Baratza Virtuoso+

T theOwnerSay theOwnerSay · reviewer · Jul 2026

Owners consistently rely on the Virtuoso+ for daily drip, Chemex, and French press brewing, citing a meaningful step up in consistency from entry-level grinders. Many users note that the burr quality is high for the price, providing a clean, balanced cup that justifies the upgrade from budget models.

B Bon Appétit Noah Kaufman · reviewer · Apr 2023

It uses Baratza’s M2 burr, which gives a bit more precision than the M3 burr in the Encore and makes this a better bet for brewing methods that need coffee ground at the extreme ends of the spectrum (Turkish, espresso, French press, or cold brew). We’d note, though, that the Encore ESP also uses the M2 burr, and while it doesn’t have digital dosing, it is less expensive.

S Seattle Coffee Gear Seattle Coffee Gear · 693K subscribers · Jul 2016

It is good for I would say everything from drip, pourover, French press or in an espresso. If you happen to have a non a pressurized pora filter, you can use it. If you ever think you're going to step up to a non-pressurized, go up to the preciso. It goes finer.

S Seriouseats Article

After dialing in the grind to a good-tasting drip setting, I screened 30 grams of coffee and found that the Ode Gen 2 delivered a much more consistent particle size than the Baratza Virtuoso+, another favorite of ours, with more than 65% of the particles falling between the two screen sizes compared to the Baratza’s 45%.

D Doug Wollman Doug Wollman · 26.2K subscribers · Apr 2026

It is a little limited on what it can offer for espresso, but it has grind settings, I'm going to say from my research, grind settings from four to nine that offer, you know, a nice grind for espresso. It's not a lot to choose from. I already did some other experimentation. I'm going to say off camera. It really was on camera, but I It was too coarse on seven, too coarse on six.

I thought the "better" grinder would produce "better" coffee, but I haven't been able to make anything even remotely tasty. I started with the manufacterer's recommended grind setting of 20 and measured out 47g of beans (which took 17 seconds of grinding). It came out tasting like hot water. I ground a bit finer and it started to become horribly sour.

B Brutal Reviews Brutal Reviews · 2.5K subscribers · Oct 2025

The Barza Virtuoso Plus can deliver an amazing grind when it works, but between the motor issues, static mess, and cheap internal parts, it's not exactly built like a tank.

S Seriouseats Article

What we didn’t like: Our biggest gripe with the Virtuoso+ (and it shares this flaw with the Encore) is that the hopper and conical burrs are not intuitive to assemble and disassemble.

W Whole Latte Love Whole Latte Love · 393K subscribers · Jan 2012

The Barza Virtuoso and the Bara Virtuoso Proc. Both grinders have the same ABS plastic housing and the nickelplated metal. They use the same 166 watt motor. They both use 40mm conical burrs for good, consistent, cool grinding. Both machines come with a standard 5 ounce spin that you can grind directly into. Both grinders have a timer grinder and they also have a pulse button.

T Tom's Coffee Corner Tom's Coffee Corner · 218K subscribers · Jun 2024

It's this guy, the Virtuoso. So, this Virtuoso is really neat because it has got a light inside. Is that not cool? So, let's go ahead and grind. We are on a grind setting of about 6.0. All right. So, we're just going to do some grinding. It's a pretty slow grinder, this Virtuoso plus, but it does It does grind fine enough for espresso, which is nice. And yes, about 1 g per second.