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Baratza's commercial-grade all-rounder: 54 mm ceramic flat burrs in an all-metal body, with weight and time dosing from one touchscreen, in the 220-240 V version for the UAE.
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What owners say about the Forte AP
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Ceramic flat burrs, and a body built for a working bar
The Forte AP is Baratza's commercial-grade all-rounder: 54 mm ceramic flat burrs in an aluminium grind chamber, driven by a DC motor through a reinforced belt. Baratza says the ceramic burrs are famous for a rich, chocolatey profile, and the build is rated for cafe duty.
Watch the Forte AP work
Official Baratza overview of the Forte AP
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Weight, time or manual, from one touchscreen
A built-in scale doses to a tenth of a gram from 5 to 120 g, a timer runs to a tenth of a second from 0.1 to 60 s, and both keep three presets. Fit the PortaHolder and the AP grinds hands-free into a portafilter by time; slide the bin onto the scale platform and it grinds by weight.
- Weight mode: three presets, factory set to 15, 30 and 60 g, adjustable in 0.1 g steps
- Time mode: three presets, factory set to 10, 15 and 30 s, adjustable in 0.1 s steps
- Manual mode with a live weight readout or a counting timer
- Pause and resume mid-dose with the start button
- Tare by holding the weight icon; the icon flashes when the bin has moved
- Error codes for over-target, no flow, overload and scale signal loss
- Sleep mode after three minutes; tap the screen to wake
- Scale calibration with a 200 g weight, and a programmable weight offset
Commercial-grade, and serviceable on the bar
The Forte shares the Vario's 13 by 18 cm footprint, so it fits beside a one-group machine, and everything a busy bar wears out is a tool or a genuine part away.
Owned properly, from day one
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The official Forte AP, backed here in the UAE
A grey-import grinder looks identical in a listing. It stops looking identical the day a belt, burr set or load cell needs replacing on a working bar. Every Baratza we sell comes through BRG, the brand's authorised UAE distributor, with a 1-year warranty and genuine parts.
Specifications, the honest version
Grouped the way you compare machines, from Baratza's own documentation.
Burrs and grinding
| Burrs | 54 mm flat ceramic; steel burrs available as a swap |
|---|---|
| Burr mount | Screw mount; upper burr carrier unscrews with the included removal tool |
| Grind chamber | Aluminium, with a reinforced drive belt |
| Grind range | Espresso to French press |
| Speed to grind | 2.6 g/s at setting 2Z to 4.0 g/s at setting 10M |
Adjustment and dosing
| Adjustment | Macro lever knob (right) and micro lever knob (left); up is finer |
|---|---|
| Suggested settings | Espresso 2K, AeroPress 4M, V60 6M, automatic brewer 7M, Chemex 8M, French press 10M (manual) |
| Weight mode | Built-in scale, 0.1 g resolution, 5 to 120 g; three presets, factory set to 15, 30 and 60 g |
| Time mode | 0.1 s resolution, 0.1 to 60 s; three presets, factory set to 10, 15 and 30 s |
| Manual mode | Continuous grinding with live weight readout or counting timer |
| Dosing into | Grounds bin on the scale platform, or portafilter in the cast-metal PortaHolder (time mode only) |
| Interface | Touchscreen with weight, time and manual mode icons, start, stop and pause |
| Calibration | Burrs touch around 2K from the factory; calibration tool included, recommended range 1A to 3Z; scale calibration with a 200 g weight; programmable weight offset |
Motor and speed
| Burr speed | 1,950 rpm |
|---|---|
| Motor | DC motor, belt drive, rated by Baratza for a long duty cycle |
| Power | 130 W, Class I |
| Standby | Sleep mode after 3 minutes; tap the screen to wake |
Hopper and output
| Hopper | 300 g, with bean shut-off knob and interlock |
|---|---|
| Grounds bin | 120 g |
| Cleaning | Hand-wash hopper, lid and bin only; brush the burrs or grind cleaning tablets; burrs must never be washed |
Electrical, UAE
| Model | ZCG1085 |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 220-240 V, 50/60 Hz, UAE Type G plug |
| Safety listing | UL, CSA, CE, EK |
Construction and size
| Body | All-metal construction, touchscreen control panel, cast-metal PortaHolder |
|---|---|
| Designed and made | Designed in Seattle, USA; assembled in Taiwan |
| Dimensions | 13 x 18 x 37 cm (W x D x H) |
| Weight | 6.0 kg, as listed by BeanBurds |
Sources: baratza.com Forte AP product page, UAE site (technical specifications, 2026) and the Baratza Forte AP/BG manual, August 2022 (v4). Weight is not published by Baratza and is taken from the BeanBurds listing. Warranty is the 1-year UAE distributor warranty, not the US warranty printed in the manual.
Where the Forte AP sits in the Baratza range
Three 54 mm flat-burr Baratzas: the all-purpose Forte AP, the filter-only Forte BG, and the home Vario W+. All official UAE stock through BRG, the authorised distributor, with the same 1-year warranty. Live prices, excluding VAT.
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| Specification | The all-purpose commercial pickForte APAED 3,522.86 |  Forte BGAED 3,620 |  Vario W+AED 2,475.24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrs | 54 mm flat ceramic | 54 mm flat steel | 54 mm flat steel |
| Adjustment | Yes, macro and micro levers, weight or time dosing on a touchscreen | Yes, macro and micro levers, weight or time dosing on a touchscreen | Yes, macro and micro levers, grind by weight to 0.1 g |
| Ideal for | The espresso bar or serious home that wants all-metal build and a scale in one grinder | The slow bar, batch brewer or roastery that weighs every filter dose | The espresso-and-filter household that wants every dose weighed for them |
| The one thing to know | PortaHolder for espresso covers the scale, so portafilter dosing is by time | Steel burrs tuned for filter clarity; no PortaHolder, so it is not an espresso grinder | Weighs into the grounds bin on its scale platform, not straight into a portafilter |
| This page | View Forte BG | View Vario W+ |
Specifications from Baratza's official documentation and the BeanBurds product listings. Prices are live.
Complete the setup
Chosen for the Forte AP specifically. A compact commercial grinder wants a compact commercial machine beside it, a funnel and scale for the espresso side, and a brush for the clean a bar grinder needs.
A compact commercial one-group whose 58 mm portafilter sits in the Forte's PortaHolder. Together they fit a bar the width of a kitchen counter.
Keeps a timed dose in the 58 mm basket on a busy bar, and makes weighed bin-to-portafilter transfers clean.
Bar-proof espresso scale for checking the timed dose and weighing the shot when the PortaHolder covers the Forte's own scale.
The genuine Baratza stiff brush for the burr clean a working grinder needs more often than a home one.
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