Baratza Virtuoso Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
- 40mm commercial-grade conical burrs - Easily Adjustable
- Powerful DC Motor
- Front-mounted pulse button
- Brushed satin metal top and base lend quality look and feel.
- Powerful 6.0 amp motor.
Product Description
The long awaited Baratza Virtuoso coffee grinder is now here and shipping. The Virtuoso is the first in a series of new coffee grinders that boasts all-new upgraded components, higher performance and sleeker style. Many know Baratza as the Solis distributors that creted to wildly popular and well regarded Maestro coffee grinders. Baratza is now fully focused on designing and distributing their own line of grinders. The Virtuoso takes the popular design elements of the Maestro series and elevates them to a whole new level! With the Virtuoso, it's now easier than ever to make professional quality coffee, whether at home, the office, or your café. Below are some of the Virtuoso's incredible features: 40mm commercial-grade conical burrs yield the consistent grind that is critical for a perfect espresso or brewed coffee extraction. Easily adjustable burrs can be calibrated to ensure accurate grind range from espresso to French press in 40 separate settings. Nickel plated satin finish metal top and base lend quality look and feel. High efficiency motor is powerful and spins slowly resulting in cool, quiet operation. Special gear reduction to 600 RPM, along with new anti--static technology insures extremely low static. Timer switch for repeatable grinding time. Front-mounted pulse button makes it easy to grind directly into an espresso brew basket. New concise design of grinding chamber reduces coffee dust, making the removable burrs easy to clean. Powerful 6.0 amp motor. 8 oz. bean hopper Large 5 oz. grounds bin. Dimension: W x H x D 5" x 14" x 6" Weight: 8.5 pounds Packaged using 100% recyclable materials. Below are detailed descriptions of the features that make the Virtuoso stand out from other grinders in its class. Precise, commercial-quality burrs: Manufactured in Italy, the Virtuoso's burrs are of the same material and durability as the industry's highest-quality line of commercial conical burr coffee grinders. The burrs rotate slowly minimizing the heat
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Baratza Virtuoso Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
- Publisher: Baratza
- Label: Baratza
- Studio: Baratza
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 1 reviews
- Sales Rank in Kitchen & Housewares: #253736
Avg. Customer Review:
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: I was disappointed with this grinder 2008-05-22
Comment: I just want it relate my experience with this grinder. I read the reviews and decided on it and order it. It arrived damaged. I called their number but got a recording and the recording used a different company name than Baratza. The message didn't even say leave a message at the tone but just "bye". I did leave a message and my phone number though. I waited all day and never got a call back. I email them and within 4 hours I go an email that a replacement had been shipped. It arrived and they sent a return UPS label to send the other one back. The problem with the first one was the hopper was crooked at an angle from an inpact in shipment I suppose. There was a worse problem inside. The cheap plastic calibration ring which holds the top grind burr and hopper base is held in place by three small plastic tabs about 1/32" thick and 1/8". Two of these were broken and the top grinding burr was at an angle causing an elliptical rotation which gave an inconstant grind. The replacement had one of these tabs broken also. I think it is just a result of a poor design for that part. The grinder on the whole is well constructed like a army tank but that design flaw and the lack of some feature like not being able to set a grinding time and the timer being on the side plus the fact that you can't actually talk to a human being with them, at least I couldn't. I tried two different numbers and never got a response. I even emailed them my home phone and cell phone numbers. I emailed through Amazon for a refund and didn't hear from them for two business days and then that was I think as a result of a phone call to Amazon and a second email through Amazon at the customer service rep's request. I then hear from them in a few hours and they sent me a return label by email and issued me a full refund even before I return the second grinder. I can't fault how they stood behind there return policy only to say you can only contact them on their terms and you can't talk to a human. If I could have spoken to a person and resolved my problem I would have keep the grinder. I am glad it worked out the way it did because I bought the Breville BCG450XL from Amazon for half the price and it is a much better conical burr grinder. See my review on it.
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Baratza Virtuoso Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
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