Baratza Sette 270Wi vs Eureka Mignon Specialita

Espresso at home, dosed by weight instead of by stopwatch

Scores higher on cleaning, retention & mess, dosing & workflow.

A quiet, fast flat-burr grinder for daily espresso, with programmable doses and stepless adjustment

Scores higher on grind consistency, build quality & durability, grind range & adjustment.

• +A built-in scale at 0.1g resolution, which doses by weight rather than by time. Nothing else here does that
• +270 settings on 40mm conical burrs at 650rpm and 200W
• +Ships with a shut-off hopper, grounds bin and grind-range shims
• +One-year warranty, made in Taiwan

• −$599.95, the second most expensive grinder here after the Niche Zero, and three and a half times the $169 median
• −One year of cover on a $600 machine
• −No timer, because it doses by weight, which is a different workflow if you are used to one

• +55 mm hardened steel flat burrs rated for 300 kg of coffee, on a 310 W motor at 1350 rpm.
• +Stepless micrometric adjustment that repositions the lower burr, so cleaning does not lose the grind setting.
• +A touch display with two programmable timed doses, continuous grinding, an Extra Dose function and a dose counter.
• +An adjustable hands-free fork that holds the portafilter, and grinding started by a microswitch on the fork or the display.
• +Compact, at 120 mm wide and 350 mm tall, in six standard colours and many special finishes.

• −It doses by time, not weight, so the amount of coffee changes when the beans or grind change.
• −It is hopper-fed; single dosing needs Eureka's optional single dose hopper.
• −Eureka publishes no retention figure and no decibel figure, only the name Silent Technology.
• −Eureka's page does not say what its warranty covers, and the dealer's 1 year warranty is the dealer's own.