Measures and grinds beans for coffee precisely how you like it. The Barista Brain Grinder’s intelligent, built-in scale precisely measures grounds using the pre-set grams-to-cup ratios; if you prefer to customize, you can use the gram setting to create your own coffee ratio and grind based on weight. Whether you like strong or weak, espresso or drip, French Press or pour over, our Coffee Grinder can help you get the grind size you need to make your perfect cup.
- Grinder’s intelligent, integrated scale measures output by weight instead of time, ensuring the precise amount of grounds every time
- Durable stainless steel 40 mm burrs create uniform grounds for optimal brewing of a wide range of settings from fine for espresso to coarse for French press coffee
- No-bean detector won’t let you grind if the hopper is empty and built-in overheating prevention protects motor for long life
- Hopper holds 12 oz. of coffee beans and features a “trap door” to hold beans in when removed
Adonis Corwin (verified owner) –
Since we didn’t have anything to compare it to, we only gave it a 4 star. The grinding is quick and sample, once you wade through the instructions. The instructions are a bit confusing is spots, such as switching from cup measurement to gram measurement.
Naomi Bailey (verified owner) –
Grinds well bit leaves a mess. The container holding the ground beans doesn’t fit well and there is an open gap so it is messy.
Conrad Volkman (verified owner) –
This my second grinder of this model. Works great Last one worked for 4 years everyday but setting the grams was becoming hit or miss and did not always work. I have kept the old one for a backup, but I just can’t take a chance of not getting my coffee ready on time in the morning 🙂 Nice and neat: no grounds around the outside like several others I have owned. Reasonably quiet and very even grind. One of the few in this price range that lets you grind by weight, Burrs are easy to clean but I don’t have to do it very often. Hold a weeks worth of coffee beans. Just a very good grinder.
Jakob Koepp (verified owner) –
I have only ever had blade grinders before for coffee so I was really excited about finally getting a burr grinder. As far as aesthetics go, this grinder is really good looking and looks nice left out on the counter. It is a little big though so make sure you have the room for it. As far as features go my favorite thing is the top hopper for the coffee beans. It is really large and holds a lot of beans and the plastic is also tinted to keep out sunlight. The operation of the unit itself is really easy. There is a single button that you can rotate the dial on to select the amount of coffee that you want to grind and then you press the button and it goes. It has a digital scale underneath to measure the ground coffee. The actual performance of the grinder itself is outstanding. The grounds are very even and the motor does it really quick. My only complaint about this grinder is that the static from the unit is really bad and some coffee grounds stick to everything: the outside of the grinder, the outside of the ground holder, the interior black part of the grinder, everywhere! The instructions say to wipe it down but I haven’t found this to be helpful at all. No matter what I do it always leaves a mess. If you can deal with this the grinder is awesome but this makes me hesitant to recommend it.
Onie O’Keefe (verified owner) –
Does it all, measures, grinds perfect beans for french roast or drip. Easy to use, takes the guess work out of the equation.
Jedidiah Swaniawski (verified owner) –
This grinder works straight out of the box. You just make sure that when you plug it in, the scale reads 0. If not, you need to tare it.The grinder works by weight to measure the amount of coffee you need. Each cup needed is 8 grams. You also choose the grind you want depending on the the machine you’re using. You can adjust the strength too.It is all digital so it’s easy to use. One note: 2 cups is actually regular coffee mug, not 2 coffee mugs.
Alda Bergnaum (verified owner) –
Thix OXO Burr Coffee Grinder is Fantastic. I have been a coffee lover for most of my life and have owned several coffee grinders. This is by far the best one ever. The design is absolutely beautiful and it is so user friendly. Set up was too easy and it is so fast and measures perfectly. It is excellent quality and is plain to see the design and mechanics were well thought out. The scale is right on and so are the grind settings as I do drink espresso, coffee, cappucino and french press coffee. And if you like your coffee a little weaker or stronger, there is an adjustment for that. You also have a choice to measure by cup or by gram.The grinder is quiet compared to most and that is a wonderful thing when you first wake up or when someone else is sleeping! It is very well made and will look beautiful out in the open. I used to hide my other grinders in the cupboards but this one will be on full display which makes it all that much more convenient because I do love to grind fresh beans for everything. I also love that the company is environmentally conscientious and reminds us to recycle – they package everything in recyclable materials.I am so happy and so impressed with this grinder. I LOVE it and looking forward to using it every day and nite! I highly recommend it and feel confident that you will fall in love with it too.
Alfonzo Luettgen (verified owner) –
If you appreciate fine coffee and are a connoisseur, then this is a great addition to your home, this does everything for you. I need a lot more practice, I am a little on the lazy side having used the store grinder, but this is computerized to grind on weight or try to get the perfect size. For most of us,a simple grind usually works. There are 2 draw back is its size, it is a little big and and having to find space in already full cabinets is getting a little tough. The other is that is a little bit high tech (complicated) and I have to read the instructions. Iwill have to do more practice to find a way to do very small portions.
Arely Hermann (verified owner) –
This burr grinder is great. It has the storage up top, you simply pour your beans into there. There’s a metal plate and coffee grounds container, you place both of these onto the scale. Pushing the button should turn on the machine, but it wouldn’t grind right away; it had a “–” indication on the display, and reading the instructions told me it needed to be tared. To do this you just push and hold down the center button for about 5-10 seconds, it will have a countdown with red around the circle and then reset, giving you 0g or 0 cups on the display. From here you can set how many grams of coffee you want ground, or how many cups’ worth you want to be ground. You can also adjust the fineness of the ground by turning the hopper along a diagram, highest being for espresso and lowest being for french press, the middle being for drip coffee. There is also an adjustment for strength of coffee grounds on the front, this basically grinds a bit extra or lesser grounds based on your preference. I leave both adjustments right in the middle as I do enjoy coffee as much as the next person and I’m not some crazy lab technician, but I’m sure my wife would kill me if I messed around with those settings. There is also an option on the grinder to manually dispense grounds, in which you press the button again to stop. This is good when you’re dispensing espresso grounds into a portafilter for an espresso machine. Now, I picked this product because I really wanted fresh coffee; I knew I was missing something by drinking coffee with coffee beans that have already been ground elsewhere. Giving me an extra step to do for my coffee helps me feel like I’m in more control of the process. And it definitely makes a difference in my coffee. It tastes fuller and fresher now. And using this machine is incredibly easy, just turn the dial to adjust how many cups you want to make, and it will grind up enough to brew those cups. The grinding is kind of loud but not that bad and grinds quickly. As it’s grinding, the display will change to show you how much it’s ground up. And the grounds are consistent in texture.Now one of the factors in this review calls for “energy efficiency.” While I’m sure it’s not using that much energy to grind up my coffee beans, when it’s not in use the dial does stay lit. I know it’s still on when not in use, I’m just not nerdy enough to check the watts for a little light to stay lit on the machine. Overall this is a great machine and pretty easy to use and easy to clean.
Della Russel (verified owner) –
I love being able to grind my own coffee. It allows me the ability to be able to choose from so many different types of coffee beans. Before this grinder I would simply purchase what ground coffee was on the shelf. Now I can grind my own coffee. I find the grinder is not as loud as some of the one’s of heard at my friends houses. I also really enjoy the built in scale, completely eliminates the guess work out of “did I make enough”
Cyrus Hilpert (verified owner) –
The adjustable grind sizes are great for espresso or pour over/french press. The added benefit of switching between manual and weighted amounts of grounds is very handy and accurate.
Elroy Rowe (verified owner) –
I’m not exactly a coffee snob, but I got hooked on pour-over and cold brew coffee a couple of years ago, and I’ve been looking for a reasonably priced coffee grinder for home use. I have a manual grinder that works fine, but I also have two young kids, and getting everyone ready in the morning just doesn’t leave time for grinding coffee by hand. I’ve always had good luck with OXO stuff, so I thought I’d give this a try. It’s not exactly compact — my in-laws wondered if it made coffee, too — but it grinds beans quickly and uniformly, as intended.Pros:* It looks great — elegant and high-tech. It would make a perfect wedding or shower gift.* It’s priced competitively with other grinders with similar features and capacity* The motor seems very strong and quiet, and grinds enough coffee for a single cup in a matter of seconds, without any evident strain* The stainless grinding assembly seems well-made and precisely machined* The evenness of the grind seems excellent — very consistent* It doesn’t seem to generate excess heat* It’s easy to open and clean* Very simple controls and operation. Most settings are controlled by a single button and dial.* Accurate and consistent scaleThat said, I did notice a few things that concerned me. The instructions for setting up the grinder are simple and straightforward — OXO is famous for design — but when I went to “tare” (i.e., calibrate to zero) the scale, nothing happened the first time. I unplugged the machine, followed the very simple instructions again, and it worked the second time around. I chose which unit of measure I wanted (by cup rather than gram), selected 2, and hit the button. It ground enough for one cup, the indicator counted down from 2 to 1 — and the grinder stopped. No idea why. Tried it again for another two cups, and it worked as expected. Finally, static is definitely an issue. I wasn’t using old beans — I’d purchased them from our local “all-natural” store earlier that morning, and they were stamped as having been roasted five days earlier — but about a third of the first one-cup serving of grounds were stuck to the walls of the polycarbonate discharge container. At this price point, it seems OXO could have used glass, stainless steel, or something else less static-prone. A hint sheet suggests wiping with a damp cloth, but I didn’t notice a difference.Bottom line: Not perfect, but a very serviceable coffee grinder, quick and powerful, nice design, and quiet enough not to wake the wife and kids. Two-year warranty suggests it should last a while. Recommended.
Evalyn Armstrong (verified owner) –
Like everyone I want a good cup O Joe. Actually I want to start with a good latte in the morning and then 3-4 cups of American style coffee. However I don’t want to spend $300 on a grinder just for espresso and another $200 for all other grinds. That’s why you would choose this machine. It’s a decent entry level machine that is barely serviceable for espresso grind. It works great on all other grinds. My fresh french roast beans need to grind on the finest setting. I use the cheap Delonghi $99 espresso maker. A more expensive machine may require a finer grind. I will soon find out. I realized the Delonghi double shot filter only holds 10 – 12 grams of beans. That is barely one shot! I am using the Starbucks espresso beans from Costco. They are dark and oily. So far no problems. It is very easy to use if you read the instructions and go through the settings and take it apart to see how it works. I recommend keeping the setting to grams for espresso and cups for making coffee. No sense grinding more coffee than you need. That’s the whole point of this design. it precisely delivers the exact amount of coffee beans you need. And it does it quickly. It is very easy to switch between grams or cups or just leave on grams and multiply by 8 for the number of cups of coffee you want to make. One cup is equal to 8 grams for this machine. You can adjust it up or down 2 grams with the slide switch on the front. So for 6 cups of coffee grind 48 grams. Adjust as needed. No more guessing. The tare function is easy to use. Hold the power button down about 8 – 10 seconds until it glows red and flashes to zero. Press again and you are all set.Switching beans is easy but beware the hopper chute can hold up to 8 grams of ground beans. I dinged it half a star for this reason. If you don’t know this you could be using day old ground beans for the first several grams. I found this out when taking the hopper off and tipping it sideways to take out the grinder mechanism. It kept dropping ground beans. It came to 8 grams. Very surprising. Perhaps all grinders do this. The hopper holds 12 ounces of beans. Very convenient since a lot of coffee is sold in 12 ounce bags. All in all a great grinder for everything but espresso. It works ok for espresso but if you have a fancier non pressurized espresso maker you may want to consult your local shop to make sure this would work.
Demetris Powlowski (verified owner) –
It grinds coffee
Kelley Lueilwitz (verified owner) –
It all started when we accidentally bought coffee beans instead of ground coffee. Not having an electric grinder we went to our antique grandma’s hand grinder, which is a LOT of work. We noticed that the coffee actually tasted better, but it was just too much work, especially for early in the morning. So we bought a cheap electric coffee grinder, but the taste wasn’t as good. So we tried this one, and wow, after a learning curve, the coffee was great!It takes a bit of time to find out exactly how much coffee and how finely ground is best, but once you have your settings you won’t like any other coffee anymore.
Norwood Bashirian (verified owner) –
This grinder fixes the variability of grinding with using a scale for measuring the ground coffee. I would prefer a little more display accuracy with the scale, but after grounding a cup at a time and weighing, the accuracy seems up to the task.The grind was more even than any other electric grinder I’ve used, but this is my first electric burr grinder. It compares favorably with my ceramic hand grinder in quality, but is much faster.I do worry about the longevity and accuracy of the scale and if it is adding complexity where it might not needed. However, the grinder this replaced was a timing based and even set at a minimum would grind a full pot’s worth. While this is a little strong, it is reproducible. We use 8 cups at minimum strength setting for our 12 cup drip coffee maker. See my video for operation and more details about function and operation.
Pedro Kutch (verified owner) –
Like everyone I want a good cup O Joe. Actually I want to start with a good latte in the morning and then 3-4 cups of American style coffee. However I don’t want to spend $300 on a grinder just for espresso and another $200 for all other grinds. That’s why you would choose this machine. It’s a decent entry level machine that is barely serviceable for espresso grind. It works great on all other grinds. My fresh french roast beans need to grind on the finest setting. I use the cheap Delonghi $99 espresso maker. A more expensive machine may require a finer grind. I will soon find out. I realized the Delonghi double shot filter only holds 10 – 12 grams of beans. That is barely one shot! I am using the Starbucks espresso beans from Costco. They are dark and oily. So far no problems. It is very easy to use if you read the instructions and go through the settings and take it apart to see how it works. I recommend keeping the setting to grams for espresso and cups for making coffee. No sense grinding more coffee than you need. That’s the whole point of this design. it precisely delivers the exact amount of coffee beans you need. And it does it quickly. It is very easy to switch between grams or cups or just leave on grams and multiply by 8 for the number of cups of coffee you want to make. One cup is equal to 8 grams for this machine. You can adjust it up or down 2 grams with the slide switch on the front. So for 6 cups of coffee grind 48 grams. Adjust as needed. No more guessing. The tare function is easy to use. Hold the power button down about 8 – 10 seconds until it glows red and flashes to zero. Press again and you are all set.Switching beans is easy but beware the hopper chute can hold up to 8 grams of ground beans. I dinged it half a star for this reason. If you don’t know this you could be using day old ground beans for the first several grams. I found this out when taking the hopper off and tipping it sideways to take out the grinder mechanism. It kept dropping ground beans. It came to 8 grams. Very surprising. Perhaps all grinders do this. The hopper holds 12 ounces of beans. Very convenient since a lot of coffee is sold in 12 ounce bags. All in all a great grinder for everything but espresso. It works ok for espresso but if you have a fancier non pressurized espresso maker you may want to consult your local shop to make sure this would work.