A lot of hobbies are like this where people can start with lower cost options and then upgrade.
On my journey I was using a blade grinder for a while and I think it's a good starting place, but when setting up to a burr grinder, I recommend to not go entry level, mid level is going to yield a better investment.
I picked up the Encore ESP for the following reasons:
- I'm lazy and would be tired of manual grinding
- Coffee making not exclusive to me in the home
- Nice set of burrs and easy to clean
- Ability to add bellow to decrease retention
- Equal to price of a months coffee if going out
For machines, the aeropress is a great low effort and cost entry to making great tasting coffee.
Great post to get a discussion going. ๐
Not needed for aeropress. ๐