Comments on: PARACITY Manual Coffee Bean Grinder with Ceramic Burr, Hand Coffee Grinder Mill Small with 2 Glass Jars(11OZ per Jar) Stainless Steel Handle for Drip Coffee, Espresso, French Press, Turkish Brew

By: Noura C.

Noura C. — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Moulin Ã cafÃ©, de trÃ¨s bonne qualitÃ©, simple et efficace

By: Sundowner

Sundowner — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Basic, effective, a bit slow, but kind of fun
It’s a simple manual coffee grinder made in China. You’ll 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 didn’t have that some others did was a scoop. That didn’t 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 Amazon 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 that’s 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 kit’s second jar. I grind a bunch the day before or earlier while watching TV and put the lid on it and it’s fine and ready to go the next day. If I could have a second lid for the second jar that’d be nice, then I could grind two jars in advance for the whole week. But they only give you one lid. Unfortunately the jars don’t 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; it’s 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 didn’t 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 wasn’t 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 I’ve 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 it’ll 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. I’ve reviewed them but can’t 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 there’s a good chance it’ll continue to work fine for years. I’ll 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 haven’t hurt the burr’s ability to keep grinding.

By: A Disquietingly Small Goose

A Disquietingly Small Goose — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Extremely fine grind
This is my first experience with a hand grinder or burr grinder, and I love it. It’s easy to use, & a pleasant, satisfying activity. Fits perfectly with the whole ritual of making espresso.
This will get grounds to such a lovely fineness, finer than pre-ground Bustelo. Definitely fine enough for espresso. The individual steps you can change the coarseness by seem pretty small to me, since it was hard to tell the difference after increasing by several steps.
Only issue I would note is that it could be troublesome to keep track of different coarseness settings you might want for different applications/beans. The way I can think to do it would be to tighten the gear all the way, then go up one notch at a time & just write down how many you did for what

By: Milton C. Hondrakis

Milton C. Hondrakis — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Yiu will grind forever.
Yes it will work, but it is not easy to set your grind, and it is a lot of work to grind enough coffee for a cup. I am going back to an electric grinder.

By: Mr. Knox

Mr. Knox — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

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 doesn’t bother me much. It’s 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.
Update a year+ later – still like it a lot. My super-auto broke, and I am getting a cheaper manual espresso maker, so this thing will now see daily use. Looks like the price has dropped… in for a spare.

By: Amazon Customer

Amazon Customer — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Doesn’t work
I thought it didn’t work because I tried it with chick food to grind it finer. So it’s just been sitting on the shelf.
But someone have me organic coffee beans so I was excited to finally use it for what it was intended.
It still doesn’t work. It grinds very coarsely and you have to shake it continually to get the beans to drop
I do recommend.

By: Stephane s

Stephane s — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Although it take a bit to grind itâs worth it
Lovely grind. nice and fine. smells good. Worth the effort and good price. I think itâs Better than electric and fun. extra jar so you can grind ahead and store for nice fresh cup.

By: Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Great quality, slow grinding
Awesome quality for the price. Durable glass protected by silicone sleeve, ceramic grinder and heavy duty plastic. It is small enough to store early but is very time consuming as it grinds very slowly and not much at once.
I do enjoy that it is almost silent compared to my blender, not waking my kids in the morning!
Over all it works well, just need some patience.

By: AGS Solutions

AGS Solutions — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Very good grinder. Can adjust grain size.

By: Cova

Cova — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

Tengo una relaciÃ³n amor/odio con el molinillo: es de muela cerÃ¡mica, que me encanta, pero para moler un poco mÃ¡s fino de lo que lo hago (el grano queda bastante grueso) necesitas estar mucho tiempo y te dejas el brazo. Sin embargo, dejÃ¡ndolo un poco mÃ¡s grande no tardas mucho. Lleva los dos tarros de cristal para guardar el cafÃ© molido que lo hace cÃ³modo