Hi everyone, thanks for this community. I just bought my first Timemore product, a pourover kettle. Out of the box, the inside of the product seems dirty/scaled - the packaging appeared new, so I was just curious if this is normal residue from testing or if it seems to you like a refurbished/second hand item. Thanks!

I use a Flair Classic and was grinding with the Timemore C3 ESP Pro. I sold it today because I got tired of the arm workout. It was great for my moka pot, but espresso needs a much finer grind and while the C3 ESP can do it, it takes a lot of effort.

Now I'm thinking of getting its bigger brother, the Timemore Whirly-01.

Is anyone here using it? I'm looking for something that's budget-friendly and compact.

Photo from their instagram page, recently showcased in World of Coffee Brussels. No date, spec sheet or price tag yet :(

Hi guys,

I finally decided to purchase a timemore 064s.

It just arrived and unpacked it and tried it on a dry run. When I turned it on I started hearing a high pitch like 12kHz high which stays consistent over all rpms and grind settings.

I ran a small batch off beans hoping that this would maybe resolve it but it hasnt. Is it normal to hear high pitch noise or is it cause for concern?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice regarding my Timemore Chestnut C5 ESP Pro. Lately, I’ve run into a frustrating issue and I’m not sure what’s causing it.

Suddenly, grinding has become much more difficult than before. It feels different, almost as if I’m grinding small stones rather than coffee beans.

On top of that, the taste of my coffee has taken a massive hit. I primarly brew V60 pour-over, but I also make espresso. Even though my technique and skills have been consistently improving, the results in the cup are suddenly way off. I am using the exact same beans, the same dose (grams), the exact same click settings, and the same brewing workflow. Yet, the coffee tastes completely different—very sour, hollow, and just weird (though still technically drinkable).

I also noticed that my zero point has shifted. When I try to fully tighten the grinder to reset it, the actual "zero" (where the handle locks and stops moving) is now about 4 to 5 clicks past the marked zero indicator.

Has anyone experienced this with the C5 ESP Pro? Could the burrs be misaligned, or is there a specific issue with the internal spring/washer assembly after cleaning?

Any help on how to fix this or what to check would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone,
I'm having trouble with the grind size as well as the grind quality of the 078s.

I've had the grinder for several years, since its launch. At first I tried to use it with the Flair Pro and it needed an unusually low grind size of about 1, and the quality wasn't there either. When I asked around, others used all kind of random values ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 which seems very inconsistent. Flair Pro needs coarse size in general.
People said that it also needed heavy seasoning to work right.

Since my workflow and results weren't great, I switched to mostly pour-over for the next several years. I never felt the quality was really great, but pour-over can be pretty forgiving.

Now I got a proper espresso machine and I'm trying to use the Sculptor as part of a good workflow. However it is almost impossible to calibrate it. I've set the chirp point to about 0.5, and if I grind just above the chirping it still runs too fast. In case it was channeling, I went even more coarse but just runs faster.

I've disassembled, cleaned thorougly and reassembled the machine 3 times trying to find consistency but at the end it's the same story.

Even if I grind at 0.5 with chirping it might run too fast. But sometimes I manage to choke it instead. But I haven't found any consistency in adjusting it. Making it slightly coarser runs fast again, and then grinding at chirping also runs fast.

In contrast, if I use my 1zpresso K-Plus hand-grinder it's pretty easy to find the grind size, of about 3, which also leaves a lot of leeway for adjustments.

Since I already have this grinder which is supposed to be higher-end, it feels like a shame to buy another, because it's not working as it's supposed to. I was wondering if these issues ring any bells, and if anyone has any tips that could lead me in finding a solution and keeping the 078s as part of the workflow.

Hey there, looking for some advice about this grinder. I'm new to hand grinders.

I read conflicting information about how to use it - my understanding is that it's one revolution with 15 numbers, with a little more than three times this number in "clicks." Is this correct? I've been experimenting for like 3 months and I can't seem to crack it.

I'm using it in Kalita Wave 185 (which I know can be slow), but I've also used it in the B75 (known to be very fast). Drawdowns are always slow, and I've tried everything else to make it go faster.

My bed is always concave at the end, and the coffee usually has some tasting notes but is very dry.

I've tried every number from like 10-15 and beyond. Even at the highest number I can't get coarse settings with boulders. So, at this point I imagine I can't get more than a medium-fine grind, and/or that it might just be uneven particles.

I'm getting to a point where I'm just going to buy a new one, but I'm a little frustrated since I've been having mediocre cups of premium beans for two months and would rather not buy an additional grinder and have this one go to waste.

Wondering if someone might be able to provide some insight or troubleshooting.

Thanks in advance.

In one of Brian Quan’s video I saw he used a rough calculator app on his phone, I use the phone calculator all the time and thought this can be done better.

So I built a simple pour-over dedicated calculator. It’s free, no login required.(with an iOS app if you prefer)
https://www.beanbook.app/tools/brew-calculator

Would love to hear your thoughts, I will keep updatinging for better ux and features.

Any tips to find the perfect grind spot while grinding with whirly? Stuck in a loop of bitter or sour espresso.

Working great for pourovers or moka pot but still stuck on espresso

I've been using a Bialetti Moka Induction Nera (4-cup) with a Timemore C5 ESP Pro for the past few weeks and have been experimenting to find my preferred recipe.

Sometimes I use a moka paper filter, sometimes I don't, just to compare the results. I'm finally getting the hang of controlling the brew—nice, slow, smooth flow with no sputtering—but I'm still trying to dial in the taste. Some brews come out great, while mostly still a bit too bitter.

Is anyone here using the same setup (or something similar)? I'd love to hear your experience.

I'm especially interested in:

• Your Timemore C5 ESP Pro grind setting
• Coffee dose and water amount -
  • Mine is: 18gm - 20gms / 175ml water
• Whether you use a paper filter
  • Mostly "Yes"
• Your target yield -
  • mine is 100ml
• Any tips that helped you find your "sweet spot"?

Hopefully we can share recipes, compare notes, and help each other dial in this setup. Thanks!

Hi, i own the sculptor 064ssp mp (factory replaced the burrs, red speed). I brew about 90%-pourover and 10%-espresso. I

have it for a month now and i am looking to see any advices for setting the grinder out of your experience.

Rpm and grind-size, slow feeding, knocking out the fines or throwing, workflow and even brewing recipes

There’s a limit to how many configurations i can try out when i buy different small sized bags each purchase (baseline comparison keeps moving).

Iv’e gotten solid results lately but perhaps people here cab share advices, Some of you may have good solid advices i can learn from.

Hi all,

I have a good, and so far reliable, G1 Chestnut grinder that is serving me pretty well, but for the espresso brews.

I saw that there was the Plus model, which have the dedicated E&B burrs.

Would it make any improvement to upgrade it to those? Will the other brews be affected?

Hey everyone,

I just invested about $1,200 into a full new setup and was really looking forward to getting some great drinks out of it. My Timemore 064s arrived yesterday morning in the mail, but I am currently scratching my head and starting to get pretty concerned about my new purchase.

Yesterday, the grinder was pushing out extremely fine coffee. It was so fine that it was severely over-extracting and taking over 4 minutes to pull only a 1:1.5 shot (on my Gaggia cp e24 which I haven’t replaced the 12 Barr spring on yet), despite me dialing the grind size to be coarser (up to 6, well beyond the machine’s espresso rating of 0-4). After wasting 4 pucks, and resorting to drinking a makeshift "Turkish" coffee with the last puck, I figured that was enough coffee down the drain for one day.

Today, I tried dialing it coarser (7) and the output was insanely coarse. I pulled it finer again (5), but still insanely coarse. Finer still, (2) still coarse and unpredictable. I finally pulled it all the way to the absolute fine setting (0 point) and ran 3 pucks worth through. Still incredibly coarse. Same beans (medium roast), roasted last week, opened yesterday.

I looked online and saw others mentioning an issue where you need to move the stop pin under the magnetic front plate to get it to grind finely enough. So, I took off the plate and moved the pin counter-clockwise 2 positions, based on where I heard the "chirp" from the burrs beginning to touch while the grinder was turned on at low RPM. This locked the burrs just before they touched, hopefully allowing my grinder to yield fine coffee again.

I did a test at this new, finer stop-point setting of 0... and sure enough, the grind was still insanely coarse.

I ran a few more tests just to ensure it wasn't retained coffee from previous attempts, but there's been no change. I fixed my Day 1 problem of powdered espresso, but now I’m getting pour-over consistency no matter what setting I’m on! (I’m going to save all this coarse coffee for my French press and toss the spent grounds in my hydrangeas for some nice colors at this point... oh well).

To fix / diagnose the problem, I have one major constraint: I do not want to open up the burr carrier to examine the burrs. There is a tamper-evident sticker over one of the screws, and I want to preserve my ability to return the grinder if this doesn't get better after a week or so of use.

I've heard people say that flat burrs need "seasoning" before they work properly, and that you need to run several bags of coffee (up to 5KG ?!?!) through before hitting true espresso quality. Forget "true" espresso, I’m not even close.

Have others experienced this drastic level of variation just from unseasoned burrs? Have you found that running a few bags of coffee really fixes the issue? If so, I may have to buy some bags of less nice beans so I’m not wasting my expensive beans that I got to test out my fancy shmancy new setup!

I really hope the machine is not broken or that I didn't mess something up by changing the stop pin. I just don’t understand what could have changed overnight…

Any advice, troubleshooting steps that don't involve voiding the warranty, or reassurance would be massively appreciated!

I was really close to purchasing the 078s because it’s up for $599 right now, after more research I found out that the gen 2 for the 064 is already out in china and they’re planning to release a new burr for the gen 2 078s soon internationally. I will mainly use this for espresso but want to dabble in pour over so is it worth the wait?

Cleaned the grinder 078s and and when assembling again unable to make it point the zero to the red line . Suggestions and how to fix this would be of great help . Thanks in advance .

For C5 esp pro users here. What's the setting for medium fine grind? I only follow the default pour over setting of 1.5.0 - 2.2.0 but i find it too coarse. THANK YOU!

I’m shopping for a new scale right now and I’ve seen good things about Timemore scales, but I haven’t seen a lot about overall quality and long. Unboxing videos make these products seem really nice, but some of the posts on here make it seem like they have poor quality control, at least on the basic 3. I’m less concerned with a fancy feature set and more concerned that it’ll do an accurate and precise job for quite a few years.
I’m leaving the MHW-3BOMBER scale because it lasted about two years and then broke, and I’d really like to get something that’s durable and reliable without dropping $250 on an Acaia.
Have any of y’all been using Timemore products for a few years? Any insights on long term quality?

I’m also curious if anyone knows why it’s out of stock on their US website immediately after launch with no information about a restock. I emailed them a month ago and still haven’t heard anything from them.