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Breville Barista Touch Impress (built-in) vs Fellow Ode Gen 1
Conical against flat — the Barista Touch Impress (built-in)'s scale curves where the other runs straight. The Ode Gen 1 is numbered 1–11; the Barista Touch Impress (built-in) is numbered 1–30.
Which to buy
Choose the
Barista Touch Impress (built-in) if you…
- pull espresso — the 40 mm conical grinder is built into the machine
- want touchscreen guidance for grinding, dosing and tamping
- want the machine to correct the next dose for you
Choose the
Ode Gen 1 if you…
- brew filter only — Fellow says the Ode does not grind for espresso
- want 64 mm flat burrs
- already own one, or are buying used — Fellow lists it as sold out
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Fellow now sells the Ode Gen 2 in place of the original; the settings on this page are for the Gen 1.
Sources: Fellow — Ode Gen 1 (archived) · Fellow — Ode Brew Grinder · Breville — Barista Touch Impress · Breville — Barista Touch Impress manual
| Barista Touch Impress (built-in) | Ode Gen 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Breville | Fellow |
| Scale | Numbered dial | Numbered dial |
| Dial range | 1 – 30 | 1 – 11 |
| Burrs | Conical | Flat |
| Espresso → filter | 12 numbers | 2.6 numbers |
| Filter → coarse | 10.2 numbers | 7.4 numbers |
The same number means different things
Both grinders use a numbered dial, which makes it tempting to copy a number straight across. Setting 6 sits at grind index 4.6 on the Barista Touch Impress (built-in) but 56.7 on the Ode Gen 1 — far enough apart to change the cup.
Converting a setting
If a recipe quotes a setting for one of these grinders, read across for the equivalent on the other. Rows are spaced evenly by grind size, not by dial number — on a conical burr those are not the same thing.
| Barista Touch Impress (built-in) | Ode Gen 1 |
|---|---|
| 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 1.1 |
| 10 | 1.2 |
| 13 | 2.2 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 17 | 3.2 |
| 18 | 5 |
| 20 | 6.1 |
| 21 | 7.1 |
| 22 | 8.1 |
| 24 | 9.1 |
| 25 | 10 |
| 27 | 11 |
| Ode Gen 1 | Barista Touch Impress (built-in) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 1.1 | 7 |
| 1.2 | 10 |
| 2.2 | 13 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 3.2 | 17 |
| 5 | 18 |
| 6.1 | 20 |
| 7.1 | 21 |
| 8.1 | 22 |
| 9.1 | 24 |
| 10 | 25 |
| 11 | 27 |
Side by side, by brew method
Where each grinder lands for the same brew, worked out from its own dial curve.
| Method | Barista Touch Impress (built-in) | Ode Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | 6 | 1.1 |
| Moka pot | 10 | 1.2 |
| AeroPress (short steep) | 13 | 2.2 |
| Pour over — V60 / cone | 16 | 3.1 |
| Siphon | 17 | 4 |
| Pour over — flat bottom | 17 | 4.1 |
| Steep and release — Clever / Switch | 18 | 4.2 |
| Drip / batch brew | 18 | 5 |
| Cupping | 19 | 3 |
| Chemex | 20 | 6.1 |
| French press | 22 | 8 |
| Cold brew | 25 | 9.2 |
The shape of each dial
Where the connectors bunch, that grinder’s dial is compressed and single steps count for more. Comparing the two shapes tells you which gives finer control, and where.
Breville Barista Touch Impress (built-in)
Fellow Ode Gen 1
Dialing in the Barista Touch Impress (built-in)
Built into an espresso machine and tuned for it, with the grind range weighted heavily toward the fine end. Perfectly capable within espresso; if you also brew filter you will find the coarse end short.
Dialing in the Ode Gen 1
The original Ode had noticeably more fines than the Gen 2 that replaced it, which is why the Gen 2 burr upgrade became such a common retrofit. If you are running Gen 1 burrs, expect to sit slightly coarser than published Ode numbers to get the same cup.