Thank you, this stuff is so fucking good and it’s nice to be supporting a good cause :party-cat:
Got me thinking of saving for a manual espresso machine as I’ve only got pour over stuff right now!
Thank you, this stuff is so fucking good and it’s nice to be supporting a good cause :party-cat:
Got me thinking of saving for a manual espresso machine as I’ve only got pour over stuff right now!
I have an aeropress and I'm looking to buy a flair neo. I also have a manual Hario burr grinder, though I want to get a timemore grinder tbh, not sure if it's worth it. I also have a bodum french press for foaming milk. Brewing your own coffee fucking owns, really rewarding hobby and it lets you source some great coffee.
The Hario grinder would be fine for a flair neo, since it has a pressurized portafilter and a better grinder won’t really make much difference. You’ll get better results with a normal portafilter and a better grinder, but it’s not night and day. Steel burrs definitely grind much faster than ceramic, though.
On the other hand I use a 1Zpresso JX-PRO with my flair pro, and it’s pretty much the absolute minimum for that. I tried using an $80 steel burr hand grinder instead, and it just didn’t work. It took twice as long to grind and was impossible to dial in. But you don’t need to grind as specifically fine for a flair neo.
Hell yes, thanks. Yeah I had a feeling the portafilter would let me go coarser but thank you for confirming it.
You’d still want to grind fine for better extraction, and grinding fine with the hario will take an annoyingly long time. But you’ve got a much larger margin for error, so you’ll be able to do it. The timemore grinder would still be a huge upgrade in time, effort, and convenience.
But if I were doing it again I’d skip the $80 steel burr hand grinder phase and save up for the espresso grinder instead. Then you can upgrade to an open portafilter and have full control over your brew. And until then, using the Neo with the Hario will let you know how much it's worth to you.
I was pretty bewildered when the jump from my Helor 101 knockoff (HEIHOX) to my JX-PRO was just as big as the jump from my Hario slim to the HEIHOX. I really didn't expect the difference in speed, build quality, fine adjustment, etc. to be as big as it was, but they all make good aeropress coffee.
My first good grinder was a Timemore Slim, and it was a night and day difference when compared to my old one. It's very, very good for the price. The Neo is also very forgiving when it comes to grinders, so I say go for it, you won't regret it!