{"id":170,"date":"2011-12-21T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2011-12-21T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:55:22","slug":"baratza-virtuoso-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Baratza Virtuoso updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baratza has upgraded the Virtuoso grinder by using the same burr set found in their more expensive Preciso model. This change happened in December 2011 and all of the <a title=\"Virtuosos now for sale on our site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/baratza.html\">Virtuosos now for sale on our site<\/a> are the latest model. The new Virtuoso model is #586 which replaces #585.\u00a0 These new burrs reduce the &#8216;fines&#8217; in all levels of grind and nearly double the speed of grind from about 1 g\/second to about 2 g\/second.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtburrscompared.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[170]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173\" title=\"Virtuoso burrs compared\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtburrscompared-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"Virtuoso burrs compared\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtburrscompared-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtburrscompared.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virtuoso burrs compared<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the photo below the lower burrs are shown by themselves, without the upper burrs in their working position.\u00a0 This shows off more of the differences in the burr design.\u00a0 The lower burr set of the model 586 can channel coffee better and more quickly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_172\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtlowerburrscompared.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[170]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-172\" title=\"Virtuoso lower burrs compared\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtlowerburrscompared-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"Virtuoso lower burrs compared\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtlowerburrscompared-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/virtlowerburrscompared.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virtuoso lower burrs compared<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Preciso grinder has been paired in some cafes with the Esatto base for a Grind-By Weight system which allows users to grind and weigh simultaneously, mostly for use with manual brewing stations.\u00a0 Because some of the Preciso&#8217;s micro adjustments were overkill, Baratza started producing custom Virtuoso grinders with Preciso burrs for cafe brew stations.\u00a0 After awhile it became apparent that the Preciso burrs would make sense as a permanent upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The price has increased and minimum selling price of the model 586 is $229.\u00a0 We include free shipping in the continental US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baratza has upgraded the Virtuoso grinder by using the same burr set found in their more expensive Preciso model. This change happened in December 2011 and all of the Virtuosos now for sale on our site are the latest model. The new Virtuoso model is #586 which replaces #585.\u00a0 These new burrs reduce the &#8216;fines&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roastmasters.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}