As you probably know, the advantage of a little burr grinder like this is that it grinds coffee beans into any desired coarseness without smashing them to dust and creating a lot of aroma/wasting heat while doing this.
The disadvantage is that it takes a bit of time, but it reminds me of how we used to grind coffee 45 years ago (wish we had kept that grinder!) and doesnt bother me much. Its a bit like meditation, listening to the gentle crashing and breathing in the aroma.
One can dial in the grade from dust to small grains. I tend to grind it on the finer side for my moka pot. Too fine and it takes near forever, and starts to warp the moka filter plate. About 2 notches up it is pretty perfect.
Comes with two attractive little glass containers, a rubber base for one of them to keep the clatter down, as well as a little cleaning brush.
Hoping for gravel free coffee beans and a long happy grind.
It works well, just takes a really long time to get a small amount ground. Its my first time using a hand crank one though so I didnt know it would take so long to use. Otherwise, its a good grinder for my coffee.
This is the real deal from someone whose family lived in world class coffee country for years. Does not kill your hand while grinding it. The multi/purpose storage top + cover is cute. But I prefer to use the fresh grounds immediately, so havent yet tested to see how fresh for how long it keeps them. Despite all the typically nooks and crannies, it also dries surprisingly fast post/use.
It took me a few tries to find the perfect adjustment, but once I did it makes a perfect uniform grind, in about the time it takes the water to boil. I had a MUCH more expensive grinder in my wish list but have now removed itwhy spend ten times the price for the same delicious cup of coffee? This works great and is a great buy for the money. I would buy again.
Its a simple manual coffee grinder made in China. Youll see a few of them out there with different seller names but the core components of grinder, dual jars, and a cleaning brush, are pretty consistent among the different kits. This one was the best priced one I could find and the only thing it didnt have that some others did was a scoop. That didnt bother me at all as I have plenty of spoons I can use for my coffee grinds. I normally get pre/ground coffee, but we got a few packs of beans as a gift so I picked this one up to give us the capacity to occasionally mash up the beans when needed. I also liked the idea of being able to do this without having to plug another device into an outlet.
All right, so was great, shipped it in a day, and the box included everything that was advertised. You get two jars that can screw one at a time into a grinding assembly that combines a bean holder, burr grinder, and a handle. You adjust the depth of the burr to control the coarseness of the grinds, put coffee beans into the bean holder thats integrated into the device, put a silicone lid over the beans to keep them in place, and affix a handle to the whole thing with a thumbscrew. Then you turn the handle and the thing pulverizes the beans into coffee grinds.
In short: the quality is decent and it absolutely does work.
Concerns:
/ Speed. It takes 10/15 minutes to get enough grinds for a full 12 cup pot of coffee, less if you just want to make 5 or 6 cups as I do each morning. You can mitigate this by using the kits second jar. I grind a bunch the day before or earlier while watching TV and put the lid on it and its fine and ready to go the next day. If I could have a second lid for the second jar thatd be nice, then I could grind two jars in advance for the whole week. But they only give you one lid. Unfortunately the jars dont have what appear to be standard lid grooves so you are not easily going to find a third/party lid. However, a bit of plastic wrap and rubber band would probably suffice just fine. Or use a sandwich bag; its really not a complicated issue.
/ Effort: I read some of the negative reviews complaining about how hard it was to grind the beans. You have to be kidding me. Those are either fake negative reviews, people that didnt use the device properly, people using metal beans, or someone on a deathbed. This thing grinds pretty easy, honestly a toddler could turn the crank. I will concede that my off/hand, the one holding the jar and grind assembly while the other hand cranked, could get a little cramped from gripping tightly for minutes at a time, but it wasnt a problem to take a break if I needed to. If I could ask for an improvement, it would be that the jar and grind assembly be designed for a more comfortable grip.
/ Durability: So far Ive only had the thing for a day and have ground two jars of coffee. I have no idea yet how long it will hold up. The parts do seem well made, but the plastic end on the handle is affixed by a thin dowel of metal and I wonder if it will wear out after many cycles.
Overall, item is as described and works fine. For occasional need to grind beans itll do fine. If you do a lot of grinding, get an electric.
11/Jun/2022 Update: After finishing a bag of beans I took the device apart to clean it. It comes apart easily, but I was dismayed when I was cleaning the burr to find a couple small cracks in the ceramic. They stood out and were easy to see with the color of the coffee beans in them contrasted to the rest of the white burr. Ive reviewed them but cant tell if they were like that when I got the grinder or if they developed after grinding. The burr appears to be very solid and firm and so I think it was just like that and certainly the burr is stronger than the beans and theres a good chance itll continue to work fine for years. Ill update this review later after a few more bags.
24/Sep/2022 Update: Have continued to use this grinder a couple times a week. I am happy to report the small cracks in the burr seem to have been slight flaws that were there in the manufacturing process and havent hurt the burrs ability to keep grinding.
If youre weak and need a quick coffee boost, dont use this grinder to get your speedy coffee pep/up. The grinder works well, come on, its manual so one would expect that it would take a few (10) minutes to grind 6 teaspoons of coffee beans. I dont know that anyone else had this problem, but after grinding my beans I noticed there were minute whitish transparent pieces (not many) in the last part of the grinded coffee. I looked at several of those pieces and they certainly would pierce the coffee filter, and they were just at the end of the grind. Perhaps I grinded too much after all the beans were processed by the mill. The coffee beans are held by plastic teeth and a ceramic processor actually grinds beans so I am not sure where/how minute plastic pieces ended up at the end of my grinding. Perhaps the coffee beans themselves were waxed. I did wash all pieces thoroughly. Well, its a mystery. Ill watch my second grind and assure that I dont grind past the time when the crank gets real easy to turn, even though, small amount of coffee beans are left in the mill.
Im keeping my hand crank coffee bean grinder so that the next time that the motor on my electric one burns out after a year or two or from a tiny amount of water getting into the well, well Ill have this little gem to make coffee grinds from beans. Good for survival purposes too!
It grinds, it seems to be of sufficient durability and it takes maybe 4 minutes of turning the crank to get enough for a moderately strong 20 oz. mug of coffee.
The crank is a bit hard to get used to but it does work.
It comes apart rather easily, but pay attention to how all the little parts fit together before you dismantle it! There are NO reassembly instructions.
The grinder is ceramic which is good and bad. Good because its durable; bad because you get coffee embedded in the pours that cannot be cleaned out. Maybe bleach it, but then again maybe not.
I have had this grinder for about a month and it worked great at first. After a couple weeks beans kept getting stuck in the ceramic teeth. Next the handle went. Not a great long term grinder.
Reviews
Works really well
As you probably know, the advantage of a little burr grinder like this is that it grinds coffee beans into any desired coarseness without smashing them to dust and creating a lot of aroma/wasting heat while doing this. The disadvantage is that it takes a bit of time, but it reminds me of how we used to grind coffee 45 years ago (wish we had kept that grinder!) and doesnt bother me much. Its a bit like meditation, listening to the gentle crashing and breathing in the aroma. One can dial in the grade from dust to small grains. I tend to grind it on the finer side for my moka pot. Too fine and it takes near forever, and starts to warp the moka filter plate. About 2 notches up it is pretty perfect. Comes with two attractive little glass containers, a rubber base for one of them to keep the clatter down, as well as a little cleaning brush. Hoping for gravel free coffee beans and a long happy grind.
Takes a long time
It works well, just takes a really long time to get a small amount ground. Its my first time using a hand crank one though so I didnt know it would take so long to use. Otherwise, its a good grinder for my coffee.
Worht the Money. Easy to Assemble, Clean and Use. Durable and Adjustable.
This is the real deal from someone whose family lived in world class coffee country for years. Does not kill your hand while grinding it. The multi/purpose storage top + cover is cute. But I prefer to use the fresh grounds immediately, so havent yet tested to see how fresh for how long it keeps them. Despite all the typically nooks and crannies, it also dries surprisingly fast post/use.
A perfect cup of coffee for less than 20 vs more than 150
It took me a few tries to find the perfect adjustment, but once I did it makes a perfect uniform grind, in about the time it takes the water to boil. I had a MUCH more expensive grinder in my wish list but have now removed itwhy spend ten times the price for the same delicious cup of coffee? This works great and is a great buy for the money. I would buy again.
The best manual grinders out there.
I am glad that I decided to purchase this product. Easy/to/use, clean and store . Will recommend to everyone.
Basic, effective, a bit slow, but kind of fun
Its a simple manual coffee grinder made in China. Youll see a few of them out there with different seller names but the core components of grinder, dual jars, and a cleaning brush, are pretty consistent among the different kits. This one was the best priced one I could find and the only thing it didnt have that some others did was a scoop. That didnt bother me at all as I have plenty of spoons I can use for my coffee grinds. I normally get pre/ground coffee, but we got a few packs of beans as a gift so I picked this one up to give us the capacity to occasionally mash up the beans when needed. I also liked the idea of being able to do this without having to plug another device into an outlet. All right, so was great, shipped it in a day, and the box included everything that was advertised. You get two jars that can screw one at a time into a grinding assembly that combines a bean holder, burr grinder, and a handle. You adjust the depth of the burr to control the coarseness of the grinds, put coffee beans into the bean holder thats integrated into the device, put a silicone lid over the beans to keep them in place, and affix a handle to the whole thing with a thumbscrew. Then you turn the handle and the thing pulverizes the beans into coffee grinds. In short: the quality is decent and it absolutely does work. Concerns: / Speed. It takes 10/15 minutes to get enough grinds for a full 12 cup pot of coffee, less if you just want to make 5 or 6 cups as I do each morning. You can mitigate this by using the kits second jar. I grind a bunch the day before or earlier while watching TV and put the lid on it and its fine and ready to go the next day. If I could have a second lid for the second jar thatd be nice, then I could grind two jars in advance for the whole week. But they only give you one lid. Unfortunately the jars dont have what appear to be standard lid grooves so you are not easily going to find a third/party lid. However, a bit of plastic wrap and rubber band would probably suffice just fine. Or use a sandwich bag; its really not a complicated issue. / Effort: I read some of the negative reviews complaining about how hard it was to grind the beans. You have to be kidding me. Those are either fake negative reviews, people that didnt use the device properly, people using metal beans, or someone on a deathbed. This thing grinds pretty easy, honestly a toddler could turn the crank. I will concede that my off/hand, the one holding the jar and grind assembly while the other hand cranked, could get a little cramped from gripping tightly for minutes at a time, but it wasnt a problem to take a break if I needed to. If I could ask for an improvement, it would be that the jar and grind assembly be designed for a more comfortable grip. / Durability: So far Ive only had the thing for a day and have ground two jars of coffee. I have no idea yet how long it will hold up. The parts do seem well made, but the plastic end on the handle is affixed by a thin dowel of metal and I wonder if it will wear out after many cycles. Overall, item is as described and works fine. For occasional need to grind beans itll do fine. If you do a lot of grinding, get an electric. 11/Jun/2022 Update: After finishing a bag of beans I took the device apart to clean it. It comes apart easily, but I was dismayed when I was cleaning the burr to find a couple small cracks in the ceramic. They stood out and were easy to see with the color of the coffee beans in them contrasted to the rest of the white burr. Ive reviewed them but cant tell if they were like that when I got the grinder or if they developed after grinding. The burr appears to be very solid and firm and so I think it was just like that and certainly the burr is stronger than the beans and theres a good chance itll continue to work fine for years. Ill update this review later after a few more bags. 24/Sep/2022 Update: Have continued to use this grinder a couple times a week. I am happy to report the small cracks in the burr seem to have been slight flaws that were there in the manufacturing process and havent hurt the burrs ability to keep grinding.
Takes forever to grid beans.
By the time Im done grinding, Im already late for work.
Grinding Not For Faint at Heart
If youre weak and need a quick coffee boost, dont use this grinder to get your speedy coffee pep/up. The grinder works well, come on, its manual so one would expect that it would take a few (10) minutes to grind 6 teaspoons of coffee beans. I dont know that anyone else had this problem, but after grinding my beans I noticed there were minute whitish transparent pieces (not many) in the last part of the grinded coffee. I looked at several of those pieces and they certainly would pierce the coffee filter, and they were just at the end of the grind. Perhaps I grinded too much after all the beans were processed by the mill. The coffee beans are held by plastic teeth and a ceramic processor actually grinds beans so I am not sure where/how minute plastic pieces ended up at the end of my grinding. Perhaps the coffee beans themselves were waxed. I did wash all pieces thoroughly. Well, its a mystery. Ill watch my second grind and assure that I dont grind past the time when the crank gets real easy to turn, even though, small amount of coffee beans are left in the mill. Im keeping my hand crank coffee bean grinder so that the next time that the motor on my electric one burns out after a year or two or from a tiny amount of water getting into the well, well Ill have this little gem to make coffee grinds from beans. Good for survival purposes too!
Works well
It grinds, it seems to be of sufficient durability and it takes maybe 4 minutes of turning the crank to get enough for a moderately strong 20 oz. mug of coffee. The crank is a bit hard to get used to but it does work. It comes apart rather easily, but pay attention to how all the little parts fit together before you dismantle it! There are NO reassembly instructions. The grinder is ceramic which is good and bad. Good because its durable; bad because you get coffee embedded in the pours that cannot be cleaned out. Maybe bleach it, but then again maybe not.
Does not last
I have had this grinder for about a month and it worked great at first. After a couple weeks beans kept getting stuck in the ceramic teeth. Next the handle went. Not a great long term grinder.
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