The Varia VS6 grinder. All photos courtesy of Varia.

Varia Brewing just lately launched its first piece of espresso gear appropriate for business functions, the VS6 grinder.

The New Zealand-based firm is at present promoting orders of the machine — acceptable for mild skilled or prosumer use — for US$849, with machines scheduled to start transport subsequent month. 

The VS6 is variable each in velocity and in burr model. The only-dose-oriented grinder will ship with blind 58-millimeter flat burrs put in, though it will probably accommodate conical burrs. A set of 63-millimeter conical burrs is bought individually.

“VS6 is our flagship flat burr grinder, with additionally the flexibility to be a conical grinder,” Varia Brewing Director and CEO Ramsey Gyde instructed Each day Espresso Information. “Relying on the espresso or the brew methodology for that individual day, burrs may be simply interchanged to go well with the espresso or taste profile required.”

Each house-designed burr units function single-body development, with every burr and burr provider mixed in a single piece. The flat and conical units are additionally every obtainable within the firm’s quite a few durability- and performance-oriented coatings.

“All of our burrs are customized and made particularly for our grinders,” mentioned Gyde. “As well as, we create a number of burr geometries, coatings and materials alternatives for upgrades.”

Like its smaller however similar-looking predecessor, the VS3, the VS6 is encased in matte powder-coated CNC-machined aluminum and its grind setting is adjusted manually by twisting the hopper, which on the VS6 holds as much as 80 grams of espresso.

The threaded adjustment system is pitched finely sufficient for every visible marking across the hopper to point a 5-micron particle measurement distinction. Markings additionally point out the quantity hopper revolutions, holding monitor of broad changes throughout totally different brew strategies.

The brand new machine’s 300-watt brushless AC direct-drive motor spins its burrs inside a velocity vary of 500-1,600 RPM, set by a rotary dial on/off button-knob.

Lively ionization needles neutralize the static cost of grounds coming into a detachable dosing tube. A spring-loaded knocker helps loosen any clingy grounds.

The VS6 package deal features a arduous plastic journey case for storage and transport.

Gyde, a former skilled espresso roaster, launched Varia Brewing in New Zealand in 2019. The corporate’s focus so far has been on client brewing and grinding gadgets, typically that includes new approaches to basic handbook brewing/grinding options. 

Launched in 2022, the VS3 was the corporate’s first electrical product. Merchandise launched since embrace electrical and non-electric gear for brewing espresso, in addition to the Evo handheld handbook grinder and its motor-optional variation, the Evo Hybrid.

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