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Zerno is one of the hottest brands in the world of specialty coffee, and for good reasons. So Jonathan recently met up with Zerno’s founder, Vel Genov, at their brand-new manufacturing center in Chicago, and today, you’ll get to hear their follow-up conversation, where they discuss what led Vel to design & manufacture coffee grinders in Chicago; Vel’s obsession with quality, functionality, and aesthetics (rather than price); burr sizes and why they matter; product design, iteration, and manufacturing; comparisons between the Zerno Z1 and the new Z2; and more.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Craft Collective (2:22)

Intro / What Vel Drank This Morning (3:10)

How Fast Is Fast for Pulling Shots (8:00)

How Did He Start Making Coffee Grinders (10:15)

Aesthetics and Machining (21:31)

Value of Lasting Builds (29:13)

History of Making the Grinders: Trial and Concept (35:43)

Burr Size and Why It Matters for Clarity (44:04)

Listening to The Users (1:03:15)

Z2 Update and High Tolerance Manufacturing (1:04:05)

Made in Chicago (1:10:34)

Future of Zerno (1:17:03)

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