gave a great option with the Sette in getting a quality grind, fast, no retention, timer, a lot cheaper than others for the user only doing a daily grind or two. And for the DIY'r the cheap replacement parts are good. I looked at getting a Eureka XL - a higher model than the Specialita here, but didn't think it was worth upgrading too.
But after having Baratzas for 10 years, it's their acquisition by Breville will make the Sette my last Baratza.
The 270wi is a good machine with its weight function and is very quick, but noisy. The machine gets good write-ups for grind quality too.
The issue with the Baratzas is that because of their design they need a gearbox and they use nylon gears which have stripped. Baratza did have a good reputation for giving free replacement parts, but it’s still a pain.
The Specialita does not have a gearbox - direct drive - because it is a different grind channel design.
Mind you plastic gears are not unknown in domestic appliances and can last a long time.
Baratza in the US gave free replacements, but shipping was quite expensive I recall when I tried a few years ago. I see now they're not shipping internationally because of covid.
The official supplier here at the time I got my Sette from (Five Senses) charged for the gearbox $80 (I didn't replace motor).
I have the sette 270wi, I wouldnt mind looking at other options but the scale convenience is hard to beat.
Maybe another comparison question from old me…..how about this specialita compares to Baratza Sette 270wi? Is it a “horizontal change” (e.g. only different in style, no upward quality) or this is a legit upgrade over 270wi? The only reason I am asking is coz I have a 270wi lolz….
Btw, I know one is conical and one is flat bur, so taste would be different, but my question is more of if it’s an upgrade overall….
My opinion is that the Specialita is an upgrade over the 270wi, but probably not enough to justify buying it if you already own the Sette. I'd probably look at something more along the DF64 / Niche Zero line if you wanted to upgrade.
It is more quiet than the 270wi
Baratza is good but see the “plastic” gearbox comments above and on the coffee forums.
So its better than mazzer and victoria arduino?
Pulled the trigger!
Hario Skerton you served me well! Relegated for trips away now!
For anyone who isn’t too much of a coffee snob. Check out the breville barista express. Fantastic overall and has a decent burr grinder built in and on a good day you can have it for around the same price.
The Barista Express is indeed fantastic. For a little more, the Bambino Plus + Specialita combo is also very popular.
bambino is awesome after coming from a sunbeam. cheap as chips, very fast bootup and does a decent job foaming milk
This. Was using bambino plus with smart grinder pro. Decent shots can be pulled. Am now using the BDB and am contemplating new grinder :) feel like if you want a small adjustment the smart grinder pro lacks a bit
@melon92: How's the difference between bambino plus and bdb?
I'm selling my plus and just ordered a bean to cup auto, but have always been fascinated about the bdb.
You can get these for $600 here. To save $80 isn't really worth it imo id rather buy local for warranty etc
Where are you seeing it at $600? AlternativeBrewing has is listed for $700, unless you were mixing it up with the Silenzio?
That's because you guys don't know coffee places etc. Of course alternative brewing, talk coffee, jet-black etc etc are going to be full whack or extremely close to RRP.
But you guys never mention service sphere or genovese, dolo who actually behind the scenes does majority of the importing for Australia.
Jump on coffeesnobs and you'll see where people buy from 🙂
Out of the places you listed, Service Sphere is the only one with a specialita listed, and at $990 to boot…
Good point on coffeesnobs though, I need to peruse it more often
does coffeesnobs still delete any posts that suggest alternatives to their sponsors?
Jumped on CS, still couldn't find the info?
Is this an overkill for an aeropress?
Whole point of aeropress it's portable. So get a good hand grinder like a comandante
Any recommendation on a more budget one.
Assuming you don't intend to do espresso, Timemore has a range of grinders available which should be a step up from the questionable, super-budget sub-$100 grinders, e.g Timemore C2 for about $110, perhaps less if you source from a Chinese seller
@grackfight420: +1 Timemore C2.
Started with a budget grinder (<$20) but the grinds were horribly inconsistent, it's now used to grind pepper. Next grinder was a Hario Skerton Pro, great for consistency but the grinding experience wasn't all that, I found it hard to grip properly.
I got a C2 after that and it's great. Consistent grinds, easy to grip, great build quality and a good size to take travelling as well.
If I could start over again I'd go straight to the Timemore C2 for a reasonably priced hand grinder.
Timemore C2
They've released a new version, the Timemore C3
@kobeduck: Upgraded burrs, they claim more uniform grind profile for a very minor grind speed trade-off.
This or 100's of jars of Moccona?
Buy both and then grind the Moccona.
Coles coffee tastes better than moccona.
International roast
Thats just cruel
Is your link for the matt black version? Because if you select black, you get the chrome and black version, which I don't want.
Select black then 15BL for the double black version.
You are a legend! I will buy tonight :D
Cheers Finally took the plunge, upgrade from my rocky.
Had a chute 3d printed for it to fish out the grinds with a small brush. Will need to mod this too i guess.Is this good for grinding other spices as well or only coffee?
Didn't work well for my 'spiced' brownies.
Viability of using grinding spices aside, attempting to do so will only earn the ire of all coffee drinkers in your abode (in my old workplace, we'd silently curse whenever someone loaded flavoured coffee beans into the communal grinder)
What are 15BL and 16CR?
Btw, it's €312 for me, not €302Black/Black vs Chrome/Black select model and see relevant pic.
Thanks
awesome price for a great little home grinder. paid close to 800 locally back in the days.
This is a very good price.
I bought mine from the Espresso Shop in Scotland when they had a deal 18 months ago and the delivered price then was about $A560. They are currently over $660 delivered. It took just over a week from them, most of which was the machine being moved around Australia!
If you are buying the machine, check out the accessories like filter baskets and shower screens for the espresso machine. They are a lot cheaper o/s and if it doesn’t add to the freight costs, it’s a good time to buy them. Even the Puly grinder cleaner is much cheaper than here.
Brita water softener is priced very well also. I bought a few last time I ordered my grinder and they last about 6 months each
I've been eying this for the last couple of weeks, but still can't decide if I should buy it locally or not for warranty purposes plus get absolute approval from the CFO (Wifey).
~$640 for members who has access to 3% ebay gift cards through Alternative Brewing eBay Store when stacked with current $50 off coupon.Purchased mine in the last OzBargain deal, was impressed by the customer service. The hopper I received had a crack in it, they responded to my e-mail quickly and I received a replacement in the post a few days later. Very happy with the grinder itself as well.
Same thing happened to me when i received mine. Probably the stock hopper lid is the weakest link of this grinder. Cheap, flimsy plastic and bad design. Single dosing hopper is worth the upgrade just to get rid of the stock hopper
Any recommendations on a single dose hopper?
I had the same issue- tried emailing etc, but never heard back from them. weird!
Wow, they were fantastic with me, maybe try again
Ozbargain amazes me, they'll neg deals because they're $1 too expensive, then upvote stuff like this for fun.
Matt black current out of stock. :(
I wouldn't stress, this is basically a monthly deal give or take $20
Buy the Black/Silver 16CR model for extra euro11, looks much nicer anyway.
Damn it, missed this deal again :(
It's 352 delivered, (530aud) with the code, so only 15 more.
Where do OzBargainers buy their coffee beans from? Deals posted here, or from local specialty stores?
ALDI medium roast
Fk paying $40-50/kgI read about that here. Might give it a try. Ta
No risk mate.
Can afford to waste a bit getting the grind etc right.
Still reasonably fresh and roasted in Melbs. Obviously won't be as good as Bellissimo (my fav around bne) but still quite good- easily best of the supermarket brands imo.Watch out for old stale beans - there is a way to calculate roast date for ALDI beans (number of weeks back from "best before" date, 15 weeks maybe, don't remember exactly).
If you got Breville Dual boiler and Eureka grinder - these are very capable machines. Yes, you can use cheap stale "dead" beans in it. The result will be bad coffee.
Or you can buy good beans and make something better than 95% of coffee shops around you.
You choice. :)A lot of people like AIRJO Coffee deals here.
@SickDmith: So what's the recommended cut off, 2-3 months from roast date?
My Gaggia classic and EM0480 combo makes better than most cafes, a lot of it is technique and care.
Will look into those beans, for 3-4x the price you'd hope they are much better. Guess only buy when the 30-40% deals come up (may not be the freshest then anyway).
@G-rig: I don't think there is a universal rule.
For me - I am trying to finish it within a month (4 weeks). 2 months - is an absolute maximum for me. After that I can see beans are not "holding the pressure" anymore and require finer grind to achieve proper extraction.Most reputable roasting companies are roasting when you order.
Even when they run these deals they are trying to move green beans - they still roast on demand.Pricewise - this is
SPARTAOzBargain - I believe no one considering full price for beans here. :)
It is impossible to beat $15 kg from ALDI - this is roughly a retail price for green beans.
The best you can get is a deal here for about 2x. It's a personal choice - you will have to decide if you are happy with it.@SickDmith: Agree
At least with a kg of normale priced beans you can afford to burn a bit. Good thing you mentioned it, I've been having to grind quite fine, so the beans are stuffed. Been good for a while
Folks, I need help. I stuffed up the AU adapter that comes with the machine. What kind of screw driver is used to screw/unscrew those two loose screws on the adapter? Stupid me thought they forgot to tighten them and went ahead and screwed them in before doing anything else, to only realize the European plug was supposed to go inside the housing of the AU adapter before the screws get tightened. Now I can't unscrew them as these are weird looking screws and don't work with the regular Phillips or flat head screwdrivers (I used flat metal to screw them, but can't use it to unscrew them now). Does anyone know how to unscrew them? Does it need a special kind of a screwdriver? Tia
Edit: Have just Googled them and they're actually called One-way screws. Why on earth would they use such screws?! Looks like I'm screwed. :(
I wouldn't stress it, you can easily & cheaply pick up a EU to AU adapter instead (e.g. https://www.bunnings.com.au/jackson-inbound-travel-adaptor-u…)
I got exactly that one (someone else suggested it in the comments above) and it's working well. Cheers
The supplied adapter is awesome. Because of the screws it is very solid construction without any freeplay and risk of sparks.
I just tried to unscrew mine with Wera 335 screwdriver and it worked. This screwdriver got laser etching on the tip to reduce slippage.
You might take your adapter to Bunnings and give Wera a test drive. :))
Please note Wera 335 got green handle. I know the yellow handle ones don't have laser tip.But other quality screwdriver might work too. Worst case scenario you can use screw remover and replace screws with normal ones.
The cheapo I bought from Bunnings is working fine and fits perfectly. Don't wanna buy another tool that I'll probably never use again.
I did said you should buy this awesome screwdriver… :)
I was suggesting OzBargan way - going to Bunnings with the plug and using the screwdriver on display. :)
Received mine on Tuesday, from ordering the previous weeks Sunday night, so 7 working days.
Made a huge difference already to the quality of espresso from my little old Saeco machine, very, very happy and impressed!
I also ordered on Sunday and delivery was attempted on Friday (wasn't home so I picked it up on Monday), that's 5 working days from Italy. I remember a lot of local deliveries that took way longer than that. Impressive!
PS: I'm still in the market for one of two espresso machines to go on sale so I tried a coarse grind with a French press. Still too fine for the French press, and the medium roast coffee I bought from Aldi came out bitter. I might have to try a lighter roast or wait until I buy a proper espresso machine.
code still works, just ordered mine
It is a 220V version but you need an international adapter I assume?
For ~$170* more from kbean, I assume theirs come with the correct plug and you'd get local support?
They have 4 colour combinations, 2 of them are $679
https://www.kbean.com.au/coffee-grinders/eureka-mignon-speci….
*I say $170 to account for int. transaction fees and rates with banks with you pay