Finds their ZP6 too clinical, lacking body beyond the flavor notes; a niche profile mainly for light roasts.
“The zp6 can be too clinical and lacks in the rest of the cup, other than flavor notes.”
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They regularly use their ZP6 for higher-clarity cups.
“when I want a higher clarity cup I use the zp6 regularly.”
Their ZP6 is almost frustratingly good, sometimes beating a grinder five times the price, and it's easy, smooth and forgiving.
“Also, the ZP6 is very easy to use, it grinds easily and smoothly and it is quite forgiving.”
The ZP6 they tried gave better separation and clarity but too light a body for them.
“I gave the ZP6 a try, and even though it gave me better flavour separation and clarity, the resulting brew had a body that was just too light for my taste.”
Uses their ZP6 every day over a modded Ode; much better flavor and more clarity.
“I have a ZP6 and Fellow Ode with upgraded burrs and now I use the ZP6 every single day. The flavor is so much better. More clarity”
They find their ZP6 gives tea-like clarity but their Timemore S5 Pro is better value.
“Having both the Zp6 and the Timemore S5 Pro, I think the S5 is a lot more worth it for the price to performance ratio”
Their ZP6 gives a very clear cup, a big difference after frustration with a C40.
“It truly is a grinder that promotes a very clear cup. The difference is very big.”
Their ZP6 gives more clarity but less sweetness than their K-Ultra; better for washed coffees, but not a massive difference.
“Yes, more clarity, less sweetness. I like it better for washed coffees. But the lack of sweetness can make some coffees more boring.”
Rarely used their ZP6 alongside other grinders and sold it.
“Had the Zp6 for a bit but didn't really find myself using it between the Millab and C40, ultimately decided to let it go.”
Moving from a K6 to a ZP6 brought much less body; the big gain was build quality, but they're unsure it justified the cost.
“The biggest upgrade was really the build quality for me. The ZP6 tears through pretty much any coffee, the handle is better quality”
Their ZP6 is a fun specialty grinder for acidity, but they prefer the K-Ultra daily.
“The ZP6, for me, is a specialty grinder I reach for when I want to explore the acidic flavors of a particular bean.”
In a blind tasting they and their partner rated their ZP6 the least favourite grinder; its cups felt muted.
“To our surprise me and my partner both rated zp6 our least favourite grinder.”
Their ZP6 replaced an Ode Gen 2 and is their best grinder for clarity-focused light roasts, though they miss chocolate and nutty notes.
“When I have a bag of Sey coffee, the only grinder I have the best luck with is the zp6.”
Grinds on their ZP6 most days and expects to keep it a long time at its price.
“Most days I just grind on the ZP6.”
After a year on a K-Ultra, their new ZP6 is a significant step; some beans took adjusting, but they rarely go back. Totally worth it.
“After fine tuning and settling well into the ZP6, I rarely go back to the K Ultra. Its an amazing beautiful grinder. Totally worth it!”
Loves the coffee from their ZP6 so much they stopped using their electric grinders.
“I love the coffee out of it so much that I stopped using my electric ode and uniform”
Loves their ZP6: a bit of a learning curve, but it feels great to use and gives the best brews of their life.
“Love it- bit of a learning curve as I mentioned but the UX is really nice, feels great to use, and getting the best brews I've had in my life.”
They use their new ZP6 for Nordic ultralights and special lots; a bit more tea-like with better clarity on some bags, but not a night-and-day change from a K6.
“The ZP6 might feel a little more tea-like and have better clarity/separation on some bags but it won’t be magically give you a day & night difference to the K6.”
Their ZP6 is the grinder they use most for pour overs.
“i use my ZP6 the most for my pour overs.”
Grinding a V60 dose on their ZP6 takes about ten seconds, so hand grinding is no problem for one or two people.
“Hand grinding 22g (or such amount that you would use for a V60 batch) takes maybe 10 seconds to grind on my 1zpresso zp6.”
Their ZP6 clogs and stalls the brew with high agitation.
“ZP6 should have less fines than SSP MP. I have both and ZP6 clogs/stall when doing high agitation”
Owns a ZP6 Special and finds it too clean for the full-bodied, fruity coffees they like.
“I’m a Zp6 special owner and I find it produces way too clean coffee.”
Almost a year with the ZP6: good cups, but often hollow and tea-like for pour-over.
“I've had the ZP6 for almost a year now, and though it makes good cups, I've noticed it often makes tea like, sometimes even black tea like hollow brews.”
Really enjoys light-roast cups from their ZP6 ground very coarse with slow filters.
“I use ZP6, grind setting 7, T-92 paper, Hario Neo, 87°C water, light roast coffee. Use Rao’s Lotus Water recipe and really enjoy my cups.”
A year with the ZP6; it took six months of breaking in and recipe changes to get cups they love.
“i've had the ZP6 for a year now and feel like it took 6 months of breaking it in and different recipes to get a cup I loved.”
After a couple of years with the ZP6 they see its hollowness and limits and don't find it sweet or full-bodied.
“i have had the zp6 for a couple of years now and I get what you mean with the hollowness and limitations of zp6.”
Grinds about 600 g a week on their ZP6 and doesn't find hand grinding a burden.
“I consume almost double that per week and all of it is ground on my ZP6”
Moving to a ZP6 was a quantum leap and they used it for about four years.
“then a 1zpresso zp6 (this was a quantum leap) and rocked with that setup for like 4 years”
Their ZP6 has been amazing, with fruity, tea-like, sweet cups, though a co-ferment showed unpleasant flavors that their DF54 didn't.
“So I started my pourover journey with the ZP6, and it's been amazing, every coffee very fruity, tea like, extremely sweet, and sometimes acidic.”
Swore by their ZP6 for years but has hardly used it since getting a C40.
“I swore by my zp6 for years. I saw a killer deal on a barely used c40 on r/coffeeswap about a year ago and I have hardly touched my zp6 since.”
Frustrated with their ZP6: very acidic cups with an unpleasant aftertaste and no note separation; a friend's C40 extracted more sweetness.
“I feel like the cups I get are very high in acidity and it has an unpleasant aftertaste”
Three years and thousands of cups with their ZP6, and in their view it doesn't produce sweet cups.
“I have the zp6 for 3 years and thousand of cups”
They now use their ZP6 only for immersion, where it gives great cups with long immersions.
“Immersion is the only method I use my ZP6 for now. It actually really gives me some great cups with long 5-10min immersions.”
Finds their ZP6 very sweet, sweeter than their JX-Pro, likely because it grinds finer without clogging.
“I find that my zp6 is very sweet, sweeter than my jx-pro which is a bit more rounded”
Their ZP6s are what they generally use: the profile they like, zero retention and very fast.
“The ZP6 has the profile I generally like, zero retention and is super fast so generally what I use.”
Their ZP6 got much better after seasoning with a pound of old beans, and it exposed that their water needed upgrading; enjoys it for washed light roasts.
“I found that mine got better with more seasoning. I ran about a pound of old beans through it and it started tasting a lot better.”
Bought a used ZP6 after a K6 and finds both can be dialed in for great light-roast coffee.
“I think both can be dialed in and used to make great coffee.”
Their ZP6 gives very short drawdowns and sometimes too much clarity with too little body; slower filters help, but they wish they'd bought a C40.
“at times, the cups feel like they have a little too much clarity and not enough body.”
Likes the cups their ZP6 produces with Abaca filters, grinding coarser for Ethiopians.
“I do like the cups my ZP6 produces and I’m usually in the 2 to 2:30 drawdown.”
With their ZP6 at 8.6 on a ten-pour V60 recipe they get a very tea-like, floral brew.
“I am getting very tea like floral brew out of my v60 with this recipe.”
Their ZP6 is great but takes patience and time to dial in compared with their C40.
“ZP6 is great, but takes patience and time to dial in.”
Moved from a Timemore C2 to a ZP6 a couple of months ago and is very happy with it.
“I have also started with a C2, got a ZP6 a couple of months ago and am super happy about it.”
Owns a ZP6 and a Timemore C3s and uses the ZP6 for most of their coffees.
“I have a C3s and a ZP6. For my preference and coffees I like, I use the zp6 75-80 percent of the time”
Uses a ZP6 when they want to experiment and bring out unique flavours.
“I'll use the ZP6 when I want to experiment and pull out unique flavors.”
Has a love/hate relationship with their ZP6: it takes real work to find its sweet spot.
“I have love/hate relationship with my zp6 you have to really work with it to find its sweet spot .”
Gets a wide range of cup profiles from their ZP6 and loves it for some funky coffees, though for others they prefer their C40 or K-Ultra.
“I have one particular funky bean on rotation now that I *love* grinding on the ZP6 and brewing on the Neo with the 4:6 recipe.”
After a K6 and K7 they now use the ZP6 and never look back, as their taste moved toward tea-like brews.
“I have the amazing K6, got K7 out of curiosity but now I use the ZP6 and never look back.”
With only a ZP6 they stopped enjoying naturals and fermented coffees at home, then loved the same coffees ground on a C40.
“I went through a spur of not really enjoying the coffees I was making at home (mostly naturals and anaerobic fermentations)”
After two cheap grinders gave muddy, clogging brews, their ZP6 fixed the problems and let them really taste the coffee.
“When I finally bought a zp6 those problems went away and I started to really taste the coffee.”
Uses a Niche Zero with a ZP6 and is satisfied with the range it covers from Turkish to French press.
“Keep the NZ and get a 1zpresso ZP6 and call it a day. This is my setup and does basically everything from Turkish coffee to French press in a way I feel satisfied with”