Timemore Black Mirror Basic 3 Coffee Scale

Take the guesswork out of your workflow with three intuitive brewing modes—Regular, Pour-Over, and Espresso. The built-in water-to-coffee ratio calculator (available in Regular and Pour-Over modes) provides real-time feedback, helping you dial in recipes with barista-level precision every time.

Powered by a high-precision sensor, the Basic 3 delivers accurate readings from 0.5g up to 2000g, with 0.1g resolution. Whether you're weighing single doses or larger batches, you’ll get reliable, consistent results across every brew and recipe.

Maintaining the signature Black Mirror aesthetic, this updated model is slimmer, lighter, and 34.6% more compact. At just 300g, it’s easy to store, pack, and carry—perfect for home setups, office brewing, or coffee on the road. Dimensions: 15.2 × 13 × 2.6 cm

The built-in 1600mAh rechargeable battery provides up to 24 hours of use on a single charge. USB-C connectivity ensures fast, convenient charging—no disposable batteries required.

Designed for versatility, the Basic 3 is equally at home in the kitchen. Its large capacity and precise measurement make it ideal for baking, cooking, and meal prep. A sleek glass surface and responsive touchscreen controls make cleaning and operation effortless.

Timemore Black Mirror Basic 2 Coffee Scale Specifications:

• Color: Black
• Dimensions: 152mm x 130mm x 26mm (L x W x H)
• Capacity: 2000g
• Readability: 0.1g
• Units: Grams (g), Ounces (oz)
• Battery: Li-ion rechargeable (battery life: 10 hours)
• Charging: USB-C
• Special Features: Weight-detecting auto-timer, Flow rate function

Why Both Professional and Home Baristas Choose the Timemore Black Mirror Basic 3 Coffee Scale (Black):

Coffee Parts Thoughts

The Black Mirror range has quietly become one of the most important products in specialty coffee over the last few years. Before Timemore entered the market, genuinely good brewing scales were either expensive, overly complicated, or simply not very enjoyable to use day-to-day. The Black Mirror series changed that almost overnight.

The Basic 3 feels like the most refined version of that original idea. It keeps the clean minimalist workflow people loved about the earlier models, but improves the usability in all the right places — smaller footprint, faster responsiveness, better mode switching, improved stability, and a much more espresso-friendly size.

What continues to make the Black Mirror scales so popular is the balance they strike between simplicity and genuinely useful functionality. Timemore have resisted the temptation to overload the scale with unnecessary app integration or gimmicky “smart” features. Instead, the Basic 3 focuses on the things that actually matter during brewing: speed, accuracy, visibility, workflow, and consistency.

The addition of dedicated espresso and pour-over modes makes a noticeable difference in daily use. For espresso, the compact footprint sits comfortably on tighter drip trays without sacrificing readability. For filter brewing, the flow-rate monitoring and responsive timer make recipe adjustments much easier without feeling intrusive or over-engineered.

There’s also something worth appreciating about how approachable this scale is. It’s become one of the default recommendations across specialty coffee because it gives newer brewers access to serious brewing precision without forcing them into ultra-premium pricing territory. At the same time, plenty of experienced baristas still happily use Black Mirror scales every day because they’re reliable, fast, and simply pleasant to work with.

In many ways, the Basic 3 represents exactly why Timemore has become so respected within coffee equipment design — thoughtful refinement rather than feature overload. It’s hard to think of another scale at this level that delivers this much workflow polish for the price.