Goat Story Arco Review. 2 in 1 Electric/Manual Coffee Grinder

Looking at the Goat Story Arco 2 in 1 electric & manual coffee grinder.
Links Of Interest:
Freshly roasted high-quality coffee beans from The Coffeeworks (my website): cworks.co.uk (use discount code yt25 for 25% off your first order).
Coffee blog: coffeeblog.co.uk
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/coffeeblogkev
Current Gear:
Quick note. I'm including all of this info because when I was starting out, I found it really difficult to figure out what gear to use, so I'm hoping if there's anyone looking to set up for RUclips, this might help. If you need more help just email me, kev at coffeeblog.co.uk - if I don't know the answer I'll ask the professionals.
I'm listing the current setup first that the pros are using, and then my original more budget setup.
The pro stuff (new studio setup, with brickovenmedia.co.uk)
Blackmagic Pocket 4K amzn.to/3EnYAKJ
Samyang 35 mm T1.5 VDSLR II Manual Focus Video Lens amzn.to/3RB4Q4I
VILTROX EF-M2 II Focal Reducer Booster Adapter Auto-Focus 0.71x compatible with Canon EF mount Lens to M43 Cameras amzn.to/3e37Qcp
Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/Tablet/Smartphone Teleprompter Beam Splitter Glass amzn.to/3C7hRgt
Promptsmart Pro bit.ly/3CAhXPl (tablet prompter app, includes voice tracking, very good! If you have it more than a couple of metres away from you, just use a lav mic with an extension so it can year you).
Aputure LS COB 300D II LED Continuous Fresnel Light 300D Mark II amzn.to/3SVy4ft
Aputure Accent B7C 7W RGBWW LED Smart Bulbs amzn.to/3RD0ABu
aputure light dome ii amzn.to/3M5XjcY
Sennheiser MKH 60
Sanken Cos 11 Lavalier
If you're interested in any of this gear but you don't want to buy new, check out www.mpb.com/en-uk
My budget setup (prior to working with Brickoven):
Canon M6 Mark ii amzn.to/3zoczes (quick note, knowing what I now know I wish I'd have gone for the pocket 4k, which you can get used from MPB for a few hundred more.
Blue Ember Mic (used mainly for voiceovers): amzn.to/3pT6WR1
RØDE VideoMic Pro: amzn.to/3DV7xHg (note, it's good for the £, but with what I now know thanks to the guys at Brickoven, I'd recommend the RØDE NTG4 amzn.to/3M8nIXy or RØDE NT5.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface: amzn.to/3e3qwFn
Amaran 100D LED Video Light, 130W 5500K (Key light): amzn.to/3oQYrqY
Aputure Light Dome SE Softbox: amzn.to/3ESdHcJ
Neewer Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit (Fill light): amzn.to/35jUtwp
Neewer Portable 56 inch/142 cm Aluminium Camera Tripods (I have a few of these, very good value) amzn.to/3pPlCke
Cayer BV30L tripod with fluid head amzn.to/3fJdEbr (mega tripod for the money!)
Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:26 About Goat Story
0:33 Kev demonstrating his maturity
0:47 Story time with Coffee Kev
1:43 Arco Review
3:01 Pan Cupboards: wormholes
3:13 Oops
6:09 Cost
7:56 Kev's pointless fact
8:04 Outro
8:19 Tatty bye
Please note, affiliate links included above.
#coffeegrinder #coffeegrinders #coffee #travelcoffee #coffeetime #CoffeeKev

[@NoZenith]

Interesting machine overview, thank you. I was looking at this when I ended up settling on the Niche zero grinder myself (SETTLING for the Niche 😂laughing at my poor choice of words and had to edit: I realize I DIDN'T truly settle) and your review makes me happy once again that I made the right decision. Low retention, low-mess, low waste and as others have said, a non abrasive sound were some of my top priorities beyond the obvious of being best grind for my money and ease of dialing in for a broad range of Brew methods. As always, thank you very much

[@Coffee_Kev]

Completely agree, I love my Niche Zero 🙂!

[@galat1a]

I was one of the first to receive this… my comments are: 1. It cost me 250eur 2. the retention is minimal without using any spray water, you just need to wait 30s after grinding and tap it. 3. For the sound I agree but its not that bad.
When taking into consideration the huge price difference with Niche I believe the Arco is a win for me. Value for money and I make great espresso using flair58. both flair and arco grinder cost a total of 700eur.

[@Flymartin999]

Possibly a good choice if starting out to buy the manual version first then upgrade to electric later, if that’s possible.

[@ISpiksterI]

It is possible. They also sell just the dock part.

[@matthewharty6531]

I fought the yawn but the yawn won lol

[@Coffee_Kev]

Haha, love it!

[@Ian-ev5tg]

Anyone ever tell you that you look a bit like Simon Neil the lead singer of biffy clyro?

[@Coffee_Kev]

Haha, I think someone told him he looks a bit like Coffee Kev 😆😄