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Looking for advice buying a coffee grinder (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I mainly want to get a coffee grinder because beans have a longer shelf life and are cheaper. If I also get better coffee, that's a bonus! (Basically, I'm not looking for a premium option)

What is something I should pay attention to when buying a grinder. I see people mention "flat burr" grinders all the time. Is that something important?

A few years ago I bought a cheap terrible manual coffee grinder off Amazon. It took 5-10mins to grind my coffee. The grounds where too course and my hands hurt. Is the experience better with higher quality manual grinders? At the moment, I'm not a huge fan of manual grinders because of this experience and am leaning towards buying an electrical one.

What makes a coffee grinder better than others? What is the difference between premium and budget options?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What is your budget?

If you don't have much money to spend then the Timemore C2 is often available for around $50. Around $100 there are the Kingrinder K0 and Timemore C3. Getting into the $150 are the Kingrinder K6 and some grinders from 1Zpresso.

If you have to have electric then don't buy anything cheaper than a Baratza Encore.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

i obtained a coffee grinder from IKEA 2-3 years ago. Somehow i feel like i shoplifted it even though I paid it for it... they were out of coffee grinders so I surreptitiously removed the "I be IKEA" tags and made them look it up at checkout. My fuckin ex broke the glass french press, just like my loser brother did to my double wall German one 10 years ago. I'm over it. I do not have to grind for 5-10 minutes or harm myself to make coffee.