Lahome 3kg digital coffee scale with timer review

At around ₱396 as of August 19, 2026. Of the four coffee-capable scales here, this is the one that publishes what it does.

The three numbers coffee is made of

Brewing repeatably is a matter of three variables, and this scale addresses all three.

Dose, the dry coffee going in. Yield, the liquid coming out, or the water going in for filter. Time, how long it takes.

A double espresso is typically around 18g of coffee producing about 36g in the cup over 25 to 30 seconds. Change any one of those and the drink changes. Without a scale you are adjusting variables you cannot see, which is why the same beans taste different every morning.

For filter coffee the ratio is the thing: somewhere between 1:15 and 1:17 coffee to water by weight is the usual starting point, and you weigh the water rather than measuring it, because a jug reading is far less precise than a scale.

Why 0.1g rather than 1g

The amounts are small and the ratios are tight. On a 1g scale, 18g of coffee is anything from 17.5 to 18.5, and the same slop applies to the yield. That is a few percent on both ends of a ratio you are trying to hold steady.

A 0.1g scale removes it. This is one of only four scales on this page that publishes a graduation at all, and 0.1g is the figure coffee needs.

Three kilos is the right ceiling

The 3kg limit is not a shortcoming, it is the trade that makes the fine resolution possible: load cells built for small loads resolve small changes.

It is plenty for coffee, and it covers ordinary baking too. What it will not do is weigh a whole chicken or a tray of meat, which is where a 10kg scale comes in.

What to look for when it arrives

Two practical things this category rarely mentions.

Water. A coffee scale lives next to a kettle and a portafilter, and most cheap scales are not sealed. Keep a cloth under the drip point rather than the scale.

Auto-off. Scales that switch themselves off after 60 seconds are infuriating for pour-over, where a brew runs three minutes. If the listing does not say, it is worth asking, because it is the single most common complaint about budget coffee scales.

Who should buy the Lahome

Buy this if you brew pour-over or pull espresso at home, you want to work from numbers rather than by eye, and you want the resolution and the timer without paying specialist prices.

Skip it if you need to weigh heavy items, where the 3kg ceiling gets in the way.

The alternatives on this page

For a coffee scale with an insulation pad and no published specs, see the Kanazawa digital coffee scale. For 10kg capacity with the same 0.1g steps, the Deli Vusign 10kg scale covers both ends.