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Completely unexpected too, I bought the Lagom to use for espresso, which it also does very well, but my pour over became something it just wasn’t before. My wife still likes a flat white, but I haven’t made myself an espresso in months. It’s very well made, and I’d suggest it would be a huge upgrade from your Breville. It’a a significant cost, but I consider it to justify it.Originally posted by olle View PostGeoffR thats a pretty big endorsement in my book for the Lagom. The good thing is that Option-O are an Australian company (even if their gear is made in China). I think to my mind as well this is the one that I would see the biggest jump in performance both in the cup and physically in terms of grind size and uniformity.
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GeoffR thats a pretty big endorsement in my book for the Lagom. The good thing is that Option-O are an Australian company (even if their gear is made in China).
I think to my mind as well this is the one that I would see the biggest jump in performance both in the cup and physically in terms of grind size and uniformity.
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I have a Lagom with unimodal burrs, and since buying it my preference has shifted from espresso to pour over. This is due to the grinder. If you can consider it, I have found it to be excellent
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A mate of mine recently picked up a Fellow Ode for his brew setup and is loving it!
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The Baratza Forte would be ok, but you’d need to make sure you got it with steel burrs as the ceramic burrs are no good at courser grind settings. A Mahlkonig Vario with steel burrs would be even better. You can’t buy them like that, but you can buy the Vario from someone like Alternative Brewing then get the steel burrs separately. They can still be bought directly from Mahlkonig if you can’t get them anywhere else. If I could afford to do this I’d be doing it myself tomorrow. The other main options are the already mentioned Fellow Ode which looks pretty good, but with a few quirks. Or the Wilfa Uniform, which also has a few quirks and I think you’d have to buy from Europe.
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The Hoff speaks highly of the Fellow Ode grinder.
Not sure if that's a helpful suggestion or not.
Cheers
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Advice on mid- to high-end pour over grinder.
I've been keen on upgrading my Breville Smart Grinder Pro for a while now. At first I was keen on getting an 'all rounder' like the HeyCafe H1.
Recently though my thinking has changed - as my wife and I are primarily pour over and french press drinkers, I thought why not spend a bit more and look at some 'brew' grinders and this is where I've hit information overload and need some pointers as to where to look.
Criteria is that it must be good for brew (not fussed at this stage about espresso performance), preferably able to be single dosed, decent aesthetics (to help with wife approval), ideally my budget is $1700 but can be stretched to $2k at a push.- Baratza Forte BG - although I'm a bit put off by the lack of support for Baratza grinders in Australia as compared to the US and this has been around since 2013 with not much in the way of updates and innovation.
- Lagom P64 - just outside my price range but wins on aesthetics and grind uniformity.
- HeyCafe H1 - this is still in the run, just a little worried about its 'generalist' nature. I'd love to hear from owners. New comer, I know there are a few owners here that I'd love to hear from.
Thanks guys, I'm lookkng forward to seeing what the recommendations are.

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