r/FellowProducts

I ordered my ES1 literally during the webcast release announcement. I spent extra for a colorway that I loved, and was already considering upgrading my Opus to something more fitting of a great espresso machine but then we got the news that the Opus 2 was coming “very nearly after the shipping dates of the ES1, likely in late May.” So, I waited to get a new grinder.
We all know the Opus issues that have been made more apparent as users got our ES1 shipments. But I’ve waited for an Opus 2 to match my ES1.
I’ve seen Opus 2 grinders be released, including new colorways for Sur La Table, Crate & Barrel, and Williams Sonoma. But the upgraded colors from the original ES1 release date still don’t have matching Opus 2 grinders to match.
We early adopters were the people who funded the ES1 release (and therefore likely helped fund the Opus 2 development as well). Yet, we are the last ones who might get matching grinders for our espresso machines.
These are direct questions/appeals for the Fellow folks who are always weighing in on post in this subreddit:

1. When will the Malted Chocolate/ Maple Opus 2 be available for purchase and shipment? Last word we got was late May for “some colorways” but now it is July and I struggle daily to decide whether to wait for Opus 2 or give up and buy something else. A shipping date would at least let me decide with real options.
2. What can you do in the future to avoid putting big box store orders over the people who have continued to be early backers for your projects? I feel like the early adopters should be taken care of first, and instead we are last ones to be served here.

I get that logistics and tariffs and everything happened and they might not have been planned for. But better communication on Opus 2 would go a long way.

I’ve been experimenting with dose size with the stock basket and happy with 1:2 ratio using 18, 19, and 20g doses. None of these dose sizes help with puck removal though.

My previous machine was a Breville Bambino. I used an 18g IMS basket that I believe aided is clean puck removal—almost like a non-stick surface (though there was no visible coating).

Has anyone found that pucks knock out more cleanly with a 3rd party basket? I hesitate to order one simply because I’m very happy with the espresso I’ve been making for the past 2 1/2 weeks of ownership.

I don’t believe that this issue is the related to the sloppy/wet puck discussions. My Bambino didn’t have a 3 way solenoid valve, so I got in the habit of waiting until I was done with my drink before knocking the puck out. Waiting allowed the puck to drain and dry out a bit. The same wait doesn’t seem to help with the ES1.

I have the Fellow Opus. I have a consistent debris field of grounds residue in the base and around the grinder on the countertop. Has anyone figured out a way to contain or limit the debris field mess it produces?

Got the Aiden last week. I'm sort of happy with it, but with several annoyances, the chief one being the big gap between the water output I select and what actually ends up in the pot.

I know that some water loss is normal from absorption, but I'm getting 14-16% less than what I select. For example, I tried to brew a 500ml pot so that I could have 3 small 150ml cups. Instead, I ended up with 420ml in the pot. I open the top after brewing to see where the water went, and I'm greeted with a cloud of steam and a gush of unused water pouring out of the showerhead.

Is this the normal, expected experience? For a "precision" brewer, I was not expecting to have to set my output 40-80ml higher than what I actually want, especially since Hoffmann praised it for being very precise in how much water it outputs. It's clearly not just absorption, but also a bunch of water being left in the showerhead somehow.

Is this normal?

Edit: seems to be a combination of absorption and about 12-16ml of water getting stuck in the showerhead. Guess I just need to up the output by 20ml to account for this.

Edit 2: Lance Hedrick's review explicitly shows the issue, with trapped water spilling out of the showerhead upon opening. I still love the Aiden, it is absolutely the best drip machine ever made, but it's sad to see the same reddit hivemind problem that convinced me to buy the far more disappointing Baratza ESP, where every complaint is simply downvoted to oblivion so that nobody ever hears of even the most minor of issues with a product. Overall though, very happy with the Aiden. Just wish people wouldn't take personal offense at bringing up documented issues that even experts have complained about.

Hello.

I recently bought the Fellow Series 1 and the Ode Gen 2 Grinder.

I am using coffee beans that produce amazing Crema on my old Breville.

When I try to brew a basic cappuccino, it says that my grind is not fine enough. It only produces a very small amount of coffee and it tastes awful…. and zero crema.

I have the grinder at the lowest possible setting and calibrated the grinder so I don’t think it’s the grind size.

I tried changing the basket to the deeper one and that literally blew large bubbles into my cup.

I know i must be doing something wrong but I’m using factory default settings.

Can anyone suggest what I should do to fix this issue? I’m hoping that there isn’t anything wrong with the machine.

Thanks in advance.

Is anybody familiar or found a way around light roast on the series 1? I would like to pull a pre infusion for about 15 seconds and let it bloom with no pressure and no flow for another 15 seconds and than start infusion at 9 bar for 30 seconds with a dose of 18g in and 45g out.

Is there any other ways that yall currently run your light roast profiles? Do lemme know!

I pre-ordered the Opus 2 back in March and after numerous delays it finally arrived today. It does not even turn on.

I’ve been hobbling along with the ES1 without a true espresso grinder anxiously awaiting the arrival of this. Based off other posts, I see this is extremely common. How can they be shipping units that simply do not turn on?

After waiting months, this is extremely disappointing.

Edit: reading from another comment this worked

“I found flipping the hopper to show the lock symbol in front fixed the doa issue”

So the lock icon is in the wrong place, but at least it grinds

Is this a user error, just got the brand new machine after a month delay. Literally doesn’t even turn on. Hopper is in place and locked in. Plugged In. Doesn’t turn on at all. No sign of life. Did I get a lemon?

Hi, I've had the Aiden for sometime and I enjoy its convenience very much but I have yet to get a pourover-quality cup from it when I make my coffee. I would love to hear from a real snob who has mastered the Aiden. What beans do you use? What are your settings? Etc. my favorite pourover is definitely going to be a wush wush but honestly I wont even use the higher end beans in the Aiden at this point cause I just never seem to get it dialed in. Some details that may matter are that I usually make 6-8 cups at a time because I share with the house, i have a fellow opus grinder and also a 1zpresso zp6 but I use the electric grinder for convenience, I am aware of chat gpt and the very innovative profile generator that someone here created, etc.

And yet, I still just haven't quite figured it out. Don't get me wrong the coffee is decent, better than a gas station for sure, better than dunkin etc but it's just not hitting the level that I think it could get to if I jusst knew how to dial it in.

My group head rinse is set to 8 seconds but it really only runs for about 3-4 seconds. It’s nothing super concerning since I can just run it twice. If I reboot the machine then it will run for 8, but then after I pull my shot it goes back to about 3-4 seconds. Is this just a firmware bug?

Need my coffee before I make my coffee etc etc, I poured water right down my Ode 2 (not much, before I realized what I was doing) and now it’s noisier than it was before.

I’m handy — I’ll take this apart if needed — any immediate guesses to why this would be noisier? Did I wash something away?

Hi

On my 2nd week of ES1. Still dialing in on consistency of the shots. However, there is a weird annoying bug.

The machine will show "heating" at certain interval. Ok, that seems normal.

Then, if it happens in a middle of dialing the setting or customization, it will just stop and flash back to the main menu page.

Steaming milk, same thing. Machine is heating in the middle of steaming(for steaming) and just stop. I have to just click on steaming again and it will work.

Silly weird bug, but annoying.

Do you guys get this as well? Or is there a nerdy setting that I missed?

Thanks in advance

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Last couple of days when making my coffee the Aiden has frozen then when it does finally brew it has been making the wrong size and overflowing. I have been having internet issues lately so I wonder if the poor connection could be related but has anyone else seen this?