Currently I have Mignon Specialita. While I think its a good grinder I do fund it a chore to use. I started single dosing a few months ago, I enjoy a different bean for milk drinks to shots and my wife likes decaf. It's OK but a pain to reliably switch between beans. We only drink espresso based drinks at home. I occasionally grind for Aeropress if we go camping. The Niche seems like it would make grinding for different beans a lot more repeatable. Is there a big difference in flavour between the 2 grinders, would it be a worthwhile change considering my use case? If I did get a Niche I would sell the Specialita so recouping some outlay.

This thread will have some useful insights. https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1215-grinder-upgrade-suggestions-but-need-compact-form/14 Controversial opinion but I'm still sceptical the Niche can actually switch between beans with the ease people talk about. Completely open to be proven wrong because I've never owned one and it's purely speculation, but I'd like to see three different beans ground at different settings back to back and making dialled in shots without any purging or adjusting. Even if it isn't quite that efficient though, it's still massively regarded as the best single-doser and arguably the best grinder at the price point.

i do that daily…. will grind a bean for me, move to a new number for the mrs with a bean for milk once a ginders parts are full, then theres very little in the way of exchange as these grinders dont hold a lot of grouds to begin with, people focus on it way too much, i could stick 1g of a different grind into another grind and you'd not know, it'll just act like fines would in a much bigger way

@"Cuprajake"#p31512 It's not so much the retention I was curious about, more the setting. My Mazzer is insanely fussy, like .5mm off and it's not dialled in. Presumably the Niche is easier to get back to an exact setting?

@"Ernie1"#p31511 Thanks, i did search but missed that thread. some good info/opinion there which suggest the Niche would address my needs. @"Cuprajake"#144 Is the Niche reliable and easy to change the setting back to a previous position? The Specialita is nigh on impossible.

yeah its numbered and had a marker, the mazzers are ment to be set then run through a hopper full, ive never liked the adjustment on the mignon, its too fine on the adjuster

To be honest with you I've been hovering over the buy button on a Niche for about a month straight… really seems like you can't go wrong.

Thats where I am at the moment, flip flopping between 'its definitely what i need' and 'its probably not worth the change'. The lack of repeatability with the Specialita does really bug me. Im sure i could recover a reasonable amount of the price for a NZ ny selling the Specilaita, tho ive not checked s/h prices yet.

there a good one fit solution, saves having multiple grinders, i had the mazzer before the niche, but i always wanted a conical, so rather than another huge mazzer i went for a niche, its stayed on the bench, its easy for the mrs to use too, she now uses both the niche and my acs evo

Think i'd have to leave home if i kept 2 grinders!

@"Penance"#p31520 You can sell your Mignon once you get the Niche.

Specialita to Niche

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Penance 😂

Penance

Just ordered a Niche Zero.

JHCCoffee

Penance Just ordered a Niche Zero.

Congrats 🙌🥳

I found that there is a both a settling in period and a learning curve with the grinder, and I am still figuring afew things out, but I am now enjoying the benefits of the upgrade. Happy to share my learning curve with you (for whatever its worth) once you receive the NZ. Mine arrived really quick (5 days, all the way from across the pond to Canada). I was able to resell my 4 month old Eureka Mignon Specialita (still with manufacturers and vendors warranties) with the single dose hopper and bellows for about $650 CDN, which was $300 CDN less than I paid, including tax. The person that bought it saved $300 to $400. Live and learn.

Penance

JHCCoffee yea, I’d be interested in your learning experience.

JHCCoffee

Penance

DaveC did a great Youtube video on steps to take when you first receive your LZ, to calibrate it (and not damage it while trying to do so, with insufficient information). I followed it to the T. As it turned out, there were no test (quality control) grounds in my NZ and it was properly calibrated, so my recalibration was unnecessary.

Happy to otherwise share my NZ learning curve with you.

StevenG91

@Penance Have you considered the varia vs3

Penance

StevenG91 No, i ordered a Niche which is arriving today.

StevenG91

Penance AHH sorry missed you saying you ordered it 😅

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