What they are, how they work, and what can go wrong. No grinder is invincible, especially if the unexpected happens and you grind a stone or screw which surreptitiously slipped into your beans. Early in the morning and without coffee, you may be tempte…
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Most small, consumer appliances are designed to wear out, or stop being useful in a very short time. These appliances are difficult and expensive to repair, so consumers are trained to dump and replace. This is often called planned obsolescence, and it…
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by Alex Choppin, Baratza Support and Coffee Specialist No grinder owner wants to imagine it – the single worst day of your life: your grinder is broken and you can’t make coffee. Don’t panic! There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Our grinders are n…
Read more »by Pierce Jens, Technical Support The amount of information that is at the tip of our fingers, thanks to the Internet, is a powerful asset. Unfortunately this power can be bad as well as good, for information can be skewed or misinterpreted and then sh…
Read more »February 27, 2014 Baratza is always striving to improve, from the time we manufactured our first grinder, to right now. The stripped drive gear issue is generally caused by a rock fragment or unroasted bean getting caught between the burrs, causing the…
Read more »February 17, 2014 For many of us, cleaning the grinder is a monthly if not weekly routine. That’s all good; please don’t ever change that very important routine. Instead be mindful of a few details regarding the process so as not to permanently damag…
Read more »October 28, 2013 by Sarah Dooley, Education & Quality Manager You may never run large volumes of rice through your grinder, wash it under a running faucet, or use it to grind peanuts into butter. And we thank you! But for those of you who do noti…
Read more »October 9, 2012 Something happens with your grinder and it stops working or grinds differently to how it used to. You’re afraid you won’t be able to make another cup of coffee. You need coffee, what do you do? First we recommend you check our Troublesh…
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