grinds Retention Baratza Encore ESP
Channel: CoffeeGeek
Date: 2023-10-02

Is grinds retention a problem on the Baratza Encore ESP? Not so much for pour over and AeroPress but definitely an issue when grinding for espresso. Have a look.

As a sidenote, I've run these tests about 10-15 times for our review process, and almost every time the retention for espresso was 2.0 to 2.5g. Using the bellows didn't help much, releasing perhaps 0.5g. I'd have to almost literally beat up the grinder to get it to shake loose most of the retained ground coffee. So of course, when shooting this, it actually did release most of the retained coffee with a quick double plunge on the bellows :)

Full review coming soon on CoffeeGeek.