Its lightweight and compact, too, making it a great travel grinder.
It also produces mild static and clumping, with a 2.5% retention ratio from a full bean chamber.
Small, lightweight and relatively consistent, this grinder is ideal for both home use and travel.
Listen up, Wacaco: Put this (the hex nut on the left), there (where there is no hex nut on the right)!
It isnt perfect, though.
Find out more in my full Wacaco Exagrind review.
Wacaco Exagrind review: Price & availability
The Wacaco Exagrind costs$119 from Amazon U.S.andWacaco direct.
Its119 from Amazon U.K.andWacaco direct, although Wacacos site lists the excluding VAT price, so 99.
It feels beautiful and weighty in the hand, without feeling too heavy.
The grinders handle doubles up as a stowage lid when flipped.
This is great in theory, but is designed very poorly in practice.
Its such a poor design.
How did this pass R&D?
Listen up, Wacaco: Put this (the hex nut on the left), there (where there is no hex nut on the right)!
I just leave the Exagrind in its grind configuration all of the time to prevent the lid dropping off.
There are no markers to tell you where youre at, which is normal for hand grinders.
Itll happily grind fine enough for Turkish coffee, and coarse enough for French press at the other end.
Hmm, as someone who regularly uses 58mm portafilters for 24g dose double espresso shots, Id disagree there.
With its stainless burrs, the Wacaco Exagrind is an extremely smooth grinder, and very satisfying to use.
That was going at full pelt, though, and was quite the work out.
This resulted in me having to knock the chamber like a nearly-empty ketchup bottle every time.
Consistency
The Exagrind is a relatively consistent grinder.
Of course, those numbers dont lie.
But nor do they tell the full story.
Retention
The Wacaco Exagrind also suffers from some retention in its burrs and upper chamber.
This makes the grinder much more portable and easy to store than when in its grind configuration.
Cleaning is a doddle.
Its built beautifully and relatively affordable versus premium competition like the Commandante C40 and 1Zpresso K-Ultra.
Does any of this stop it grinding coffee well enough to make fantastic-tasting drinks, though?
The Exagrind is staying at my coffee station for the time being, thats for sure.
