Baratza Sette 270Wi Espresso Grinder

So far it's doing its job! Once I installed the shims, everything was working out.

Really enjoying this grinder. It does indeed sound louder than my other grinders, I measured it as approx. 86db. The grind time is pretty quick though, typically less than 7 seconds for 20g basket. Very happy with this grinder, it's my second Baratza.

I had to install one shim (provided with purchase) for it to grind fine enough for espresso. The grind to weight option makes it extremely user friendly. I don't single dose, so having a hopper with an easy push button (you can switch between 3 presets) is perfect. As mentioned in other reviews, it's a little loud (difficult to hold a conversation while grinding), but it grinds very quickly and shuts off. For the price point, it's an extremely good value!

Features were good, but motor stopped functioning after only two weeks use. Tried troubleshooting per vendor product docs and Clive support, but for now its just modern sculpture.

Very touchy on control screen, wasting lots of beautiful coffee grounds. Sometimes pulses , sometimes measures grinds accurately. I never know How it will respond to desired weight. Going back to my more reliable forte. Not recommended unless theY can do better with control panel. Giving mine away. Grinds are fine but touch screen is terrible.

Lusting for one for months I pulled the trigger and wish I had sooner. Consistency of one variable - weight - lets me tweek temp and the micro grind for each roast to perfection.

Great grinder!! Only complaint is that it is messy.

Quieter and Faster than the regular 270 And works like a charm!

Works well. Grind appears consistent and fluffy, but I have not directly analyzed individual granule sizes.

The integrated scale simplicity is awesome, I can swap between my bottomless, double, or single shot portafilters and the auto tare feature makes using this grinder the bomb. The grinds come out nice and fluffy, pretty evenly distributed in the portafilter. I have not seen any clumping or inconsistent grinds. I have seen some static depending on the type of beans and no amount of RDT can solve it, but that would happen on many grinders. Some beans no static what so ever, others keep holding the electricity no matter the waiting to see if it dissipates. The two minor nits are that it is louder, but it grinds so fast it doesn't bother me. And that it occasionally holds some grinds, but even when it does, what is in the portafilter is still within 0.1-0.2 grams of the set weight. These grounds just fall out if I bump the grinder and then I notice it, but it is a small amount. So far I am very pleased with the 270Wi, it does what it said it would when I was researching and automatically adjusts the grinder time for the proper dosing amount, so after changing beans, this is about 2-3 grinds later and it is all set again. I am finding that I need to grind on settings between 3 and 7 depending on the beans in order to get the proper grind size for the 20-30sec extraction. My espresso maker is volumetric dosing, so that variable is removed. My tamp is a 30lb clicker, so this variable is removed as well.

Great at first, 10 days later and 2.2 Lavazza E Creme it stopped working. The lights are still on, the hopper securely in place, the adjustment hasn’t moved from 9e. Push the start and nothing. Either the switch on the hopper engagement or the switch on the adjustment knob went bad. $549 is way to much for this grinder to not work. Plastic junk!

I have had this for about 3 weeks now, had Clive Coffee do the initial dial in for me to save time and beans. It was dialed in for the Bag of roasted coffee in the starter kit. Enjoyed the beans, adjusted the grinder a couple of steps finer for best results. I only prepare espresso drinks, so didn’t need a grinder that was capable of doing grinds for pour over or French press. I had read that the conical burrs do fine for medium roast beans, but not so much for darker roasts. This was fine for me, as i mostly do Italian medium roasts for espresso.

It is a bit noisy, but not much more than the cunill flat burr grinder that it replaces. It produces a fluffy grind with no clumping. There is very little retention, less than .15 grams from what i could tell using the cheep kitchen scale i have. It is a little messy, but i have 53mm portafilter for my La Spaziale, 5mm smaller that a e61. I have ordered the drop down portafilter holder, and the extended portafilter hook to see if excess grounds spilled can be improved.

I was initially thinking that this grinder would get me through until i could afford a more significant quality grinder. But after using it for these 3 weeks, i am quite satisfied, and don’t think i will need to upgrade to a higher performance grinder in the future.

I also ordered from Baratza a hopper extender so i can fit at least a pound of beans in the hopper. I will try to update review after evaluating those upgrades.

It took a bit longer for me to set it up as I did not precisely follow the guidance. The grinder does not produce clumps and the grounds are very consistent and fluffy. They fall into the portafilter just perfectly with very little mess. The scales have been great. Overall a great grinder. Worth it. Yes, it's a bit noisy.

The built in scale really helps with consistent pours .Couldn’t be happier with purchase.

It just so wonderful to have it grind it just as much in weight as it pleases me. It’s actually fantastic!!!