Baratza has become iconic among home coffee enthusiasts who want better quality than big box store “burr” grinders can provide. The Encore is Baratza’s entry-level grinder and is perfect if you’re buying your first home grinder or upgrading from a blade grinder or similar. Baratza offers a 12 month warranty and we really love their “Don’t Dump It, Fix It” mentality. All replaceable parts for this grinder are readily available from Baratza’s website along with tons of repair videos to walk you through repairing your grinder down the road!

Here are a couple of our favorite features:

• 40mm Hardened Steel Burrs - Quality burrs and a solid motor are the heart of a good grinder. These burrs do a solid job grinding coffee for aeropress, drip, French press, and lots of other brew methods. The Encore does a killer job with coarser brewing methods, but we wouldn’t recommend it for espresso.

• 40 Grind Settings - The Encore offers 40 grind settings so you can fine-tune your coffee based on your brewing method and batch size. We recommend starting around 20 for drip and most other brewing methods and adjusting to taste from there.