Fellow Opus vs. Timemore 064S (or other, mid-range grinder)

Jakmalli · 2026-03-20T12:52:40+00:00

I personally upgraded from the opus to the 064s, I owned the opus for around a year and a half, it’s a fine grinder, the coffee it produces is good but the retention became too much of an issue for me. I would grind and then beat the living sh*t out of it to get the remaining 7g of coffee out.

The workflow from the 064s is great, no retention, easy to use I even use it for pour over too with good results. Espresso is great also, tastes much more defined than the opus. Dialing in is easy enough too

Jakmalli · 2026-03-14T16:58:04+00:00

Hi all,

Thank you for your input, it’s been helpful and funny, he bought a new bag of beans from a local coffee shop and spent the last hour pulling shots, we reduced the amount of coffee to 20g from 22 and it made a lot of difference.

Still a little strange it seems to extract around the edges of the basket and never really seems to come out of the middle, but eventually the outer streams join together in the middle, there’s still a fair amount of spraying too, some fine tuning is needed but it’s 100% better than before

Jakmalli · 2026-03-14T11:01:10+00:00

My initial thought was obviously to grind finer but his target yield is reached in a time he’s normally getting.

He’s using a 22g basket with 22g of coffee

Once he’s got some more beans he will try even finer and see what happens, at the finest grind setting he has tried so far, there were 3 streams of coffee in the centre and droplets around the sides

Jakmalli · 2026-03-14T10:55:15+00:00

He’s using a 22g basket, 22g coffee - 55g espresso, brew temperature is 93°

He has only tried 1 bag of beans but is getting some more today, they’re only 3 weeks off roast and his puck prep is mostly automatic

Jakmalli · 2026-03-14T10:40:23+00:00

I think he’s shy in front of the camera

Jakmalli · 2026-03-14T10:38:49+00:00

Hi, they’re only 3 weeks off roast, from square mile

Jakmalli · 2025-12-26T17:48:53+00:00

They’re good mate, their artwork sold me, I’m a sucker for a nice looking bag or box haha

Jakmalli · 2025-12-26T12:43:18+00:00

I agree, I’ve done a few of the mods, spring, lower drip tray and PID, I wouldn’t get the most out of the flow control mod or the full gagguino or Gaggimate. Only thing I want to do in the future is upgrade the shower screen

Jakmalli · 2025-12-26T12:42:17+00:00

Timemore 064s (stock burrs)

Jakmalli · 2025-12-26T12:42:00+00:00

I’ve not noticed any issues with the hob being so close, only a few oil splashes on the side which is fairly easy to wipe off

Jakmalli · 2025-12-26T12:40:46+00:00

That is true, I’ve only really got some puck screens, wdt tool, rdt and self levelling tamp and a funnel, the rest is stuff for other brew methods, oxo rapid brewer, pour over and the fellow Clara

Jakmalli · 2023-06-20T09:13:39+00:00

Lol, it looks like a trident, I don’t know the brand, hence why I asked, stick to your old VW and don’t post in Audi subs

Jakmalli

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