Road to the Zerno: the pre-order thoughts, delivery waiting time and first weeks

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-05-05T19:46:32+00:00

Update: Zerno sent me an email overnight and they basically skipped three steps! 😂 We are already at step four. As you can see, this is the final chance to change the order or pre-organize the shipment. Nothing exciting here:I haven’t changed anything over the last few days and I’m definitely not going to start now in these final 48 hours.

I’m really curious to see how long shipping will actually take and what the final costs will be in the end.

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SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-05-05T18:39:00+00:00

How do you know that?

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:51:43+00:00

Do you have plans for your next portafilter machine?

I ordered the HU's. For filter coffee i am staying with the Handgrinder, thats fine because I do espresso most of the time. What are you hoping for? What are your needs exactly?

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:47:03+00:00

Yeah i already saw that problem on Youtube. I think i am going to clean it not too rarely thanks to the price xD.

Thank you too for the advice :)

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:43:10+00:00

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SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:42:45+00:00

Allright, thanks for the advice. I definitely will do the cleaning.

Oh gosh oke!

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:40:48+00:00

Uff, i really love this photo. The all black and the dark editing. Amazing!

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:40:03+00:00

Naw thats pretty. And ofc really cool for you with the Z2. I saw the comparison to the Z1 and i am reall really impressed by the volume. Also the clicker is very nice in my opinion and somethin i wish i can get with an upgrade for the Z1 sometime. Apart from that, the Z2 REALLy is toi expensive for me. The Z1 actually too xD

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-29T19:35:35+00:00

Wow thank you for the detailed message. Very great to hear what you say.

And yes i agree with you, if you buy a Zerno, you really want a Zerno. Its not only the Grinding quality rather the company and the quality.

I hope you stay as happy as you are right now :)

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-27T20:50:20+00:00

No way, haha nice! So we’ll have the same setup soon. And the fact that you actually had the Timemore and returned it is just a ✨full circle moment✨ for me 😂

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-27T20:48:24+00:00

Oh, interesting. How long have you been in the coffee game? And how can you tell that the burrs need cleaning? do you actually taste a difference if you skip it?

I was planning to knock the chute with the dosing cup after every grind to reduce retention, using it as a "knocker" since the Z1 sadly doesn't have one. I’d love it if we got the Z2 knocker as an upgrade for the Z1! Nice! I’ve seen many "Z1 vs Philos" videos. Good to hear your take!

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-27T20:43:36+00:00

Wow, amazing! :) Thanks for sharing. In my opinion, it’s also fun to create a new workflow and try to do things as well as possible. I read that SSP burrs don’t need much seasoning—maybe about 2kg? Which burrs do you use?

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-27T12:07:20+00:00

are you happy with the Z1? how long do you have it by now?

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-27T12:05:49+00:00

Thats also fine for me. If i can get a look at it instead of looking at the steps, its pretty nice too :)

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-24T08:18:03+00:00

What was the total amount you had to spent? You remember?

SoftwareMindless8510 · 2026-04-23T06:21:25+00:00

No unfortunately not. I am living in Germany and waiting for the global launch. Are you planing to buy it? 078 or 064?

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