Skip to Different Points in this Blog

• About Ceado
• About the Ceado Rev Series
• 5 Ways Ceado Grinders Save Time & Costs
1. Easy Cleaning & Maintenance
2. Waste-Free Design
3. Industry-Leading Burr Machinery
4. 100% Serviceable, Anywhere in Canada
5. Outstanding Espresso Quality for Every Roast
• Conclusion & Contact

Let’s assume that you need a dependable on-demand espresso grinder. To make things simple, let’s review one manufacturer that meets all the standards outlined in the next few paragraphs: Ceado.

Commercial coffee grinders are an investment; you need to keep your café operational and turning out consistently delicious espresso for years. What is the point of springing for a high-ticket price if you’re not getting a respectable long-term value?

And when the time comes to maintain or service your grinder, it’s important to make sure that process is 100% painless, cost-effective, and fast. Because it cannot be overstated how critical every minute of downtime is when you’re running a coffee business.

Some espresso grinders are worth their value, and others eventually become sinkholes with endless maintenance fees and repair costs, eating up cash faster than they replenish it.

With so many options on the market, how do you check off all the qualities you’re looking for while guaranteeing that you're getting the best return on your dollar? You start by looking for a brand that people trust. And the people, in Ceado's case, are some of the coffee industry's highest ranking professionals and baristas.

About the Ceado: Official Grinder Sponsor of the 2026/2027 World Barista Championships

Founded in Venice, Italy, in 1999, Ceado has become a premium name in high-end coffee equipment including grinders, burrs, and brewers.

Most recently, Ceado has been announced by the World Barista Championships (WBC) as the official grinder sponsor for their 2026/2027 competition cycles. Two models, the Rev Zero On-Demand Espresso Grinder and the E37Z-Naked Single-Dose Grinder, have been selected to accompany baristas as they showcase their competition sets to the world.

"The best way to honour [coffee’s] journey” explained Ceado, “is to provide the highest-performing equipment and educate how to use it.”

WBC’s decision to source every competition grinder from one manufacturer does not come lightly; As the role of qualified sponsors becomes increasingly important in the coffee industry, so is the standard of the products they provide to ensure “consistency and fairness on the world-class stage where baristas perform”.

“Ceado will play a crucial role in delivering precision, consistency, and reliability for all competitors” WBC said in their press release.

What really distinguishes Ceado from the competition (aside from being the standalone 2026-2027 WBC grinder sponsor) is their consistency in manufacturing highly robust, user-friendly coffee grinders. To guarantee the sound quality and high performance that is now synonymous with their name, Ceado designs and assembles nearly every component of their grinders in-house.

This internal craftsmanship extends to all of their burr sets, leveraging “selected steels, advanced coatings, and patented geometries” to achieve a perfect balance of consistency and flavour control.

Moreover, Ceado has more than one way of designing burrs; if you operate a high-volume café or espresso bar, choosing the right burr set will give you full control and unlimited potential over your coffee. There is a reason why Ceado’s brand is centered around “Designing Flavor”.

About the Ceado Rev Series Espresso Grinders

The Ceado Rev series is a top-of-the-line collection of commercial on-demand espresso grinders.

The Rev Series is composed of three models – Rev Steel, Rev Titan, and Rev Zero – each one designed to work in harmony with a wide variety of café demands and workflows.

For example, the Rev Steel’s 83mm flat steel burrs offer perfect balance between body and flavour clarity. The Rev Titan’s titanium-coated burrs are best for ultra-high volumes and preserving the true flavour of espresso even in milk-based drinks.

Rounding out the series is the Rev Zero, a true workhorse built with every feature of the Steel and Titan with extra benefits. Namely, an inventive “Sweep Out” System and red-speed coated 83mm flat burrs work to extend life expectancy to 4 tons (4x more than stainless steel) while notably reducing coffee waste.

Once more, the Rev Zero is the official on-demand espresso grinder selected by the World Barista Championships.

Ceado Rev Series: Grinders Worth the Investment

We’ve talked about Ceado’s philosophy of “Designing Flavour” and the premium, competition-worthy features of their Rev Series models. What about the admittingly less exciting, but more practical long-term benefits of Ceado grinders?

Here are the five ways the Ceado Rev Series Espresso Grinders will help you save time, coffee, and your bottom line.

1. Easy Cleaning & Maintenance

Accessing the burrs on all the Rev Series Espresso Grinders is easy and takes minimal training (even with new staff) only requiring the removal of three screws to remove the top of the grind chamber. Plus, no grind readjustment is needed after cleaning.

To remove the exit chute and metal flap, simply loosen the safety screw with a screwdriver. When you want to put it back in place, four guides remove any margin of error or chance of misalignment.

Finally, every Ceado Rev Series Espresso Grinder comes with a removable air filter installed; a cleaning reminder will periodically appear on the display when it needs to be replaced.

With a user-friendly design and straightforward cleaning procedure, Ceado Rev Series Grinders significantly cut down on the chances of accidental damage, burr misalignment, or any mode of human error* that will incur a pricey repair fee, or worse, force you to stop serving espresso.
*a.k.a. "the most common type of error"

2. Waste-Free Design

The Rev Series Espresso Grinders are engineered not only to perform, but excel in professional café environments, with the long-term capability to grind from 900 kg to 4 tons of coffee depending on the model.

In the short-term, Ceado Rev Series Espresso Grinders are built to withstand even the most demanding, high-volume workflows while maintaining the quality and consistency of your coffee. This tenacity is credited to Ceado’s robust craftsmanship and sustainable design choices, with proactive features like the Steady Lock System and Grounds Temperature Management to counter the negative effects of heat buildup.

What happens when your coffee grinder overheats? Your grind size unexpectedly changes and espresso shots become unpredictable. Consequently, baristas are forced to stop what they’re doing to redial their espresso, a time-consuming process that increases customer wait times and generates a lot of coffee waste.

All three Ceado Rev Grinders – Steel, Titan, and Zero – come equipped with these industry-leading heat management systems, ensuring that you will never have to stop in the middle of a rush to readjust your espresso.

The Rev Zero Espresso Grinder is also equipped with Ceado’s “Sweep Out” dual-spin technology, designed to preserve volatile aromatic compounds and flavour complexity in the cup. After every grind cycle, The Rev Zero’s burrs spin in the opposite direction, using inertial force to clear out residue and deliver 99% freshly ground coffee for near-zero retention.

When used in synergy with the WAM (Weight Adjustment Module) available in all Ceado Rev Series Grinders, the Sweep Out system works to reduce coffee waste by up to 5 doses per adjustment.

3. Industry-Leading Burr Machinery

Let’s talk about the most important feature of a coffee grinder: the burrs. It’s important to note that Ceado takes the care to design every burr set in-house, where “flavour takes shape” and every step is tracked and controlled “to the micron”.

This includes every 83mm flat burr set in the Steel, Titan, and Zero Rev Series Espresso Grinders. Although they are the same size, each one is engineered to specialize in a unique aromatic profile and workflow.

So, which of the three Rev Series Grinders is best suited for your café? Should you invest in a burr set with a specialized coating? It all depends on your volume and how you typically serve espresso.

The Rev Steel Espresso Grinder houses Ceado’s original burrs handcrafted from high-alloy steel, which necessitates no special coatings and affords a lifespan of 900kg. That roughly equates to 900 bulk bags of coffee or 2,647 regular 340g bags.

Most medium-volume cafés and espresso bars (going through a maximum of 500g of espresso per day) will be grinding happily with the Rev Steel for approximately five years before needing to replace the burrs.

If you expect to be grinding through more than 500g of espresso, or five years seems too short a time frame, it’s suggested that you start considering a Ceado Rev Model with one of two special coatings – TIN or red speed.

The Rev Titan Espresso Grinder is an ideal “professional coffee grinder for high-volume environments”, with high-productivity flat burrs in K110 Steel with TiN (Titanium) Coating. What does this mean for you? If you operate a high-volume café that specializes in a menu consisting mostly of lattes, cappuccinos, etc., the Rev Titan is best for keeping up with the demand for years while preserving the thick body and “classic espresso” flavour.

Thanks to the special TIN coating, the Ceado Rev Titan’s burrs have a lifespan of 2.5 tons of coffee. If you were to grind through 1kg of coffee per day, this grinder could continue without needing the burrs replaced for nearly seven years, or until you’ve ground 2,500 1kg bags.

The Rev Zero Espresso Grinder boasts the longest lifespan of its siblings, housing Red-Speed coated burrs* with a lifespan of 4 tons. To finally need a replacement set, you’d have to grind 4,000 1kg bags of coffee which – if you used one bag per day – would take more than a decade.
*Red Speed coating is a specialized Titanium Carbon Nitride surface treatment, known to significantly reduce friction and heat buildup, and extend burr lifespan by 6-8 times over stainless steel.

4. 100% Serviceable, Anywhere in Canada

In the hospitality industry chaos is almost a guarantee. This is especially true of high-volume cafés and espresso bars, where dozens of hands operate the same equipment and hundreds of espresso shots are poured daily.

While Ceado Grinders are known for their easy maintenance (see above), mistakes have their way of happening regardless. For these moments, access to timely, professional support is absolutely critical.

Should you require warranty-related servicing, all respective parts and labour costs are 100% covered for at least one year. Moreover, Ceado has made replacement parts both ubiquitous and easily accessible for the Rev Series grinders.

With the Rev Series, Ceado sets a new industry standard for both build and durability, grounded in a commitment to sustainable design that extends well beyond the end product. The purchase of any Ceado grinder provides you with access to a dedicated network of technicians and product specialists, ready to offer you support anywhere in Canada.

5. Outstanding Espresso Quality for Every Roast

At the very least, great commercial coffee grinders are user-friendly, durable, and can seamlessly perform in high-volume café environments – but that’s half the battle. What about an espresso quality that keeps your customers returning?

Most grinder manufacturers stick to one flat-burr design which broadly covers an acceptable standard of properly ground espresso. Ceado, on the other hand, has taken a more particular approach.

Guided by a philosophy to “Design Flavor”, Ceado offers multiple distinct burr geometries that each subtly change the flavour and texture of espresso, giving you free rein to explore and discover its best qualities.

For example, a café that serves lattes and cappuccinos should choose a burr set that produces more fines, a thicker mouthfeel, and that rich espresso profile. A coffee bar that serves straight espresso shots and competition sets might select burrs with less friction that provide a cleaner body and more flavour complexity.

When it comes to the Rev Steel, Titan, and Zero Espresso Grinder models, you get more customization and flavour control than most other manufacturers offer across the board.

The Rev Steel provides an excellent balance between body and flavour clarity. Conversely, The Rev Titan is best for espresso that needs bold flavour, especially in milk-based drinks, accredited to highly durable TIN-coated burrs (see above). And with its smooth, frictionless red-speed coated burrs, the Rev Zero grinder is perfect for enhancing flavour clarity and sweetness.

Conclusion & Additional Support

Choosing the next commercial espresso grinder for your café should be a thorough process. Your grinder will form the bedrock of how customers perceive your espresso and – apart from your espresso machine, perhaps – it will be the largest defining factor of your coffee’s flavour and quality.

Investing in a Ceado Rev Series grants you more than a reliable, long-term piece of equipment; it gives you the latitude to shape and design your espresso until you’ve tapped into flavours that excite both you and your customers. Moreover, with every Ceado grinder you partner with a team of dedicated professionals who care about your time as if it were their own.

If this blog has piqued your interest in the Ceado Rev Series, our team of business development specialists and technicians is here to help you navigate the technical details of the Steel, Titan, and Zero on-demand espresso grinders.

Feel free to to start a conversation with us! A team member will be in touch with you shortly.