Mazzer Kony S Electronic Commercial Coffee Grinder Overview
In this video we are taking a look at the latest version of the Mazzer Kony which is the Kony SE. It's the slick, shiny new updated version of the old Kony and now has a really nice electronic screen on it to make adjustments to the grind time along with a number of other improvements.
The Kony is equipped with 63mm conical burrs and features excellent dose consistency. It's actually pretty quiet when you compare it to other grinders especially flat burr grinders. So, if noise is an issue it could be a good solution for you. The Kony S is a very capable, well built grinder and it will handle a fair amount of volume making it suitable for use in any busy cafe.
So, please go ahead and watch Jimmy's overview as he has a lot more to say about the Mazzer Kony S coffee grinder. Don't forget if you have any questions please drop us a comment.
Unedited Video Transcript
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this is the mazzer kony SE
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foreign
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[Music]
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Mazzers have been around for years if you've
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worked in coffee you've probably worked
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on a Mazzer grinder and I'm really stoked
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that they've upgraded the Mazzer Kony
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does come in a manual version as well
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but today I'm looking at the SE so the S
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is the new model there's a lot of
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features that I like some things that I
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don't so today I really want to talk you
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through the features of the machine some
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of the specs where we use it why we use
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it and and whether it's going to suit
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you and your your coffee shop so
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um firstly I guess comparing the old
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from the new there's some new tech in
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there so it now has a digital display
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screen gives us a lot more control than
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the last one obviously the last one had
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the buttons on there but it was a little
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bit more challenging to use the menu
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it's a little bit less intuitive so I
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found the screen to be quite an upgrade
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some of the usual features nice big
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Hopper there's a kilo of coffee in there
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um there's just a general build and look
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of it is beautiful it's a it's a good
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looking grinder it works well in all
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coffee shops now I've seen this kind of
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in from you know any coffee machine to
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the high-end nice spaces so it does fit
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in quite nicely just to build the
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Machining of the of the actual grinder
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itself is beautiful so
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um big big UPS to mazzer there's nice
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little pieces on here like the Mazzer
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badge you've got nice little upgrades
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like the on off which has been upgraded
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and that's just for the user a really
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nice experience so
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features of this grinder so starting
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from the top there is a small space here
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that will actually hold a tasting card
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nice little touch nice big grind at that
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so nice big hop of that is a kilo of
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coffee so that then drops down we've got
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a nice Hopper slide there the Grinders
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are stepless grind adjustment so from
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ease of use it's nice and smooth
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obviously the older ones do get a little
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bit stiff and really because it is a new
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product we're still testing it over time
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but I'm very trustful that matters
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always done a great job of producing
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Grinders that can last for years and
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years and years so
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um
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I'd say that is a very nice
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um stepless grind adjustment there that
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makes it easy for all all staff anyone
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will easily be able to adjust that grind
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now the digital display screen has got
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to be the biggest upgrade on this it
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allows me to easily get into the menu I
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can change between using the buttons on
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the top there is three different sizes
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obviously if you had different size
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portafilters and baskets we'd be able to
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adjust to suit them for us here we only
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ever used a double basket we're grinding
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22 and a half grams of coffee we're
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using one of those buttons so it's not
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as much use to us personally but if you
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had single handle baskets single spout
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baskets or double spout baskets you can
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set them up individually
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and you've now got the third button
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there if you had another one as well
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I've found the menu again I said to be
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really intuitive easy to get into easy
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to change you can switch between using
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the buttons or you can switch to the
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portafilter holder button so I've
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actually only used the electronic
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version of this grinder I've never
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actually used the manual version have
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you got one is it any good put in the
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comments below because I'd love to get
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the feedback on it and if you know a
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comparison between the two what you
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really like about it so but for me I'm
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always trying to manage our dose and
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we've gone for the electronic now this
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water filter holders is definitely a new
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step it used to just be the two prongs
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there that would sit your portafilter in
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it
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um pros and cons of the Porterville
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Toyota older it's great if you want to
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grind into your portafilter it's not
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something that we actually do in a lot
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of our spaces we use dosing pots so for
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me the little arms that sit on here I
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actually take them off because for me to
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be able to hold a dosing pot on there
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easily once I've teared that dozing pot
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I put it up there and I grind into that
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I actually need that to stay steady and
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fall off and with the little arms for
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the portafilter holder on there it does
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fall off so I do remove them which means
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you can't kind of do one or the other
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that would be potentially a con if
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you're going but I guess if you're
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setting up your grinder a certain way
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and using dosing pots I shouldn't matter
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you shouldn't have anyone filling up a
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portafilter anyway
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um but if you are going straight into a
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board filter it's quite nice I would say
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that it does
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allow because it holds it and you do
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walk away I would say that I don't enjoy
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the the kind of pile of coffee that it
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creates if you're not actually
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collapsing that as you go or doing a
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little stop for a moment to actually get
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that coffee to fall in the basket there
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is sometimes the risk that when you take
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your handle out the coffee falls out
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which is obviously bad when you're
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trying to follow a recipe you've got
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your dose set up and you want you don't
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want to lose that coffee so I would say
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it's a bit challenging you've got to
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keep an eye on that but all in all it's
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a pretty nice Improvement to this
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grinder so you can put your handle in
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and use the activation button with the
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portafilter you can use a dosing pot and
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remove the arms if you need to but as of
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right now we haven't found a solution
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for a scales tray to sit on there like
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you might have seen our other videos
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with the anthem we've been able to find
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something to hold onto the scales so if
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you know where I can get one put in the
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comments below I think everyone would
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really benefit from knowing that
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little features like their it's very
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simple and easy to remove and clean
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the on off button and just general
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Aesthetics of this grinder is really
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nice now
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I've used this grinder over the past
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year in a few different cafes but I've
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also seen them in coffee trailers
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there's a few different areas that they
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really suit like I said you can do the
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high-end thing but it depends on your
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flavor profile that you're looking for
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as well now they are a conical bird
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grinder so traditionally a conical will
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produce good full body flavor you might
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not get the clarity and the potential
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sweetness that you can get out of a flat
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Burger grinder and that's why personally
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for our champion blend we are using a
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flatbird grinder but I I have other
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Blends that we use this grinder for that
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brings out a really nice flavor and
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experience with that coffee so
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if you're looking at a grinder and
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you're in this Ballpark and you're
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trying to consider things especially if
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you're looking at the Maza range and
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there's the major and there's the Coney
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and really what's the difference one of
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the big differences will definitely be
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the burset that's in there
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and whether that suits your coffee so if
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you have the opportunity definitely try
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to put your coffee through flat burst
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chronic reverse so that you can
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experience The Taste difference because
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it does make a difference to the flavor
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of your coffee so this machine like I
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said it's been around for years because
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they are very good at manufacturing
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machines they do produce them in Italy
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all of the parts are completely
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replaceable and serviceable and for a
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service technician they're quite easy to
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service we can service them on the spot
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in your Cafe they're not one that we
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have to really pull out to work on you
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can work on them pretty quick and have
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nice easy access and they do zero back
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and calibrate quite easily and the the
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birds are definitely far easier to find
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and replace which it can be a bit of a
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challenge with different Grinders that
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aren't so common in the industry from a
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service technician point of view they're
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quite easy to install Straight Out of
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the Box the the settings are quite good
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if you are putting it into a coffee
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trailer there is the ability to attach
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it to the bench quite easily through the
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feet that has been a benefit of this
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grinder it doesn't have so many movable
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parts so if you are in a trailer or a
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venue that's going to move and rattle
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around you really want to make sure
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you've got a good solid grinder that's
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not going to vibrate and not all
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Grinders are built that way so I would
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definitely be I always recommend this
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for those scenarios they do also have a
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12 month warranty ideally you can buy
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that from anywhere but if you can find a
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good supplier like ourselves a good
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rotary or service technicians that will
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support that warranty for you it's a I
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don't think you're going to need it but
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you want to be sure one thing that we
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haven't had the time to test is the
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reliability on technology of course
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technology is great it's improving our
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world but as far as moving from the
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solid state Grinders that we've always
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had to now introducing some technology
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screens there is a battery under there
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that will need to be replaced at times
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so you've got to consider that I think
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it's an improvement but it is definitely
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something we're going to see over over
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time and see if it stands the test of
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time but I know my service technicians
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are very happy that this just slides
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open that can access the shoot without
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the cord that came off when you pulled
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the old Mazda e
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um bracklack computer off it would just
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hang from a cord to be honest the most
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work we ever did on those Grinders was
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just replacing the cord so that is a
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really nice new feature to be able to
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access the the shoot there and of course
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Mazda's safety features have always been
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a benefit not all Grinders actually have
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safety features you can't take the half
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per off and access the birds without
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turning off the grinder so safety
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features has always been a benefit of
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this grinder for sure so this grinder
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because of the conical Birds is actually
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a little bit quieter than some of the
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flat Birds which a lot of people like if
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they have it quieter Cafe so that's one
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thing to consider so we're going to run
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a grind now but we're also going to see
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how long it takes so growing time is
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also a part of your workflow so you want
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to make sure that it's quick enough for
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your service this grinder right now
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set to eight seconds let's see how loud
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it is
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all right
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I didn't get a noisy Cafe I could still
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I can still talk over that
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and in our Eight Second Grind Time
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we achieved
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23.4 grams of coffee so if my recipes is
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22.5 I'd actually achieve that in less
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than eight seconds which is pretty quick
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for a grinder it's not as quick as some
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of the the higher end Grinders but that
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would with that 420 revolutions per
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minute motor in there it's a reasonably
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quick grinder so there's there is others
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that will go to that six second if you
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are going for a really fast high-end
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special experience but I'm pretty happy
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with that Grind Time It's once you get
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to the majors and you add that couple of
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seconds you also get to a jolly and
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you're looking more like 14 seconds that
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really affects your flow and your
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workflow in your Cafe so the Coney does
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sit at a Grind Time That's relative to
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the process of making coffee and that is
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a big consideration when you're making
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coffee in your Cafe and choosing the
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grinder that suits you all right so
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what's it worth what's a good grinder
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worth so right now late 2022 these
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Grinders I can pick up for 3190 is that
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expensive is it not
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um depend on your budget what you're
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really looking for what are you paying
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for you're paying for good quality High
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chronic Birds you're paying for good
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build that money is going to last you a
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lot longer than going for a cheaper
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grind up with with a cheaper build and
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that's really what you're paying for in
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good quality Grinders you want them to
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be reliable serviceable they want them
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to last the test of time and that money
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is is money well spent it's also about
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your Baristas and the experience that
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they're having it's easy to unblock if
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it if you somehow do end up in a more
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really fine grind you somehow block it
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it's quite easy to unblock going course
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it's quite easy to troubleshoot any
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technicians going to find it easy to
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troubleshoot it over the phone and
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replace Parts really easily so the
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experience for the Baristas is another
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part of I guess where that money is well
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spent and they they will enjoy the
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experience of using the grinder so I
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think it's I think it's money well spent
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I do have to let you know that if you're
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in Australia and you need some help
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buying any coffee equipment be it
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Grinders machines anything we service
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and support that so be sure to reach out
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through the contact details on our site
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DMS through Instagram any way that you
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can get in touch we're happy to help
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support you on your journey to buying
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the right equipment for your Cafe
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so what I personally recommend this
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grinder definitely it's a great grinder
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but you've got to consider all of the
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reasons that you're recommending it so I
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for me would be considering the coffee
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that you're using it for making sure
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that it's the right flavor that you're
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getting the grind time is a factor on
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workflow does it look and feel
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um especially coffee and in in the cafe
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and the setup and other equipment that
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you've got does it work does the
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functionality suit you with that
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portafilter with the dosing pot so
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you've got to consider all these things
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there are definitely other Grinders that
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I use for higher end stuff that are
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doing higher volumes or looking for a
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certain Clarity out of their coffee that
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I might go to that flatbird but yes I
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would recommend this grinder for the for
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a comfortable reliable grinder that's in
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a cafe maybe not doing a huge amount of
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volume but great reliability great
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grinder and at a reasonable price point
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thanks so much for watching guys I hope
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you got something out of this and if
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you're in the market for buying a new
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grinder you now have an idea of whether
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this grinder is going to suit your Cafe
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