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Title: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on November 07, 2016, 03:10:54 PM
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Review is Above but here is the original posts below:

I just got off the phone with our Baratza rep. She was excited to share with our club the newest grinders coming from Baratza. She is sending me a unit for review. I will keep this notice up as a placeholder until the Unit Arrives and we can get a good look at what is coming. I will also have direct communication on any discounts or special product announcements available to our members and we will be sure to pass them along.

It feels really good to be getting the opportunity to talk with the folks that have been helping myself along in the coffee journey, not to mention probably a good number of our members as well. Baratza has always been a great company for customer service.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: mp on November 07, 2016, 08:26:12 PM
Yes, they certainly have great customer service.

Which grinder are they sending off to you?

Thanks Joe!

 :)
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 07, 2016, 11:03:25 PM
I'll wait until it arrives but be prepared to be jealous.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: BaconFat on November 08, 2016, 03:04:24 PM
I hope it's the Sette.  I was thinking about giving myself one for Christmas, maybe.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 08, 2016, 03:26:24 PM
I hope it's the Sette.  I was thinking about giving myself one for Christmas, maybe.

I hope it's a Sette too ;) not just any Sette
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 15, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
I think the review should be early December FYI.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: mp on November 15, 2016, 12:56:55 PM
I think the review should be early December FYI.

What the????

You busy surfing or something?

 ;)
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 15, 2016, 02:16:25 PM
I think the review should be early December FYI.

What the????

You busy surfing or something?

 ;)

Jiu jitsu these days more than surfing unfortunately, but no, that's when the long awaited sample grinder arrives. We have some ideas to get GCBC members some neat Baratza grinders next year.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: mp on November 15, 2016, 03:11:13 PM
Jiu jitsu these days more than surfing unfortunately, but no, that's when the long awaited sample grinder arrives. We have some ideas to get GCBC members some neat Baratza grinders next year.

Oh my. Your debut date set for the UFC yet?

Baratza grinders? Sounds good to me!!!

 ;D
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 15, 2016, 03:35:52 PM
Jiu jitsu these days more than surfing unfortunately, but no, that's when the long awaited sample grinder arrives. We have some ideas to get GCBC members some neat Baratza grinders next year.

Oh my. Your debut date set for the UFC yet?

Baratza grinders? Sounds good to me!!!

 ;D

Not going that extreme. I have to get my gills wet every other week or so. I am over due at the moment. But Fall/winter surfing is not as easy to get motivated.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Ascholten on November 15, 2016, 04:35:56 PM
I had a baratza grinder for years, LOVED it, then it age a $#$%#ing rock, those plastic gears on the motor drive don't hold up well to that.  Ended up getting a new one from one of the coffee places.

Would not mind getting another one tho to be honest.

Aaron
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on November 21, 2016, 01:05:31 PM
Just got confirmation the grinder should arrive Dec 12th and it is a Sette W. I will review it once I return from Kauai on the 18th.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Badam on November 29, 2016, 12:21:28 AM
Just got confirmation the grinder should arrive Dec 12th and it is a Sette W. I will review it once I return from Kauai on the 18th.

Very, Very jealous. If I didn't have 10 grinders already, I'd have bought one of these beauties already.
Title: Re: Baratza Grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on December 21, 2016, 02:11:11 PM
Just heard a package from Baratza Arrived....Yes!
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on December 23, 2016, 10:15:57 PM
Sette has been being run through its real world paces for the Christmas coffee season. I will have a full review up early 2017
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review coming soon
Post by: mp on December 27, 2016, 07:38:32 PM
Give her hell Joe!

 :)
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review coming soon
Post by: Joe on January 13, 2017, 10:51:13 AM
Give her hell Joe!

 :)

The review is up!
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: javagonzo on January 13, 2017, 11:30:56 AM
Great review, Joe!
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 13, 2017, 12:38:53 PM
Thanks! hopefully we can make this a regular occurrence and get some of the new coffee products coming out.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: chuckmartin on January 13, 2017, 12:55:21 PM
Great job, Joe.

One clarification: You said that there are pre-set settings, but you don't say whether switching between espresso grind and pour-over is repeatable. I've long wished I could replace the three grinders on my counter with one, but no grinder I have found can do espresso well without a lot of micro adjustment after being used for anything coarser. If this one will, I may be able to clear up some counter space!

Chuck
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 13, 2017, 01:02:57 PM
Great job, Joe.

One clarification: You said that there are pre-set settings, but you don't say whether switching between espresso grind and pour-over is repeatable. I've long wished I could replace the three grinders on my counter with one, but no grinder I have found can do espresso well without a lot of micro adjustment after being used for anything coarser. If this one will, I may be able to clear up some counter space!

Chuck

Pre Settings were for the weight of the grounds i.e. 13 grams, 21 grams etc..

Turning the macro Adjustments is easy enough however it does get tight when switching. and there are micro adjustments should you need to fine tune a grind.

I personally would keep a specific grinder for Drip or other brew methods and a grinder for espresso as dailing in an espresso grind could waste a lot of coffee. However I would use this grinder no problem as my sole grinder. The Mazzer Super Jolly I have was that grinder for me for a long time.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: bengreens on January 13, 2017, 01:46:46 PM
Great review, Joe!

And hmmmm . . . seeing as how I can't find my Fiorenzato T-80 (seriously; I know it's in this house somewhere, but I was away for a year taking care of my dad, and everything's moved around multiple times as housemates came and went), and I'm getting tired of cranking the Handground every morning (or using the crappy whirly Bosch, or Sunbeam, or Mr Coffee, or whatever it is; three or four of them around the house in any case) . . . eh, no.

Orphan Espresso was talking about a wall-mounted hand grinder. I would jump on a decent one in a hot second.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 13, 2017, 02:01:16 PM
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a Sette grinder W or Non-W in your situation. The non W one is significantly cheaper and the main benefit of this grinder is it's Lichtenstein developed burrs.So I don't think you would be compromising at all with your current setup.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Odissea on January 13, 2017, 02:28:09 PM
Thanks for the great review Joe. Excellent use of the clubs forum.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: wolf3 on January 13, 2017, 02:49:45 PM
Great review!! thank you

I have my eye on the Sette W and have been putting away a little each month for one.

All most there
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: ptrmorton on January 13, 2017, 05:39:06 PM
Nice review and much appreciated Joe.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Ascholten on January 13, 2017, 05:54:33 PM
Excellent review Joe.
Some questions.
What is the retail on this going to be?
Are they offering any discount to GCBC members?
Possibility of a group buy here?  I could do something with that possibly.

Also, I love how fast it is.  Instead of me blowing 600 bucks for a bunn grinder for customers, I may use this for my commercial grinding when needed.  It would be only a pound or so at a time, not humping 15 lb loads through it.  Do you think it would stand to that fairly well or is it really just a 'home' coffee grinder?

Thanks
Aaron
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: ray settanta on January 14, 2017, 09:14:17 AM
Good review. Thanks!
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: mp on January 14, 2017, 09:20:27 AM
Thanks, Joe!

Great run through the grinder.

 :)

Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 14, 2017, 02:31:02 PM
Excellent review Joe.
Some questions.
1. What is the retail on this going to be?
2. Are they offering any discount to GCBC members?
3. Possibility of a group buy here?  I could do something with that possibly.

Also, I love how fast it is.  Instead of me blowing 600 bucks for a bunn grinder for customers, I may use this for my commercial grinding when needed. 
4. It would be only a pound or so at a time, not humping 15 lb loads through it.  Do you think it would stand to that fairly well or is it really just a 'home' coffee grinder?

Thanks
Aaron
I numbered your questions:

1. The retail on the W model with the built in scale is $499, non W model is like $375
2. Not at the moment but I am discussing this with their people to see if we can't pass along any savings or possibly get creative on an introductory package with their lower tiered grinders.
3. I am also exploring this possibility. However they pulled their grinders from retailers such as Costco in which they told me that they want their pricing standardized. However Baratza really likes our club so we might have a game plan coming.
4. It's actually around a half lb at a time with the hopper it has in place. I don't think it's designed for a commercial setting and so I do think it would be best in a home environment. However for a home grinder it's more than adequate. I think the issues would be that it might not handle large amounts of coffee run through it without pausing, and Baratza Customer service is legendary but I think they wouldn't like their home grinder being used in that fashion.

to be honest with you a used shopping center grinder like the ditting ones is a better choice for that duty. It would be a waste on the Baratza Sette 270 W and you can grab those for around $300 used on craigslist/ebay
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 14, 2017, 02:32:16 PM
Great review!! thank you

I have my eye on the Sette W and have been putting away a little each month for one.

All most there

Yeah it's really nice I think you'll be happy.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: GerryG on January 14, 2017, 07:10:19 PM
Thanks Joe, great review. I've been looking forward to seeing this in action, and I wasn't disappointed.

Does anyone have experience with the non-W version?  The $379 price seems like a nice price point.

Gerry
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on January 14, 2017, 08:33:42 PM
I haven't, but it is basically the same thing without the scale..so $100+ for an acacia scale built in.

Fyi i am still shocked no one is pointing out the John Foster method for the PVL. This was something i coined so feel free to use its reference wherever you want.
Title: Re: Baratza Sette 270 W grinder Review
Post by: Joe on August 06, 2018, 08:32:35 AM
I had to send my beloved sette 270w in for repairs something with the gearbox went no good. Not only did Baratza fix it but they sent me an updated Sette 270 wi. It is super quiet compared to the 270 w and I have an original Sette 270 to do a comparison review on. So I will be making a review soon on the sette 270 and 270wi.