The Kopi concepts Diva is a 64mm Flat burr
single dose coffee grinder running from espresso
To Filter
Hi, I’m Pedro from Coffee Parts
And not too long ago if you putting together a home or coffee grinder set up.
It was always the same few grinders that were in front of mine.
But lately, a lot has changed.
So many grinders have come onto the market and they really are lifting the game
Not only from a grind perspective.
Looking at single dose grinders, different burn materials, geometry,
and really what they can produce in terms of particle size distribution.
But they really are lifting the game when it comes to design, timeless design,
beautiful builds, and it's really becoming quite
fascinating to see this area of coffee really develop.
So for me, I love timeless design.
I love beautiful products.
And I'm almost bias that when something looks beautiful
and functions well, I feel like almost the coffee tastes better,
even though maybe I'm blind tasting it, would it?
But it is a bit of a visual thing for me.
So when Kopi Concepts reached out to me and asked me if I wanted
to look into their grinder, and I started reading into the backstory, I was hooked.
I really wanted to play with this grinder and see what it was all about.
So here it is.
So this grinder right here is kind of special.
It's one of only three currently in existence.
The Kickstarter campaign was funded in July 2021,
and the production is happening right now.
And this unite here belongs to Brandon Sister.
Now, Brandon was a founder
of Kopi Concepts and he is an Australian living abroad in London.
But his sister happens
to live down the road from our warehouse where this studio is right now.
So when Brandon reached out to us and we started talking about the grinder,
I really fell for the brand story.
I really like the journey and what they were building,
and when I found out his sister
lived down the road and we could borrow this grinder.
Of course I said yes.
And here the grinder is right now.
So this video might sound biased.
I have bought into the Kool-Aid somewhat.
I'm excited about this growing.
I love beautiful design and beautiful products.
Yet, like always is based on my thoughts and the way I see and feel for products.
So this grinder really is coming into a crowded segment
64 mm flat burrs, interchangeable with aftermarket burrs
like the SSP single dose grinder going from espresso to filter,
really easy to dialing in and using variable speed
control 200 to 1200.
Now, none of this is super unique.
You've got the end, the time of sculpting.
You got in the Option O, P64,
the build quality is beautiful, but so are those two.
What really makes this grinder unique is that is battery operated.
Now it doesn't sound like much at first.
We start to looking at from a cable management perspective at home,
you can really start having beautiful, timeless design
without worrying about that cable where it's going
across the back and plug into the wall or through the counter.
There's always a bit that you can see and it's always a bit too tidy.
You can literally move this grinder around and it's going to be beautiful
no matter where it is.
But rare really makes a huge difference.
Just say you are a coffee roaster visiting cafes
with your current clients for your prospecting.
Now you can put this grinder into a pelican case.
Rock up, pull it out, put it on the counter
and really quickly start pulling shots of your coffee at that venue
and really showing what it's like no longer trying to use
the venue's grinder which interrupts workflow at the venue.
Plus people get upset that you're playing around with that grind adjustment.
I know it's mine, but it really does upset some people.
And you're not turning out with a grinder that's heavy and you have to plug in.
Find an extension cable is cables everywhere.
It really is a seamless turn off, put on the counter,
grind coffee and to really showcase your coffees.
Make’s it super easy to go on the roadshow and that I know of.
There's no other grinder that can do this level of coffee
in a portable fashion like this, so that makes it super unique.
Another cool feature is when the coffee comes out the way it's distributed.
In a way, it reminds me of my AG one over there that inside the dosing funnel here,
there's a paddle that goes around and really does help distribute.
So when you're seeing the coffee come through,
you're really seeing the coffee communiste circular pattern and it's making it
for a very even distribution in this case directly into the dosing cup.
They can remove this feature
and grind into the Portafilter with the optional portafilter support.
Although these days I feel like the workflow of going into a dosing cup,
putting a portafilter across and transferring really
is a better workflow, but the option is there.
The only drawback so far that I found from a design
perspective on this grinder is the way you load in the coffee.
It is a kind of a tight entry here.
You do have this Funnel
and you load in the coffee, but you do have to think about it.
It's a little bit more work than just dropping in to say a short hoper
even though I've just mentioned a negative being the really ight funnel here
funnel here when it comes to design
this grinder really is beautifully designed
and put together after having this grinder here and chatting to Clare,
after having this grinder here and chatting to Clare,
which is Brandon, the founder's sister, and really side to understand
the story of how this grinder came about, things really started making sense to me.
Brandon, being an Aussie, really loves the coffee scene.
In Australia, the coffee scene's huge.
Then being part of the formula2 Redbull Racecar Team,
traveling around Europe and being based in London, the engineering side
and the simplification yet really well built product started to come to life.
I love race cars, so really understand that in a race car things matter
to 1/10 of a second it wins or loses a race. And when cars coming to pit lane.
Things have to be able to be changed really quickly.
And to be fair, they really can't be failing.
So when you start looking at this design and how simple things are
and how easy it is to get into the grinder and pull things apart,
I really can see elements of race cars engenering
and in understanding the story behind it, really is beautiful.
Finding a machine they couldn't find through COVID
and really wanting to build
that dream grinder with their engineering background, their love for coffee.
So effectively this grinder was born out of the Australian coffee
scene, developed through the race car scene around the world
and now is hand build in London.
Really is a beautiful story and I really started to notice
little details when I physically have The Grinder here.
That makes sense.
I think a lot of times on video or in photo you can't notice
and I'll be spoiled for choice.
I really get to see most grinders and I get to play with most coffee
equipment and some.
Just make you feel a little bit better than others.
Doesn't necessarily translate to a better coffee on a blind cupping,
but there's a way things make you feel that's hard to describe.
The same as every watch tells the time.
But different watches make you feel in a different way.
Different grinders really do feel different.
I don't know if that's an easy thing to explain
or understand, but that's just the way I see things.
So the coffee we ran 20 grams of coffee.
With no RDt in 25 seconds With .1 of the grinder retention.
So ifrom a coffee perspective
Retention perspective, it really is on par with other grinders.
Now, this kind of doesn't have a bellows too effectively.
The way to push all the grinds is by turning it on and off
a few times once more.
So that coffee's grinder, effectively by starting the motor
and having that paddle that goes around,
you really are going to get all that coffee out.
So the coffee was, as I expected, delicious, nice, tasty and well balanced.
So I guess in that respect, not very different to
the other grinders is competing with the real point of difference comes
from its build and design and the fact that it's got a battery
making this grinder truly portable and seamless on the counter.
So who is this grinder for
I really see this grinder
for beautiful home setups, espresso or filter, for those
who loves beautiful design and really weel built products, refined products
and for on a commercial sense coffee roasters, want to visit cafes
and have a portable grinder to showcase their product .
The competitors to me
Will be the Time More sculptor O64 S. that grinder is unbelievable
value and does really well when it comes to espresso and filter
and from a higher price point, I see it being as an Option O
P64.
This grinder sits at just over half the price of the P64
And a beautiful design with quite a unique features.
So I feel like it really does sit in the sweet spot between a Time more and the P64.
My question to you though is how important is built and design
apart from just the coffee quality,
If you have a grinder
That was also a producing coffee, did amazing results
but was a flimsy build at a lower price.
Would you be happy or do you really value unique
beautiful design really well put together products?
Let me know in the comments below.
Value or design.
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