Baratza SETTE270 Grinder, Grey/Black

Product Information

The Sette has a much more sleek and modern design. It is named “Sette” or seven in Italian because of its unique shape – look at it from the side to see what we mean. Like the Vario, Baratza also offers the 270 Wi, which also includes weight-based dosing. Similarities Compact Footprint So, in Sette 270, it is very easy to make these adjustments by turning any one fork and the other will turn itself. The Sette 270 is the mid-level model in Baratza’s Sette series. The Sette series was hotly anticipated during the eight years it was being perfected, and sprung on to the scene in 2017 to widespread acclaim.

The Baratza Sette 270Wi is more alike than it is different from the 270. However, it does offer one improvement to the 270’s design: a weight-based grinding system that will give you even more accurate doses of espresso. This is the grinder for you if you’re an experienced home barista looking to make specialty coffees in your own kitchen. We were impressed by the Sette 270 coffee grinder’s plethora of features, especially for the price. It has a modern design and a small, compact footprint, making it suitable for most kitchens. This Sette’s burrs utilize the clever Etzinger mechanism with jet-like capabilities that ensure the beans are pulled through the grinding process instead of being fed by gravity, guaranteeing grind consistency like no other grinder. It has a built-in Acaia Scale, which automatically decides the instructed weight and it actually works pretty handsomely. For customizing the preset button, press the button you want to customize and the led will glow; now set the time with increasing or decreasing buttons and after that long-press the selected button, and the display starts blinking with time, which means it is set. For example, in the first button, you can save for Espresso grind time, second for French press and third for Cold Brew.On the other hand, both dials and burr carrier of the Sette 270 are made up of aluminum, which is very durable and solid.

All the Sette grinders share the same 40 mm “S1” conical steel burrs made by the Swiss burr manufacturer Etzinger. And if I break it down for the sake of simplicity and to let you understand, the number 270 comes from 30 macro settings and 9 micro settings; so, 30×9 = 270.

The tray to catch your loose grounds is not the best, but better than nothing. It simply slides into place and is kind of a rubberized piece of plastic. It would be nice if it had taller sides in the front to catch a few extra grounds, but I am thinking they did not do this so that when pulling your dosing cup out, you don't pull the tray along with it. The nice part about a removable tray is that you can run it under some warm water to clean. In 2016 Baratza launched the Sette 270 – an espresso grinder also featuring timed dosing but equipped with smaller 40-millimeter conical steel burrs. The Sette has a revolutionary burr design in which the outer burr rotates around the inner conical burr, allowing for high-speed grinding and almost zero grind retention. The Sette has 31 macro grind setting steps and an additional stepless micro adjustment, allowing for limitless grind settings. Sette 30 :The cheapest and most simple model of them all. It only has 30 grind settings, which makes it more challenging to adjust for the perfect espresso. However, if you’re using a lever machine or are not afraid of playing with dose and tamping pressure, this will work fine for espresso. It’s excellent for single-dosing and also has a pretty efficient time-based dosing that you can adjust down to a tenth of a second. It also has a more basic portafilter holder compared to the two other models. Unless you plan to use it throughout your lifetime. It is vaguely 7-shaped, from which comes the name (“Sette” means seven in Italian). These Baratza grinders have conical burrs. As you might have guessed, they’re shaped like cones – you can almost picture them as being like a lemon juicer.

The Vario is an all-purpose grinder with a larger grind range of 230 – 1150 microns. It can produce grinds for any brewing method, from French press to espresso. The Sette grinds only from 230 – 950 microns, so it really only shines when making espresso. However, Baratza does sell a BG burr as an accessory to allow the Sette to grind coarser. Grinding Speed A powerful, high torque DC motor drives the Sette. The circuitry is equipped with an automatically resetting, thermal cutoff switch

Performance Comparison

Stepped grind adjustment is another quality these grinders have in common. In a nutshell, you’ll have a number of preset settings to choose from on a dial. I’m a very passionate coffee enthusiast who researched what sets these seemingly similar grinders apart. The controls on the front of the grinder seem awkward to me. I am more used to all the controls and display facing upwards. You may consider a different model if you mostly brew pour overs or need a coarse ground often. It’s not that it won’t be able to grind to these sizes, of course it will, but you won’t get the same high consistency that grinding finer will give you. Like the rest of the Sette fam, the 270 features durable 40mm steel burrs. In a step up from the 30, the Sette 270’s burrs are housed in stainless steel rather than plastic. Similarly, a stainless handle stops the hopper, allowing it to be removed when swapping between beans.

The hopper holds approximately 300-400g of coffee. An innovative bean shutoff feature in the collar permits no-mess, no-fuss hopper removal for changing out beans. DIGITAL CONTROL PANEL And again, the Sette 270 is leading this area because if you place the portafilter, you have to adjust the forks closer and if you place something wider, you have to adjust the forks wider. The last consideration for all these grinders is price. The price doubles from 30 to 270wi, which is a big jump. All three are excellent grinders, but personally, I would go with the Baratza 270 because the timed basing dosing is perfectly fine and you don’t mind using a scale to measure weight. If you don’t plan to make espresso, the Sette 30 is a great option. It’s reasonably priced and has the same grind quality as the other Sette models. The only thing it can’t consistently do is grind precisely for well-dialed-in espresso.

Past Issues

The Sette is mostly made out of plastic. This keeps the cost of the grinder down while also making it lightweight and easy to move around. On the other hand, the device also feels a bit flimsy and gives the impression that it might not be built to last. The choice of material is also responsible for poor sound isolation.