Breville (Sage) Smart Grinder Pro (Everything You Need to Know)

I don’t think it has better value than say a DF grinder.? It’s poorer build quality as well

I’ve bought a second hand commercial grinder. It’s excellent even though it has ground 89,000 doses and it cost less than this grinder.
If you’ve got the space for it, I’d recommend doing the same.

Is this grinder comparable to the one in Barista Touch or Barista Express Pro?

I've had this grinder, the only thing I didn't like was in the espresso range, lots of clumps, but it does have a few good features, such as a wide range of grind settings, and it does come with both 58mm and 52-54mm craddles

I have this grinder and it’s only good for medium-dark to dark beans. It doesn’t have enough torque to grind anything lighter and denser. Frustrating.

I have this grinder and think it is pretty good if you are learning about coffee.

I guess if you endorse and sell Breville then you have to review. Entry level of course. Still valuable tuition for the novice

Grinder is great with a 54mm machine, but a terrible pairing with the dual boiler as shown by the pressure gauge when you pulled that shot. I upgraded grinder in less than a week after I got the dual boiler, but it worked great for 6 years with the barisfa express. Do not by the smart grinder pro is you have a dual boiler...

Choke or turbo ,no in between in the dialling with this grinder in my experience with lighter/med roasts at espresso level,I swapped out for a niche zero 🙏🏼

I've been using this grinder for years for drip coffee but would not recommend it for espresso (I use a niche zero for that).

Breville portafilter 18gr. How do I know the yield time if we tweak your recipe? Does your coffee guide have this info?

I originally bought a bambino and thought I’d get this grinder, decided that it really wasn’t what I wanted to buy. Bought Cafe Bustello when I first started and then recently bought the Opus which although it’s a bit tricky to adjust the espresso range at least it has the ability.

I bought a La Cimbali coffee machine for my coffee shop. What do you think about this brand?

I think this highlights a major advantage of single-dose grinders, where the dialling in is just about the grind size. It cuts out the moving target of the grind time / grind size interplay.

I don't have an espresso machine but I just ordered this grinder for my Breville precision and most times drip coffee. I hope I made the right choice and maybe one day I will purchase an espresso machine.

Hi Luke, I use the same Breville dual boiler, from what I see the pressure was about 11 bars. This is not in what I know 9 bars on espresso shot pulling. Is this the old school? Thus the new style is around 11 bars to get 2:1 yield at around 30 secs?

Hi Luke, how do you see Breville Smart Grinder as single dose grinder?

What grind SIZE?

You set the grind time. But what setting for the grind?

That is why I watched this video and you don’t even talk about the “grind size” setting!

Wow, great info. But what about noise. I’m in a condo and noise is a concern?

hello there. would you say, that this grinder is capable to make good espresso? can you compare this a little bit to the eureka mignon? is the eureka much better? thank you sir

You didn’t say what grind size you started with

Can you put a link to the manual you mention please. I cannot find it on your site.

Always see this grinder get the most flak, but it's been great for me so far. Clumping being the thing brought it the most, but it's easily fixed by 5 seconds of WDT, so it's not really a big deal. I see plenty of people WDT on the high-end grinders that don't clump too lol