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

I wasn't sure about this purchase after seeing a review or two on Youtube that called it cheap and plastic. Well, it does have some plastic components but it feels exceptionally well made and nowhere in the vicinity of cheap. I'm glad I took a chance. I've had only very positive results from Fellow products in my home and this grinder is right up there with the best of them. Somehow, my excellent coffee tastes even better now, too. :)

I am completely in love with this grinder. I've had it for about a month now and have enjoyed every second of it. I typically make single serve, pour over coffee and the Opus is extremely easy to use in that scenario. Just load some beans, press the button, and let it work. It's quiet, easy to clean, and has minimal retention. Changing the grind size is easy enough when I want to use my AeroPress, although I haven't fiddled with the espresso options yet. Overall, I just couldn't recommend this grinder enough. It's gorgeous looking my apartment, easy to use—pretty much exactly what I wanted. Another great product by Fellow.

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.

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 bought this grinder hoping to be able to grind for both espresso and drip coffee. It does have enough range to do both, but I found it to be less than ideal for espresso grinding. The adjustment points are just a bit too far apart to be able to really dial in an espresso grind - just one to two clicks can take you from being so fine that the shot chokes out completely, to so coarse that the whole shot flies through in just a few seconds. It also retains a lot of material so switching back and forth between settings regularly will require you to either throw out a lot of coffee or have a suboptimal grind for the first cup or two after the change. At finer grind settings it also throws out a lot of fine bits out the gaps above the cup, meaning you will have to wipe down your counter around it after every use.

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 bought this grinder to pair with my espresso machine and it works perfectly. The design is simple yet appealing. Minimalist style.I find it easy to adjust the grind size. It has a blue inner adjustment which allows you to fine tune and really dial in. Some people find this complicated, but it is actually quite simple.Overall very please and would highly recommend!