Good Design Australia 2011 - Breville Smart Grinder

Consumer

Breville Smart Grinder

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Breville Group

Cube Industrial Design

Designed in

Australia

Description

Perfect coffee starts with a precise dose and size of freshly ground beans. But how do you get the dose you need for the grind you select?

This grinder calibrates each dose every time you adjust the grind size. The unique less/more feature allows for experienced adjustments. Clear communication is given through a large illuminated LCD. Portafilter cradles offer hands-free espresso dosing, drip filter baskets give direct grinding and a sealed canister maximises storage freshness. A shut-off bean hopper stops mess and maintains freshness. The accessories are magnetically attached. All designed to care for the freshness of beans.

Key Features
and/or Benefits

The Smart Grinder auto-calibrates each dose every time you adjust the grind size.

Grinding fresh beans for each coffee type is a precise process: Espresso, percolator, filter and french press all require differing grind size and amount. Commonly grinders don't associate grind size and amount instead relying on tricky and precise manual adjustment.

We have linked them with so every time you adjust the grind size the amount is re-calibrated. This preset dose is intuitive for the novice but the patented less/more dial is there to 'tweek' the dose allowing for variation for the more experienced to perfect their extraction.

All features are designed to care for the beans as ground coffee remains fresh for only a few short minutes as crema making aromatic oxidise.

- Conical burr mechanism designed to deliver consistent grinds at low speed generating low heat preserving the bean's essential oils.

- Geometry of grind chute compresses grinds and dramatically reduces static (making grinds fly away!) whilst leaving less behind in chamber.

- The grinds tray is large enough to accept drip filters, for direct grinding, minimising the time from grinding to brew.

- Grinds container seals to the chute, again, minimising air contact oxidisation, and the sealing lid maintains freshness.

- Cradles enable direct grinding into espresso portafilters, dramatically reducing time from grinding to extraction, and reduce waste.

Clear communication and education.

The Large LCD shows just what you need to know. No more, no less. The 4 user controls are displayed with simple feedback on the screen;

- The grind dial is configured to display 25 settings but uses words to communicate the grind size, not numbers.

- The less/more dial displays simple blocks to show values.

- A single button click selects the grind amount. It automatically displays 'Cups' rather than 'Shots' when out of espresso range.

- Quick Start Guide is designed and user tested to simplify the critical essentials with simple icons, graphics using minimal words.

Innovative features that enhance the functionality, precision and user experience. Patents are pending on a range of unique features.

Single push of the portafilter in the cradle doses the correct amount of grinds. You can leave it hands free to fill whilst doing other things. If you want more or less another push stops, and if held in, or resumes the dose.

- The accessories intuitively attach to the machine with magnets without complex and unreliable, clips, screws, springs and catches.

- Hopper safety shut-off keeps beans inside when removing for storage: The sealing lid helps preserve your precious beans from the air.

Best in class design and attention to detail throughout the product making the user experience as simple and as enjoyable as possible.

Stainless steel shell maximises the use of the material through co-developed manufacturing techniques for pressing and folding edges.

- Unique Burr assembly designed for removal without having to reset the grind with engineering polymers and simple assembly achieving the fine tolerance for consistent and even grinding.

- Aesthetics draw cues from commercial environment whilst supporting an aesthetically coherent product range.

- A single polymer chassis reduces assembly parts, simplifies construction and assists servicing.

- A microswitch recognises the portafilter cradles location and displays a prompt for the user if the grinder is not in espresso mode avoiding any mistakes.