a good coffee grinder

lacombe

17 years ago

Do any of you know of a good coffee grinder, I've looked at so many, it's starting to get confusing.

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hounds_x_two
17 years ago
I have a Braun and it works great.
colleenoz
17 years ago
I answered this over in the Cooking Forum, but whatever you get, get a burr grinder rather than one of those ones with blades like a blender. Burr grinders are adjustable so you can alter the fineness of the grind from espresso to French press.
I bought mine three or four years ago and it hasn't missed a beat. It's a De Longhi, which I believe is identical to the Krups. Both were equal top rated by our consumer magazine at the time.
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Biz, I'm using a 15 year old Krups blade grinder. I grind coffee fresh daily, about one pot's worth, and it works really well. They are about $20, I think they were $15 when I got mine years ago. I'm enough of a coffee hound that I drink coffee every day, I want fresh beans, medium roast and I want them ground freshly every day. I'm not spending a lot of money to grind one pot's worth of beans daily, though. Coffeemakers? At work I have a Hamilton Beach with a carafe, so the coffee doesn't "cook" all day. At home I have a Gevalia that I got free when I bought coffee, then I cancelled the membership, LOL. I also have a nice little one cup french press that I use on work mornings because I make coffee when I get to work. Annie
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Walt, yes, I did receive the Mazzer Mini burrs and made the modifications to fit them. Unfortunately, while the grind was reasonably uniform for Turkish, the speed was not; it took almost 25 minutes to grind about half a pound of freshly-roasted beans. The motor felt very weak and kept struggling. Furthermore, the chute is badly designed and a lot of ground coffee gets lodged there instead of dropping out. It may be a decent grinder for things like french press, but it cannot handle fine grinds (espresso and Turkish). Very disappointing - I had to return it. BTW, here are the original burr (left) and the much better replacement (right): The cutting edges on the KA burr are a joke. At most, they're crushing the beans instead of cutting them. OTOH, the ones on the Mazzer Mini are really sharp.
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User
17 years ago
Mine is a cheapo Sunbeam and it works great. I've had it for several years and mostly use it for grinding espresso beans for my latte's. I bought it at Walmart for dirt cheap.
grammahony
17 years ago
I have a Krups. I've used it for probably 8 years, about every other day, without a problem.
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Lindsey_CA
17 years ago
We have a Braun burr grinder, and love it.
susan_on
17 years ago
Don't have a coffee grinder, but I think the smell of fresh ground coffee is one of the most beautiful smells in the world! And I don't even drink coffee.
lacombe
Original Author
17 years ago
Hi susan on , I'm the same, I love the smell of the coffee, but I don't drink coffee. I want to get this new coffee grinder for my husband, he's not a heavy coffee drinker, I don't really like the way they grind it at the store where I get his bag of coffee beans, I'd rather do it my self.
susan_on
17 years ago
I wish my husband would let me do that, Lacombe. I would enjoy it. I used to like making coffee for my parents.
OklaMoni
17 years ago
my husband likes it too, when I make his coffee (my stomach just can't handle all that caffeine), but he mostly makes it his self.

We have an old fashioned hand grinder. Makes awfully nice smelling coffee! :)

Moni

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