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cheers, by direct do you mean from the US? or Taiwan? Do you have a link? Wasn't import tax an issue?
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From 1zpresso in Taiwan, off their website https://1zpresso.coffee/
I’d read of people being charged an additional £18 of import + carrier handling fees in the past but that wasn’t the case with me and a couple others who bought recently. When mine arrived it landed in Germany before coming to the UK, so my theory is that with the paperwork being deferred to the UK and the whole brexit shitstorm a small parcels much more likely to get waved through to prevent an even greater backlog than there seem to already be.
alex_s
What do you need to grind for? I grind for espresso and went for a 1zpresso JX pro and am really happy with it. Bought direct and arrived in around 10 days for about £60/70 less than buying in UK from BellaBarista.
The JX (non pro) is identical but has (I’m pretty sure) half as many steps in adjustment so will be a little less precise to dial in, which shouldn’t be too big a problem with Aeropress/filter/drip. I remember seeing a video review that showed a step +/- added or removed about 7 seconds in a 2:1 espresso extraction, so might be fine for some at that too.
My suggestion would be to order direct if you can wait that extra week/10 days and either get the Pro for basically the price of the one you linked on Amazon or save a bit and get the non Pro if suitable.
The aergrind etc get good reviews but seeing as they already stopped stocking spares for models that were current a couple of years ago and their customer service is non existent I’d be wary. On the other hand I’ve read of people dealing with 1zpresso straight from Taiwan and getting good responses on spares (sometimes for free when warranted) which is what ultimately made me pull the trigger on that.