Orphan Espresso Fixie Hand Grinder

Made To Travel

Orphan Espresso built the Fixie with a lofty goal in mind: delivering precise grinding performance in a relatively small and impressively lightweight hand grinder. The results clearly demonstrate their success, producing a grinder measuring under eight inches and less than one pound that uses 47 mm hardened steel conical burrs. You’ll get all of the accessories that you need for easy travel—a Tyvek drawstring bag with a built-in pocket for the grinder’s crank arm, as well as a small tin to store all of the adjustment disks for the grinder—making the Fixie more than prepared to come along wherever you might be headed.

Durable Build, Premium Performance

It’d be easy to think that making such a portable grinder requires compromising on the build quality, but not for the Fixie. The grinder body and crank arm are made from carbon fiber, the bearing plates, drive disk, assembly nut, axle, and burr carrier are all made from anodized aluminum, and the grinds catch is made of lightweight but rugged titanium. Keeping a dual bearing design is necessary for high quality consistency, but Orphan Espresso chose to forego more standard metal bearings instead for Delrin, a low-friction and highly wear-resistant plastic. Finally, both the grinds jar seal and the plug for the side-fill hopper are silicone for tight seals and long life. Every part has a purpose, and it all comes together with those Etzinger conical burrs that will give you a wide filter grind range and really excel at fine through medium grind sizes.