Daily Coffee News Staff | December 30, 2025

Several brands best known for commercial cafe equipment pushed further into the home market this year, rolling out kitchen-friendly grinders designed to satisfy serious enthusiasts.

Home-focused makers, meanwhile, listened to their own audiences, delivering new models that address long-voiced wishes for features and functions.

Here’s a look back at some of the coffee grinders that launched for home baristas in 2025.

Daily Coffee News’ 2025 Year in Review is our annual look back at the people, places and ideas that shaped coffee this year. Read the series here.

Mahlkönig Launches Xenia Home Espresso Machine and E64 WS Grinder

German coffee grinder company Mahlkönig took its first step into espresso brewing last week with the launch of the Mahlkönig Xenia home espresso machine… read more

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Elektra Launches Eklipto Espresso Machine Plus New Home Equipment

The Elektra Eklipto first appeared at the SIGEP 2025 international foodservice expo in Rimini, Italy, in January. It was presented at HostMilano as an entry- to mid-level professional machine with features typically found in higher-end models… read more

Elektra Micra. Daily Coffee News photo by Nick Brown.

ECM Leaps Forward With New Commercial Machines and Grind-By-Weight Grinder

With features new to the brand and a renewed focus on commercial use, ECM launched the single-group Estetika espresso machine, its larger commercial counterpart, the Discover, and a grind-by-weight grinder called the Exacto… read more

ECM Exacto. Courtesy photo.

Baratza Expands Best-Selling Encore Line with ESP Pro Grinder

The Encore ESP Pro builds upon the mechanical platform established by the core Encore and its espresso-oriented sibling, the Encore ESP, with a variety of new features and material upgrades… read more

Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.

Mahlkönig Grows Home With New X64 SD Grinder

Quietly introduced at recent Mahlkönig branded events and then launched publicly at the World of Coffee Jakarta trade show in May, the X64 SD is a compact single-dose “all-purpose” grinder with settings ranging from espresso through cold brew… read more

Image courtesy of Mahlkönig.

AeroPress Launches the Compact Manual Grinder

Designed entirely in-house, the Manual Grinder by AeroPress is built to nest inside the hollow plunger of the AeroPress brewer for optimal portability when not in use… read more

Image courtesy of AeroPress.