PIETRO ProBrew Manual Coffee Grinder

The vertical burr design on this grinder is a total standout, delivering the kind of grind uniformity that makes every cup taste noticeably cleaner. While the ergonomics feel a bit awkward at first, you quickly adapt to the motion. It’s nowhere near as difficult or cumbersome as most reviewers make it out to be.

I've been wanting to buy this grinder for over a year and no stock is available in Australia.

I randomly came across Eight Ounce Coffee and was surprised that they not only had the Pietro Pro Brew, but also had it in the colour I wanted (Pastel Blue).

Needless to say I purchased it immediately and was pleasantly surprised at the expedited shipping. To top things off, the accessories pack was included, free of charge!

The grinding experience isn't great, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. After 2KG of seasoning, this grinder is producing the finest filter coffees I have made to date, it's that good.

After almost a year of usage im writing this review.
Its been a journey.
I have the pro burrs.
There were moments in which i wanted to sell it and to get the ZP6 instead of it.
In the beginning the cups were muddy and couldn’t understand the taste.
You must season the burrs in order to get a good cup.. it took me almost a year of a daily usage, around 15 grams sometimes 30 grams of coffee, to get to the point in which im getting a very nice cups, cups that are way better than my 1zpresso x-pro. Clean, sweet, with a balanced acidity.

The work flow is annoying. U will find yourself struggling to grind. Every grind is a workout. The grinder is not stable. Twice it slipped from the table while grinding and fell to on the ground.
Good news for those that dont want to workout, there are aftermarket electrical motor for which u can install the burrs.

Pro tip- if u having too much fines or inconsistent grind, make sure to disassemble the burrs, clean in and than make sure to insert the inner burr all the way in.

I will definitely will buy the electrical motor. What makes this grinder to shine are the burrs designed by Lance Hedrick.

Happy workouts!

I hesitated for a long time before purchasing this, I just couldn't justify the price when I could get an electric grinder for the same price. There is also a lot of complaints behind the user experience of the grinder which further pushed back any desire to purchase it. I finally decided to pull the trigger and get this after a year, and im glad I got it. The user experience so far is not great, but its not as bad as people say. It does take more work to grind, and isn't as smooth to use as other hand grinder. But its worth all of these downsides with what you get in the cup, it makes all that work have a grand payoff.

Great grinder, using mainly for espresso and ergonomics are not as bad as other reviews led me to believe

Comparisons with highly rated burr grinders ,well,yes,OK; as a Rolls to a Gremlim
Fit and finish -glorious
Design-11. Cups-ditto

Ordered the Pink model with the bi modal burrs and subsequently swapped to the m-modal burrs. Grinder is substantial and seems well built and put together.

When used with the add-on stand, grinder may catch on some beans but the overall force needed to grind at pourover range seems is really manageable (Lower than my 1zpresso JX). Flavour is very nice so far and will hopefully improve as burrs season. M-Modal pourover burrs are not the coated version while the B-modal burrs are the dark coated version.

The grinder is CLEAN, maybe a bit too much. While this is advantageous for 'traditional/regularly' processed coffees, it can work against experimental coffees in my opinion as it can layer and 'expose' the experimental component which then can be outstandish.

The workflow is not ideal at all. The grinder has a lot of static production and also some QC issues out of the box such as paint imperfections which for a Hand Grinder is not acceptable as it is .. right there staring you every day!

Okay… I was hesitant at first…so many dramatic, off-putting reviews floating around. But the promise of those pro-burrs kept whispering to my pour-over heart, so here we are. The design isn’t your classic hand grinder look, but all that noise about ‘instability’? Absolute hogwash. It grinds like a champ. The stability base and dosing funnel are nice little bonuses, though not really essential. The real star? That burr set. It takes my pour-overs from ‘pretty good’ to ‘Lance Hedrick would probably nod in approval.’ Well played

Watch the YouTube’s. I love it because it’s gorgeous and the best burrs. I grind without the inlucees accessory kit and it’s fine.

Makes absolutely fantastic cups, but the ergonomics are dreadful, with the stand in the accessories pack it’s much better though.

Truly miserable ergonomics. Won’t hold still on my counter even after paying for the extras. Every 5-10 turns, a bean will catch and threaten to flip the thing over. The handle is tiny and the end presses into the middle of my hand so long and I grind it so hard that I still feel it in my palm the next day. The lid isn’t as hard to open as everyone says, but that’s not to say it’s pleasant. Just possible.

But the grounds are extremely uniform and the coffee i make with this is better than any café I’ve been to, and I’ve been to the best.

Everything is great except it didn’t come with the stand, brush, etc that Pietro now includes with all purchases. Just like the official Pietro website, the add-on pack is also sold separately, but they clarify on their website that all purchases now come with it standard. The listing on this website does not say that it comes with it, but because the official brand website says it does, I assumed it would here as well. Know that what you are purchasing is just a grinder. If the listing was changed to clarify that it does not come with the add-on pack, I think that would be helpful.

Better than zp6 in everyway, forgiving, clear and sweet cups a bit rounded.

I swapped the multi-purpose burrs out today & installed the filter burrs. I was surprised at how MUCH easier it is to grind with the filter burrs for espresso at a very fine setting, than it is with the multipurpose burrs. Taste with today’s anerobic light roasts was spectacular!

Yes it's a little hard to hold, and takes a while to season but it's well worth the effort. Great brews!

Pas aussi facile à utiliser que mon 1Zpresso mais la qualité en tasse est supérieure.

I don't have any flat burrs sets to compare this against except the ones in the timemore 78s. That being said, I definitely prefer these and find my first few bags I've tried on it to live up to the hype surround these pro burrs. Make sure you oil up the lid Gasket though, otherwise it's a pain to remove as many have reported before

Is this grinder perfect ? Nop, you've probably read or heard that the grinder is not quite stable when grinding, the seasoning takes a good 2kg of coffee to peak. Add to that the pre-breaker blocks you during grinding.

What do you get?

A superb grinder. It's quite the Alpha Romeo. You love it with all the flaws. The clarity and separation of flavour is unmatched in my view.

I have and use ZP6S and it is above that. I use the Lagom P64 High uniformity and it beats that too for filter.

I do trendy turbo shots with Ultra Light roast and love it all that much.

I definitly would recommend to anyone looking to explore the possibilities of new and upcoming coffee.

All along my espresso journey, I’ve used conical grinders. A few years into the hobby, I wanted to try a flat burr grinder, but I didn’t want to spend thousands on a well-designed, high quality flat burr grinder just to satisfy my curiosity! The Pietro manual flat burr came onto the scene a couple of years ago & provided the less costly option, but even at that, it was a considerable outlay, so I continued to resist. I almost gave in last year when they offered a great deal that included both burr sets, but talked myself out of it, for the umpteenth time! However, when I saw the sale price this month, I thought ”Right-o, enough with this waffling back & forth, bite the bullet, take the plunge.”
The Pietro arrived today. And, wow! I cannot believe what a delight it is to hold & admire, and the cup result really does deliver. I should not have waited so long to buy it!

First shot from the grinder:
Using Dak’s “Cinnamon Roll”, set the Pietro at “2” for a 15 gram dose of espresso, pulled on the Flair (previously dialing-in on the Niche at #10). The manual grinding process is what you’d expect… not super quick & easy, but definitely not as hard as so many have stated. I am a senior with arthritic hands, and I didn’t force the grinder one bit, just let it grind at a calm pace, backing off on the handle if a bean snagged in the burrs, then resuming forward again. No real effort involved as long as you aren’t trying to force the process. Slow & easy wins the race. My hands aren’t huge, so clearing the counter with my fingers is not the problem others have described. Still, I suspect I’ll go with a sitting-down mode, grinder on my lap/fishing reel style, more often than not (with lighter roasts, anyway). And, yes, the hopper lid is vacuum-tight, but easily lifted using a thin-ish wooden popsicle/ice cream stick (Haagen Daz😉): give it a twist when slid into the provided side gaps & the lid pops right off the hopper. (The wooden pry tool won’t scratch the surface. You wouldn’t want to use metal!)

The grinds are BEAUTIFUL coming out of this thing, so even, fluffy & perfect. There was fair bit of static initially (no, I didn’t RDT) & I think I lost a bit of my dose as a result, either that or more likely due to some grinds retained in the burrs… but this was my first go using the Pietro, so I will become more familiar with what to expect in due course. (I may end up dosing a bit higher to compensate, need be.)

I poured grinds direct from Pietro grinds cup into a Weber Blind Shaker, easy-peasy, as there’s lots of room with the blind shaker to accommodate the grinder cup’s odd shape. I can see it might be awkward if dosing directly into a smaller diameter portafilter, and more so because the interior of the grinder cup is black & hard to see if all the grinds are out of there. (The Pietro cup has a convenient “thumb hole” to aid when tipping out the grinds.)

The AROMA was incredible! Dak beans have beguiling aromas, but they literally sing out of the Pietro, & that aroma spills over to the brewing process, too! Big plus there.

The flavour: Right off the bat, I notice the SMOOTHNESS & the ROUNDEDNESS of the shot. I regularly grind with a Niche Zero, and while the Niche does yield a very nice shot, it can tend to give slightly sharper notes at the end, whereas Pietro had none. The complexity may be more blended with these multi-purpose burrs, not sure yet, & I’ll have to try the Pro brew burrs at some point, to compare. But, again, it’s early days & this was my first shot. The flavours were all there, even & rich, without dryness or sharpness. Lovely.

I am DELIGHTED with this grinder. It’s massive, quite heavy, and not what everyone would want because of that. I really don’t find the weight or effort involved off-putting. And there’s a delight in something so solidly built & appealing in design. The taste in the cup is everything, and this delivers. Very, very happy with this purchase & my coffee indulgence.

I bought the MultiPurpose version as well as the ProBrew burr set. So far I've only tried the ProBrew for the pour over. I chose the forest green color, which looks much better in real life than on the pictures. As expected, the first uses are muddy bed, but still pleasant cup. These burr sets are known to require a few kilos of coffee before reaching their full potential. Ergonomics are not optimal, but all in all it's a pleasant experience and easy to use. The build quality is sturdy and excellent. The adjustement settings have a nice click feedback. I like the design, a lot of ingenuity. Quick to open for cleaning. I'm not giving 5 stars because the ergonomics aren't optimal and it's annoying that the burrs need a lot of seasoning to reach their full potential, but overall I'm satisfied with my purchase.

Even before seasoning the burrs, the pro brew burrs has given me some of the cleaning balanced cups for filter. Super worth it

Ok what can we say, the results speak for themselves
We purchased the " Pastel Blue" version with the B" Modal" burr set, predominantly making espresso. The play of of the black dial and black stand with the blue is very snazzy
The flavor profile that comes out in our espresso is wonderful, the so called " notes" are distinct and clear, the brew is not as " bulky" as our electric grinder, huge difference.
We purchased the so called " stand kit", it comes with the stand, a brush and a cover that fits both the top and bottom that allows you to both pour in the beans and pour out your grinds without making a mess. Fits perfectly into the portafilter.

Lets go over the gripes that people have spoken about on the video reviews , some that go into sarcasm.
Yes the grinder is heavy and has a narrow footprint . with the stand this issue as well as the clearance of the fingers is resolved
The top lid is sticky, but if you look carefully on the back is a small thumbnail groove that allows you to easily pop the lid free
Grinding a dose of 18grms takes 1 minute of easy hand grinding, also not an issue( medium roast for espresso)
The cleaning of the burrs is a breeze, all you have to do is carefully watch the alignment as you put it back together

The assembly of the stand and grinder is not explained or illustrated anywhere, so let me explain how the stand works.
The bottom cup is removed from the grinder, then the grinder is inserted from the top into the stand where it is firmly gripped by some rubber gaskets
The cup is then inserted through the bottom where the magnets " click" it into place. There are some smartly made cutouts so that insertion and removal of the cup is easily done
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That's it, apart from the packaging and boxing which is over the top quality
We love this little grinder, for us it was a purchase for our " non electric"/ power outage/ off grid espresso setup, this beautifully engineered product fits the bill.
Highly recommended, but you must get the stand if you want it to be hassle free
Yes its up there in terms of price, but Fiorenzato has absolutely gone above and beyond in this one.

I have had the Pietro with the multipurpose burrs for a few weeks now and can say it performs as well, if not better than the reviews. The build quality is better than I anticipated. I use it to grind for my Alessi 9090 moka pot and the coffee it produces is outstanding. While the price point is on the high side, the quality of the grinder and the coffee can’t be beat.