Sustainable. We see that word thrown around everywhere – if something is made of bamboo or can be repurposed as a wind chime someday, companies call it a “sustainable” option. If a café switches to compostable straws, that café can call that a “sustain…
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Let’s say you own a Baratza grinder. You’ve had it for a few years now and you’ve been enjoying fresh ground coffee on demand. When you boil it all down, a coffee grinder is just a machine that turns burrs. Machines need to work over long periods of ti…
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We grind you brew is more than our tagline, it’s a snapshot of the process to enrich life’s moments with coffee. In between, there are handy little tools that can make this process smooth and the final product tastier. Here’s a list of small gadgets fo…
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It’s important to know how to control the amount of coffee you grind – by volume, time or weight. We cover these three big methods here, but long-story-short the very best of those is to grind coffee by weight. “Grind-by-weight” is the term we use to d…
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It’s an open secret that the Encore can hold the advanced cone burr from the Virtuoso+, called the M2 burr. We aren’t afraid to let folks know about this compatibility because there are plenty of folks who want a straightforward machine like the Encore…
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One of the reasons a burr grinder is a better tool for coffee drinkers than a blade grinder is that burrs provide a consistency and uniformity of grind that you just can’t get from whirring blades. There’s no denying how easy and repeatable it is to gr…
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How much coffee are you grinding? There are three main ways to dose coffee for a grind – by volume, by time, and by weight.
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Our grinders are renowned for the reliable, consistent, and repeatable grind they produce, but another benefit to owning a Baratza is multipurpose functionality. Because of that, we put together some tips and tricks for multipurpose grinders. What is m…
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With the release of the Vario, we introduced the revolutionary technology of micro grind adjustments. Rather than a machine with X distinct steps of adjustment, the Vario enabled users to further fine tune their grind. Today, micro-adjustment is availa…
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One of the best features of a burr grinders is a precise and repeatable adjustment system. It allows you to set your grind just right for your needs every time. When you get a new coffee, however, you need to “dial in” to taste because each and every c…
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