Beanglass T64 – Finally pulled the trigger on a new grinder after 4 or 5 years of hand grinding

Been using a Timemore Chestnut C2 for a few years now and while I’m thankful for the forearm gains of multiple drinks a day, it was finally time for something else.

Came across the T64 a little while ago while about to pull the trigger on a DF64 gen 2 and decided to give this grinder a shot. I’m sure there will be some lackluster things compared to a machine as fleshed out in the market as the DF64, but I did really prefer the aesthetic (font and markings on the step adjustment could be better but that’s a nitpick if I’ve ever seen one) of this one and so far I’m actually pretty impressed.

It’s far quieter than I expected, and grinds faster than I thought it would as well. Retention is pretty low without the bellows, but it’s about 0 with so I’ll keep it on.

The build quality seems pretty damn solid, and grind consistency looks pretty uniform. I’m still dialing it in so I haven’t gotten a “good” shot with it yet, but it seems to have no issues grinding fine. I overshot the fineness and my machine couldn’t even push water through and that was at a setting of roughly 20.

Next shot will be at 26 and I think that’s gonna be the right grind for this espresso I’m using, but even the too coarse shots that sprayed everywhere were fairly tasty.