Melitta Calibra

Equipment notes

Melitta is a German brand well known for inventing the paper coffee filter, and the Calibra sits near the top of its household grinder line as an electric burr grinder. With an integrated scale and LCD, it offers three grinding programs, weight, manual, and cup count, and is designed to grind directly into a portafilter or filter, making it a precision-oriented home machine. Steel conical burrs grind beans through a cone gap, biasing toward body, with low-speed operation limiting heat. Coarseness adjusts across a wide set of steps, and the integrated scale adds accuracy by grinding to a target gram count. It spans from the coarse zone of cold brew and French press through drip to relatively fine settings. It fits home users who want to manage dose by the gram and value repeatability across multiple brew methods. Those requiring professional espresso-grade stepless fine adjustment will need a higher-tier tool.