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Baratza Encore vs Timemore 064S: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Timemore 064S: 73% of 55 owners recommend it, vs 47% of 147 for the Baratza Encore.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

Baratza Encore

47%of 147 owners recommend
47% recommend · 9% neutral · 44% don't
Owners praise
  • Lasts many years of daily use, often a decade or more
  • Excellent customer service with cheap, replaceable, repairable parts
  • Produces consistent grounds and noticeably better coffee
Owners complain about
  • Too many fines and messy grounds all over the counter
  • Doesn't grind fine or consistent enough for espresso
  • Cheap plastic internal parts that break and need replacing
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Timemore 064S

73%of 55 owners recommend
73% recommend · 14% neutral · 13% don't
Owners praise
  • Genuinely pulls double duty, dialing in well for both espresso and pour over / filter
  • Very low to near-zero retention, several owners measuring under 0.1g
  • Grind quality and burr alignment rated ahead of the DF64 and Fellow Ode
Owners complain about
  • Espresso range feels compressed and the dial is fiddly to dial in finely
  • Burrs are awkward to remove for cleaning
  • Internals felt poorly engineered to owners who took it apart
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What Baratza Encore owners say

“The defacto Reddit Approved(tm) combo is a Technivorm Mochamaster and Baratza Encore. I also have them both and they are fantastic.”
— RabidBlackSquirrel on Reddit
“We recently bought this Encore model and it has blown our minds with how delicious the same beans taste with the burr grinder. We love it.”
— @ljjackson7106 on YouTube
“As a Baratza Encore owner thank you OP for asking this question, I’m so tired of slapping the side of my grinder and still having grounds everywhere.”
— Comprehensive_Wave64 on Reddit

What Timemore 064S owners say

“I actually like the opaque hoppers so much more.”
— @CoffeeNo0b0514 on YouTube
“Timemore been killing it lately, excellent scales and drippers and now grinder. You love to see it.”
— @lowhangingvegetable on YouTube
“sometimes, the 064s and 078s would make slightly clumpy grounds not found in other grinders”
— @LanceHedrick on YouTube