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Cake day: July 24th, 2023

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  • The Opus is a great grinder for the money. Very powerful. Low enough rpms to not generate too much heat. Not too many fines. Huge torque, like the lightest roast doesn’t even begin to make it work hard.

    I already have two very nice hand grinders, so I have good conical burrs. If it hadn’t been for the moka/espresso side track, I was wanting to try out the flat burr profiles.

    I have plenty of money for a nice espresso machine, what I don’t have is excess counter space in the kitchen nor an excess of patience that seems to be needed for learning and getting good at espresso.

    Also, after lots of moka pot and cafe espresso, I think I just realized I am really more of a light roast filter coffee person.




  • I got a Fellow Opus thinking I might get an espresso machine in the future and I was thinking it might be better for moka pot which I was doing at the time. Now I have abandoned the moka pot and have at least for now decided not to consider an espresso machine. So I regret not getting the Ode 2. Not that the Opus is a bad grinder, it isn’t bad especially at less than $200 but I am now doing only V60 pour over and the Ode 2 would be a better grinder for that.