Fellow Opus Conical Burr Coffee Grinder - All Purpose Electric - Espresso Grinder with 41 Settings for Drip, French Press, & Cold Brew - Matte Black

I love this grinder! I mostly brew espresso with my Gaggia Classic Pro, so I'm not in the weeds of all the intricacy that can go into making high quality espresso, but this grinder is perfect for my coffee situation, expertise, capability and aesthetic. The settings and container allow for me to quickly switch my grind size to my dialed in numbers for either my espresso machine, drip machine or pour over. The cleaning is a breeze and the Fellow product line overall is full of consistently high quality, solid and well designed coffee drinking/making essentials!

I absolutely love my Fellow coffee grinder! From the moment I unboxed it, I could tell it was designed with care and attention to detail. The sleek, modern look fits perfectly in my kitchen, and it feels sturdy and well-built. The grind settings are incredibly precise, and I’ve been able to switch effortlessly between espresso and French press without any issues. What really stands out is how quiet it is compared to other grinders I’ve used, and it doesn’t overheat the beans, which keeps the flavor intact. It’s a bit of an investment, but for me, the consistent performance and beautiful design make it totally worth it.

I bought my Opus in a Black Friday deal and have never looked back. It may not he the perfect grinder for everyone but for me I get consistent espresso grind with 16.5g in and 16.5g out (Breville Bambino Plus). The magnetic cup centers itself and fits my 53.5 mm portafilter with no fuss. I would recommend you keep the Opus CLEAN and it will perform. The hopper lid does act like a bellows (a bit). All in all for the price I am happy and have no plans to replace it.

I've used the same Baratza Virtuoso grinder for over a decade. Hundreds of pounds of coffee have been ground with very little issues and all were very easy to fix because it's designed to be serviceable. It has its shortcomings, grind consistency being one of them, but you can work around it, especially since it generally will allow some coffee through that's slightly larger then desired. Not a dealbreaker. But when it started getting loud I knew it needed some parts replaced but I decided to "upgrade" my grinder instead. Here's where the Opus comes in.Researching options I kept reading that the more expensive Fellow Ode grinder was very prone to clogging and unclogging things was a lot of work. Many said it happened every couple weeks. Oddly I wasn't seeing as many complaining about the Opus so I opted for this. When first setup it seemed to be a great looking grinder but that was short lived.I measured out 50g of medium roast beans for a partial pot of electric coffee maker coffee, set the grinder to 8 which is in the middle of where they recommend per the inside of the grinder lid (props to them for the neat chart), and told it to grind. . . Grinder turned on but the beans weren't feeding down to the burrs. . . Once I helped them along it started to grind. When I removed the catch bin it was immediately obvious the coffee was ground too fine. I tried brewing it anyways and the basket ran over, leaving grounds in the coffee. Let's try this again.I pulled the lid off the top of the grinder and the bean load bin had chafe all over in it. The top lid creates an air tight(ish) seal when you slide it on so upon removal it pulled the lightweight chafe into the bin. Cleaned it out, poured beans in, adjusted the grind to 9 which is the coarsest they recommend for my coffee method, and put the lid back on. But now the air tight lid forced trapped coffee grounds out the bottom of the grinder, all over the place. . . Right in their description they say "mess-free mornings" and "anti-static technology" yet I'm not seeing either here. Cleaned things up and ground the coffee beans and immediately noticed there barely a difference in the grind, still being much too fine.Tried again with a grind setting of 10, and again at 11. Even at 11 (the coarsest it goes) the grind was too fine for the brew method even though this is the setting for cold brew, what should be a very coarse grind. And I didn't give up here. I proceeded to use the grinder for a week, trying to figure out what's going on, and as time went by I couldn't get a good grind but did notice the grind time was getting longer and longer, and it seemed as though the grind was getting finer. . . It was clogging, just like Ode reviews complained about. It was taking 4 minutes to grind 50g of medium roast beans- I can hand grind faster than that. We're done with this grinder.Before boxing it back up I ran a little test for others to see what I'm dealing with. In the pictures the left dish is a grind setting of 5, the middle is 7.5, and the right is 10. Very little difference, especially considering 5 is the middle grind setting but was so fine that it's espresso fineness, and 10 is the coarse cold brew setting.All that being said, avoid this grinder. Other reviewers give it praise but that's not what we saw. The Encore that replaced this (for less money) worked right out of the box, with the grinder set to the recommended setting and we finally had a good pot of electric brewer coffee.

Works well enough for single cups. I live in an area where we have been having some humidity, so I found a few issues:1) Didn't use it for 2 days, and the humidity caused what little bit was left after a full grind in the burrs to completely clog it up. Good news is, it can be easily disassembled to clear that.2) If you leave beans in the top so you can just press the button, grind a cup, and not have to fill it every single time - it will clog up the burrs.3) If you don't clean up the underneath with a brush every use, the anti-static measures do nothing and it just builds up quickly (i can skip maybe 2 brush cleanings at most before it starts to clog)4) The cup lid seems like a cool idea - except - the grinds never slide out of it into the group head, I instead find myself pulling the lid off every time because... well it was a cool idea, but stuff sticks to the inside of the cup too muchAll of that said, let me break down how I use it and have found it to be well worth it in the end:1) I have a spoon / tamp combo that is the exact size for a single shot. Every shot I make, I scoop in 1 shots worth of beans using the spoon.2) When I grind, I grind until it has completed grinding all beans for 5 seconds past the end of the beans. This actually has allowed me to gain a few uses between cleanings now.3) Don't leave beans in it, clean it every 5-7 usesDoing this, I have now had great success and found it to be a great addition. While I have some complaints, it is a solid 4/5 star product (meaning near perfect, with some minor flaws) and I do recommend it.