Madball Design MD-1 Automatic Coffee Bean Doser with Quick Cellar Holder – Aluminium Black
The Madball Design MD-1 automates coffee-bean dosing to help speed up a café, cupping, roasting, or home coffee workflow. This metal version has a CNC aluminium body, two preset dosing options, and manual and automatic modes.
The integrated Quick Cellar Holder lets you fill bean cellars and tubes directly. Bluetooth web-app control, automatic calibration, and an intelligent hopper-detection system add control to multi-bean workflows.
Perfect For
Specialty coffee shops, cupping labs, roasters, and home baristas who want to reduce manual weighing or manage several coffees more efficiently.
Feature
- CNC aluminium body with ABS hopper
- Integrated Quick Cellar Holder for filling bean cellars and tubes
- Two preset weight options with one-touch operation
- Manual single-dose mode and automatic continuous-dispensing mode
- Automatic calibration with listed bean-counting accuracy of ±2 beans
- Intelligent empty-hopper detection that resumes from the previous breakpoint
- One-touch hopper emptying
- Magnetic quick-release panels and removable inner liner for cleaning
- Bluetooth web app for profiles, updates, and future features
- Extended 2-year warranty for the metal version
Specifications
- Model: MD-1 Metal
- Colour: Aluminium Black
- Body material: CNC aluminium
- Hopper material: ABS
- Bean hopper capacity: 200 g
- Bean-counting accuracy: ±2 coffee beans
- Weighing accuracy: ±0.1 g
- Maximum scale capacity: 1 kg
- Power: DC 5 V, 1 A; USB-C compatible
- Charger: not included
- Dimensions: 95 × 120 × 357 mm
- Weight: 1,600 g
- Warranty: 2 years
- Connection and expansion: Bluetooth web-app control; multiple MD-1 units can be linked for multi-bean workflows. The holder is designed for filling bean cellars and tubes; specific cellar models are not listed.
What’s Included
- Madball Design MD-1 Automatic Coffee Bean Doser – Aluminium Black
- Integrated Quick Cellar Holder
Important Notes
- A USB-C charger is not included. The doser requires a DC 5 V, 1 A USB-C power source.
- Bluetooth features are accessed through the web app on a smartphone or tablet.
- Software updates and additional features may become available over time.
FAQs
What does the MD-1 automate?
It weighs and dispenses coffee beans, reducing the need to weigh each dose manually.
Can I save different dose weights?
The MD-1 has two preset weight options that can be selected with one-touch operation.
What is the difference between manual and automatic mode?
Manual mode is for single dosing. Automatic mode is for continuous dispensing. The modes can be switched with a double tap.
How accurate is the dosing?
The listing specifies bean-counting accuracy of ±2 beans and weighing accuracy of ±0.1 g. The maximum scale capacity is 1 kg.
What happens if the hopper runs out of beans during operation?
The intelligent detection system identifies an empty hopper and automatically resumes operation from the previous breakpoint.
Can I fill a bean cellar directly?
Yes. The integrated Quick Cellar Holder is designed to let you fill bean cellars and tubes directly, without an extra transfer step.
Can I control the MD-1 from a phone or tablet?
Yes. It connects to a Bluetooth web app for creating profiles and receiving updates.
Does it come with a USB-C charger?
No. The listing specifies a DC 5 V, 1 A USB-C power source; the charger is not included.
How is the MD-1 cleaned?
It has magnetic quick-release panels and a removable inner liner to make cleaning easier.
How do I empty the hopper?
Use the one-touch hopper-emptying function.
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