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Eureka Mignon Specialita vs Timemore Sculptor 078
Two grinders cross-shopped at the same money. The Sculptor 078 is numbered 0–18; the Mignon Specialita turns 0–24 rotations.
Which to buy
Choose the
Mignon Specialita if you…
- pull espresso and brew — Eureka lists it as "All Purpose", with output figures for both
- want a 300 g hopper and two timed doses
- want a hands-free fork that holds the portafilter
Choose the
Sculptor 078 if you…
- brew pour over only — Timemore sells the 078 as "Pour-over Only"
- want 78 mm flat burrs and a 400 W motor with variable RPM
- want low retention without bellows — Timemore says its gravity-fed vertical auger does that
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Timemore makes the Sculptor 078 in two versions: the 078 with Turbo burrs, sold as pour-over only, and the 078S, with burrs for espresso as well. Its burr page lists replacement 078 Turbo burrs as sold out.
Sources: Timemore — Sculptor series · Timemore — Sculptor series burrs · Eureka — Mignon Specialità
| Mignon Specialita | Sculptor 078 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Eureka | Timemore |
| Scale | Rotations | Numbered dial |
| Dial range | 0.0 rotations – 24.0 rotations | 0 – 18 |
| Burrs | Flat | Flat |
| Espresso → filter | 6.5 rotations | 4 numbers |
| Filter → coarse | 7 rotations | 14 numbers |
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.
| Mignon Specialita | Sculptor 078 |
|---|---|
| 1.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2.5 |
| 5.5 | 3 |
| 1+1 | 3.5 |
| 1+2 | 4.5 |
| 1+3 | 6.5 |
| 1+4 | 9 |
| 1+5 | 11 |
| 2+0 | 13 |
| 2+1 | 14.5 |
| 2+2 | 16.5 |
| 2+3 | 18 |
| Sculptor 078 | Mignon Specialita |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1.5 |
| 1.5 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 4 |
| 3 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 1+1 |
| 4.5 | 1+2 |
| 6.5 | 1+3 |
| 9 | 1+4 |
| 11 | 1+5 |
| 13 | 2+0 |
| 14.5 | 2+1 |
| 16.5 | 2+2 |
| 18 | 2+3 |
Side by side, by brew method
Where each grinder lands for the same brew, worked out from its own dial curve.
| Method | Mignon Specialita | Sculptor 078 |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | 2.5 | 1 |
| Moka pot | 4 | 2.5 |
| AeroPress (short steep) | 5.5 | 3 |
| Pour over — V60 / cone | 1+1.5 | 4 |
| Siphon | 1+2 | 4.5 |
| Pour over — flat bottom | 1+2.5 | 5.5 |
| Steep and release — Clever / Switch | 1+3 | 6 |
| Drip / batch brew | 1+3 | 6.5 |
| Cupping | 1+3.5 | 7 |
| Chemex | 1+4 | 9 |
| French press | 1+5.5 | 12.5 |
| Cold brew | 2+1.5 | 15.5 |
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.
Eureka Mignon Specialita
Timemore Sculptor 078
Dialing in the Mignon Specialita
A stepless espresso grinder first, everything else second. The micrometric adjustment means small movements do real work at the fine end, and the settings below should be read as starting positions rather than detents. It will grind for filter and does it competently, but you are working at the far edge of a dial designed for a different job.
Dialing in the Sculptor 078
The larger-burr Sculptor, and the one with a caveat worth knowing before you buy. The plain 078 ships Timemore's Turbo — “ghost” — burrs: pyramid-cut, aimed at a unimodal grind with few fines and little heat, and built for pour over. Owners consistently report it will not go fine enough for espresso, and its adjustment is stepped where the 078S is stepless. If espresso matters, the 078S is the model with the flat burrs and the fine control; this one is a filter grinder that happens to be excellent at it. Seventeen numbers cover espresso through filter here, so the brew range has real resolution. Retention is genuinely low once the rotary knocker has cleared the chute.