{"id":13729,"date":"2021-01-25T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffeedesk.pl\/blog\/?p=13729"},"modified":"2021-01-25T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:05:30","slug":"fellow-ode-grinder-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffeedesk.com\/blog\/fellow-ode-grinder-test\/","title":{"rendered":"FELLOW ODE grinder – our test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is #saveupforcomandante already pass\u00e9? Is it time for #saveupforode now? The Fellow grinder was born on Kickstarter. It was produced with the help of people (ultimately collecting over $ 1 million for this purpose!) and now it returns to people, to their homes, to their kitchens. So it\u2019s time to check out what this alternative kiddie has to offer. Fellow ODE<\/a> \u2013 time for a test run!<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is it for? Why do you need it?<\/h2>\n

For 7 years, Fellow<\/strong><\/a> company has been showering us with products for coffee enthusiasts and fans of good design. After the kettle with worms<\/em><\/a>, called \u201cthe hen\u201d, it\u2019s time for a grinder<\/a>, which was presented by\u2026 an ape (or the \u201cBig Foot\u201d, it\u2019s hard to say for certain). It can\u2019t be denied that the San Francisco-based company has a special love for animals. Some praise Californian orchards, others sing and ODE to \u201cbig feet\u201d. That\u2019s their thing. It took two months<\/strong> to raise the funds needed to produce the grinder on Kickstarter. Now, one year since the announcement of the project, the grinder is ready for purchase and use. Congrats!<\/p>\n

The packaging includes a well secured, solid and yet small grinder, a magnetic container for ground coffee with a silicone lid, a brush for cleaning the grinder, and short and complete instruction manuals. Minimalistic \u2013 the box contains only what is really necessary. All packed in a predominantly black and white box. It\u2019s elegant.<\/p>\n

The grinder is a household answer to the quality of coffee ground in specialized, caf\u00e9 coffee grinders. At the heart of the grinder you will find flat burrs<\/strong> (used only in high-quality electric grinders) with a large diameter of 64 mm<\/strong>. The machine offers 31 grind settings<\/strong> to fulfill every coffee dream of a home barista. Of course, as long as the mentioned barista dreams of alternative coffee<\/strong>, because the grinder cannot grind fine enough for espresso. It has its benefits, it has its faults\u2026 more on that later.<\/p>\n

\"Fellow<\/p>\n

The structure, or the body of the grinder<\/h2>\n

The proposal from the Fellow\u2019s \u201cape\u201d is over 4.5 kg of a grinder black as coal<\/strong>, made of aluminum with individual plastic elements<\/strong> (hopper lid and hopper itself). You can feel that you\u2019re dealing with a high-end product. Although it\u2019s better to keep the grinder a bit lower, on a handy table top, especially since it\u2019s narrower than the average kettle<\/strong>, so it does not take up much space. The grinder is designed for home use. When using the device, we need to reach the narrow front of the grinder and its right part, where we find the knocker<\/strong>. The knocker is a metal \u201cthingy\u201d that will allow you to lower the retention of coffee (i.e. loss during grinding) \u2013 you may have heard the characteristic \u201cdum, dum, dum\u201d after grinding in a caf\u00e9 (not to be confused with \u201cboom, boom, boom\u201d of an espresso portafilter). This is the sound of a spatula, shaking off the ground coffee which has deposited on the burrs and inside the device. A metal one with an engraved company logo can be found in Fellow ODE. The grinder won\u2019t be shy of narrow slots in minimalist studio flats or very limited spaces of multi-generational houses. With its quite noticeable weight, the grinder is a stable structure<\/strong> \u2013 it\u2019s not afraid of mining tremors, hurricanes and storms. So, there\u2019s no way you could accidentally turn it over or move. Great thing!<\/p>\n

\"knocker<\/p>\n

Just like the EKG kettle, the ODE grinder is equipped with 1m cord<\/strong>. For some it\u2019s good news, for others\u2026 information that they need to buy an extension cord. The container for ground coffee<\/strong>, thanks to the built-in magnet<\/strong>, is perfectly located under the burrs outlet. This reduces the mess associated with grinding beans. However, there\u2019s a downside to this \u2013 you must be careful when weighing coffee beans because scales do not always like magnets. However, an ordinary washer placed on the scale is enough for us to safely use the attached container also to measure the grains before grinding them. For people who brew \u201croughly\u201d without scales, although the scales is always worth using, Fellow has dotted the inside of the container with the suggestive amount of beans needed for one serving of coffee.<\/p>\n

An ODE to coffee<\/h2>\n

Time for tests.<\/strong> Starting with the grinding noise, the grinder generates approx. 80 dB of noise during grinding<\/strong> within a direct distance \u2013 this can be compared to the volume of a boiling kettle, but it takes much less time than boiling water. If you\u2019re familiar with the sounds of caf\u00e9 grinders, Fellow ODE is audibly quieter than they are. We can fit 80g of coffee in the load bin, but remember that it\u2019s best to grind the amount of coffee you need before brewing. Therefore, we should not store coffee in the load bin, but only add the amount of beans for the current grinding.<\/p>\n

Moving on to the grinding speed, I\u2019ve run some tests. Here are the results:<\/strong><\/p>\n