just need to grind some beans at home for areopress at work, fed up buying bags pre ground and most of it going to waste or walk about.
anyone have a recommendation?
Not a hand grinder, unless you either don't drink much coffee or don't value your time.
Got a porlex which is fine for a hand grinder but only use it in the van now. 2mins to grind an aeropress worth of coffee. 4 or 5 coffees a day - personally I don't really want to spend 10 mins a day thrashing a silly little handle.
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I have as above - mine's a Melitta. I bought it after getting fed up of hand grinder. That was in 1983 I think, still going. It is noisy. On the plus side, you've more time for drinking the stuff.
I tend to buy a muckle bag of beans (or two) in either Real Foods (when in Edinburgh) or MacBeans (when in Aberdeen).
Zassenhaus are pretty much the gold standard of hand grinders I think. Tool steel burrs should last a life time. I like mine. I have a porlex for travelling but I agree it takes a lot of winding so not an every day object for me.
Not a hand grinder, unless you either don't drink much coffee or don't value your time.
I've got a beautiful hand grinder, it's a work of art.
I've used it maybe twice, it takes about a week to make a cup of coffee. Great coffee mind, but really, you want an electric burr grinder. (I'm impoverised so buy ground coffee instead.)
Hario Skerton for me. Seems to be the go-to entry level hand grinder. I grind once or twice a day at work. Doesn't bother me. If you're time-poor, do it while you're waiting for the kettle to boil. Been good so far. Better at fine grind for espresso than coarse (more consistent).
[quote=convert ]Not a hand grinder, unless you either don't drink much coffee or don't value your time.
Got a porlex which is fine for a hand grinder but only use it in the van now. 2mins to grind an aeropress worth of coffee. 4 or 5 coffees a day - personally I don't really want to spend 10 mins a day thrashing a silly little handle.
I have B2C at home, just need to grind for taking for a couple of aeropress coffees to work I can live with 2min grind to take to work.
porlex looks good being all metal, newer Zassenhaus seem to have a plastic body and seem to suffer from static.
That Krups one is a blade not burr grinder so just smashes the beans to different size particles instead of grinding finely (which is what you want)
Rhino if you want a hand grinder as the handle is better than a porlex, cheap but good electric then a baratza. More budget then mahlkonig as its small (but Swiss made expensive)
I have a rhinowares for work, it grinds well and consistently at both ends of its range. I can grind a cups worth in almost exactly the same time as the kettle takes to boil. The handle is much better than the Porlex
I've had it about 9 months averaging about two cups a day and it's still more or less as new.
I've used it maybe twice, it takes about a week to make a cup of coffee. Great coffee mind, but really, you want an electric burr grinder.
Undo the little nut that holds the handle and grip the spindle with the chuck of a drill driver. Manlier, funnier and quieter than an electric grinder.
Unless you specifically want a hand one for travelling with (I do, its great) a basic Krups or Delonghi burr grinder will be good enough for Aeropress in my experience, especially if your current benchmark is pre-ground!
I have a Hario Mini for use with my aeropress.
Great, apart from if anyone else wants a cup of coffee too.
Also this isn't a grinder, it's a basher
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Electric grinder and grind enough for the day whilst doing breakfast then carry to work in a plastic airtight container.
Zassenhaus Lima:
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quite tricky to actually hold still enough to get a good rhythm going...
300 turns of the handle is enough to fill a 4cup stove-top.
(this is possibly the closest i get to exercise these days)
