Comments on: SHARDOR Professional 64mm Burr Coffee Grinder with 100 Grind Settings and All-Metal Chamber, Coffee Bean Grinder with Adjustable Electronic Timer and LED Display, Anti-Static,Black

By: RC

RC — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:20:41 +0000

Buy! Very impressed with the grind and quality
Updated edit: 11/15/24. I am very happy with this low cost stepless grinder. It has far exceeded my expectations.You can skip this next paragraph as it’s just an update since I said below that I didn’t own a fancy espresso machine. The next day after writing the previous review I visited a pawn shop looking for espresso accessories and hit a gold mine. ((I also own a 2nd hand Baratza Vario grinder that I got for free from a friend who was going to throw it out. I cleaned it and it’s as good a new. I have used the Vario to grind fresh roasted beans with a recently modified Gaggia Classic espresso machine I purchased 2nd hand from a pawn shop for $50!!! It was filthy but worked although it needed some loving care. It cleaned up super easy with warm soapy water. Inside had some dust but was clean. All in all, I consider it a pure golden transaction! After cleaning it up and modifying a few parts (brass brewhead, micro cut shower screen, silicone gasket, and a stainless steel steam nozzle ($48), it is like brand new. It also came with accessories like a bottomless portafilter, WTD, steaming cup for crema art, 58mm Dosing Funnel, Puck Screen, and a 58mm spring activated tamper. Remember, I got it from a pawn shop for $50! 😀 ))So, I like the Shardor better than the Vario and it’s a lot easier to use too. I ground some fresh beans with the Shardor and clogged the Gaggia’s bottomless portafilter with the setting on 1. I did several more shots until I achieved a perfect flow on setting 14. That to me gives me a lot of room for newer harder beans to grind finer and softer beans to grind coarser. If that’s not a good selling point I don’t know what… The Shardor is an amazing grinder for less than $150. But it’s on sale now for $129. That’s a no brainer for a newbie wanting to step up their espresso game! And those veterans trying to save money too! (now for my earlier review, below)I was apprehensive to buy this very new grinder because there were just 6 total reviews for the machine and they all were from Vine customers. Also, none of them seemed to know a thing about espresso enough to say whether or not it could grind fine enough to draw a good shot using a non-pressurized portafilter. Just about any grinder with a good middle coarse grind will do the job for a pressurized portafilter. Too fine and it will clog the filter. So, I bought a bottomless portafilter and needed a better grinder.Out of the box it had simple assembly instructions. It comes with a manual and user guide too. It is plastic, heavy, and tall. Standing at just over 15 inches it might be too tall to store under some kitchen cabinets.Be asurred that this budget grinder grinds very fine for its price. I could see my finger print after I pressed it into a small amount. (I couldn’t do that with my previous coffee grinder).The hopper also comes equiped with a flexable bellows-type lid to force out any lingering grinds in the shute. I like that it uses anti-static technology. Combine that with the more expensive 64mm stainless steel flat burr (just like the big boys that can cost more than a thousand bucks!). It has 100 stepless settings and a touch screen too! That’s a lot of bang for the buck. I’m glad I bought it and I recommend it for the beginner who might be confused as to which $200 grinder to buy. I say none of them. Save money and use it to invest in more accessories to improve your shot making skills, my friend! :-DNote that it comes set on its finest grind setting and warns not to try to get it any finer. So, I tried that setting and I was able to get a very tasty, full bodied double shot my first try using a 51mm bottomless portafilter. The Lavazza medium roast beans were not all that fresh either. They had been stored in the freezer and thawed overnight. I will try a slightly coarser grind next. The bottomless filter spurted during the draw and didn’t quite get a single stream and the creama was blonde and thin. That’s typically too fine a grind, and/or uneven tamping. I’m new at this so I have a learning curve towards drawing my first god-shot!I have a bag of green beans so I will roast them later. For now, I am happy. This is my first day with the Shardor so the review may change in time. I will update if anything goes wrong. This is a very new machine and based upon my preliminary results I expect it to be a big success for the budget minded expresso drinker wanting to move on from the pressurized portafilter and enjoy better tasting shots.I bought it for the phenomenal price of $129.99 after the $20 off coupon adjustment. BTW, I don’t own a fancy, expensive espresso machine either.(updated 11/ 15/ 24. I bought a Gaggia Classic 2nd hand and upgraded it with new brew head, shower screen, silicone gasket, bottomless portafilter, and a stainless steel milk frother by Rancillio for the Silvia V1. The grinder has far exceeded my expectations and even clogged the Gaggia by grinding too fine. I had to drop back the grind setting much farther until I got a consisten flow with tiger striping, and a delicious dark crema shot) It’s a Casabrew (less than $150) with a pressure gauge. It is adaquate for my needs. So, if you own a very expensive espresso machine you may want to look elswhere. For now, thanks for reading.Cheers and good brewing!

By: Neptune

Neptune — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:20:41 +0000

This is the endgame for me. Beyond my expectations
I use it for espresso. I didn’t have very high expectations. I am really blown away by the performance, even more so by price/performance ratio. Highlights for me: (1) Super easy, stepless grind adjustment, from 1 to 100, 21 for me for my current coffee bean. (2) Fast. For me, 18 gram, 11.6 seconds. (3) Not too loud. (3) Two buttons. Single shot, double shot. Adjust/set the time, and it will remember the setting. I compared it to my friends grinder costing $650, and no difference. 🙂

By: son

son — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:20:40 +0000

Good grinder
As far as grinding is concerned itâs pretty quiet and fast. Only prob I see so far is the anti static, doesnât seem to work so well. At times there would grinds left stuck in the chute, even after smacking the top to push grinds out when finish.

By: Martin D

Martin D — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:20:39 +0000

Excellent value for a 64mm flat burr grinder
This is very nice for the price! I got it to go along with my Turin df64 so I can grind for a drip coffee maker and so I donât have to change the setting on the df64 after I have it dialed in for expresso. I will eventually experiment with this Shardor grinder for expresso but at this point I donât see why it wouldnât be very capable of dialing in the perfect grind for espresso. Thumbs up to Shardor for making this grinder. Itâs about time someone made a 64mm flat burr for a buck-fifty instead of 300 plus ðOne month later: this Shardor grinder is the bomb! After experimenting with dialing in beans for expresso, Iâm even more impressed with it. The only downsides are that it is kinda tall with the big hopper. The grind timer is extremely consistent, and adjustable to a tenth second, so a weight scale is basically optional once you have determined the grind time to produce âxâ weight of grounds.The noise is only a hair louder than the df64, and the stock stainless burrs are faster than the SSP multipurpose burrs that are in the Turin.At the end of the day I donât know why I have the Turin grinder, other than the frustration that comes from changing grinding sizes from dialed-in expresso to drip grind, and then back to expresso means starting over dialing-in the expresso grind. But thatâs going to happen with any grinder. Which is why I bought the second grinder. But I could have gotten two of these Shardor grinders for less than what the Lucca df64 set me back. Oh well itâs not like I have spared the expense for my expresso lolBTW Iâm not experiencing any appreciable retention and the anti-static is working perfectly. The stainless dosing cup is basically dust-free after every use, and the small bellows on the hopper works fine as well. Iâm giving this grinder two thumbs up, itâs definitely a great buy ðð