Baratza

Encore

Grind settings, every brew method

Worked out from this grinder’s own dial curve — five reference points placed on a shared 0–100 grind index, interpolated with a monotone spline for conical burrs — rather than a one-size-fits-all chart.

Dial range: 1 – 40
Burrs: Conical
Filter reference: 20
Espresso → filter: 15 numbers

Fine · 140 · Coarse

EspressoFine

6.65 – 8.9

Moka potFiner than filter, coarser than espresso

108.9 – 11.9

AeroPress (short steep)For 1–2 minute recipes

1411.9 – 16.9

Pour over — V60 / coneThe reference point for most published pour-over recipes

19.317.3 – 21.8

Pour over — flat bottomKalita, Orea and similar

21.820 – 24.1

Drip / batch brewAutomatic brewers

23.521.8 – 26.1

ChemexThe thick filter needs a coarser grind to avoid stalling

26.124.1 – 28.7

French pressCoarse

30.728.4 – 33.3

Cold brewCoarsest setting you have

3633.3 – 40

The Encore is the default first grinder for filter coffee, and its scale is the one most recipes are implicitly written against. Its stepped collar is honest about what it is: excellent from medium-fine upward, progressively less consistent as you go finer. Treat the bottom of the range as a moka-pot floor rather than an espresso range — Baratza built the Encore ESP precisely because this one was never meant to reach it. If your cup tastes thin at the recommended setting, go one step finer rather than two; the steps here are wider than they look.

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