The Espresso Scale

The one thing to buy before the kit.

We say this on every kit page, so we may as well sell you the thing: if you are not weighing your dose and your shot, none of the rest is measurable. You change the grind, the shot changes, and you have no idea whether it was the grind or the fact that you put in 17.8 g this time instead of 16.4 g. A scale turns espresso from a guess into a number you can repeat.

Why this one

• 0.1 g resolution, up to 2 kg — fine enough for a dose, big enough for a pour-over jug.
• Built-in timer that you start and pause on the scale itself, so you can read grams and seconds without a phone on the drip tray.
• 22 mm thin, 140 × 124 mm — low enough to sit under the portafilter on most home machines, where a chunky kitchen scale will not fit.
• Three modes: espresso (weight plus timer), hand-drip, and plain kitchen weighing.
• USB-C rechargeable. No hunting for coin cells.
• Sound on or off with a switch on the side, because a beeping scale at six in the morning is its own kind of problem.

What it is, plainly

A plastic-bodied scale, not a machined Acaia. It weighs accurately to a tenth of a gram and times your shot, which is the whole job. If you want a waterproof brew scale with auto-tare and flow-rate graphs, buy one of those instead — it will cost you four times this. We would rather you own an honest €39.95 scale than no scale at all.

It is not waterproof. Wipe it, don't rinse it, and keep it out of the group-head drip line.

Fits every machine

There is no size to choose here — unlike our tampers and dosing rings, a scale is a scale. Pick black or white.

In the box

The scale and a USB-C charging cable.

Delivery and guarantees

Dispatched within 1–3 working days and tracked. United Kingdom 5–8 working days, Canada 6–10, Australia 8–15. Free over €50, so add it to a kit and it ships free. Twelve-month warranty on manufacturing faults, 30 days to change your mind — details here.