Comments on: Manual Coffee Grinder CNC Stainless Steel 7 Star Conical Burr Coffee Grinder Hand with12 gears Adjustable Coarseness For Espresso, Drip Coffee, French Press Capacity 25g Portable Coffee Bean Grinder

By: S.M.

S.M. — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:28:14 +0000

Works great
Coffe is so much better grinding it manually than with an electric grinder. Coffee tastes burnt when using electric grinder.The coffee taste smoother an fresh when using this manual grinder. It might take a little longer using it , but it’s worth it.

By: TravelingPrincess

TravelingPrincess — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:28:14 +0000

Sturdy
This grinder is sturdy and heavy but small. You can fit about 15-20g of beans in it but the end container seems to hold not much. Grinds well but might go best with a press

By: M. S.

M. S. — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:28:14 +0000

Sharp blades, satisfactory grind, very few gripes
This is a great starter grinder, gift for new coffee enthusiasts, or multi-use grinder for anyone using it for things other than coffee – because the blades are so sharp it can handle other things as well. I ordered the aluminum bottomed version, and it keeps a uniform and reserved look to the grinder so it can remain in the background of your kitchen and not stand out, while providing a full hand grip with the textured surface to make grinding easier.This overall grinder itself is slightly smaller than many others I’ve used, but the intake and output jar still holds equivalent amount of coffee for grinding enough for 1-2 people at a time. The blades are surprisingly sharp, crunchy and feel very productive to work down the beans into a very fine powder if you want it to.I’m quite pleased with this unit overall, and use it for grinding my secondary roasts to keep flavors seperate. I only have a few minor gripes – mostly all manufacturing related, which for the decent price is an understandable tradeoff in most situations.My main criticism is the loose handle connection! I realize to be produced in bulk at a good price the precision constraints cannot be perfect, but the handle’s connection with the main grinder body center-pole is so loose it occasionally just slides off if I’m grinding quick enough. The wiggle room (see image) allows for you to lift and lower the handle around a bit more than I’d prefer when it’s fully secured onto the grinder body.Secondly, the wooden handle does not spin freely because it’s not secured through it’s center axis of rotation, making it slightly more difficult to spin during one part of the rotation when it presses up against the metal bar, but leaving a loose gap on the other side (see image). This adds a small amount of work to every grind, although I guess it’s a tradeoff of having a hidden bearing inside the handle’s wood itself.Lastly, and this might only be my unit, but the bottom plate with the grind sizes and settings written on it is loosely secured to the body, and when I pick up or shake the grinder you can hear the sheet metal jingle against the main body metal, and this jingle-y metal-on-metal sound makes the grinder feel cheaper than it is, and allows for tiny coffee grinds to occasionally build up in the gap behind the plate and I have to use the brush to free them.

By: David

David — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:28:14 +0000

I use it with a drill/driver as an electric conical burr grinder.
I have used similar grinders already and was happy with the opportunity to get another one. This is my first one with the glass bottom, before I’ve had the metal bottom. The glass bottom is nice in that you can see the output as it’s going, but it’s a little balky unscrewing from the barrel. I put some food-safe grease in the joint, just enough to cover, and now it spins on and off easily. That may accumulate coffee dust over time, but I like to grease things anyway. It shouldn’t get into the grinder or the coffee I empty from the grinder. The container is big enough for the amount of coffee beans you can fit in the barrel to grind.Now for the good part. The shaft is exactly 1/4 inch hex. (Some competitors are smaller, but I can tell you that this one is truly 1/4 hex.) So I don’t use the included handle with its lovely wooden knob. Instead, I run it with an impact driver. It never has enough resistance to trigger the impact function of the tool, and so it just spins that shaft at whatever speed I like. I fit the driver over the shaft, use one hand at the top of the barrel in case any beans spill out (they don’t though) and operate the driver trigger with the other hand. In 10 or 20 seconds (I am in no hurry) it’s all done, and it’s a very uniform grind, great for espresso.This is important for me. I like to grind espresso, and I don’t have the patience to grind espresso by hand. It truly takes a long time. I let the tool do the work. I’ve done this with a similar grinder I got about a year ago, and it’s still going strong.My settings are espresso 4 clicks from left-lock, French press 16 clicks. If your espresso maker can handle, it’s almost impossible to grind espresso too fine. The grinder can handle it. The mechanical parts are quality.Also, since the drill is quite separate from the grinder, there is no static electricity buildup in the ground coffee. In this way it’s actually better than a more expensive electric conical burr grinder.