Lots to Like

Full disclosure: I haven't tried the grinder for anything but use in a drip coffee maker so I don't have experience with it trying different grinds. And this is my first non-electric grinder so my perceptions are colored by those things. The grinder seems well-made. All the parts fit well together and the design appears to have been well thought out. The ceramic conical grinder is sharp and grinds very efficiently. It does take longer to grind enough coffee beans for my morning coffee than I thought it would. I'm usually making 1/2 liter of coffee and it's taking me 4-5 minutes of grinding to produce enough ground coffee. In order to save time in the morning when I have to be out the door and on my way to work early I grind the beans the night before rather than just before i brew the coffee, which was my pattern with my old electric grinder. Grinding enough beans for several people to have coffee would be a chore. When i first got the grinder I followed the directions to take everything apart so I'd know how it was put together. It's a bit of a process to get it all apart and you lose your grind setting when you do take it apart. One minor frustration is that there's no indicator to show how fine the grind is set for. Even if it's arbitrary, if I know I want it set for, say, a "5" then after I take it apart to clean everything I could reset it for a "5". As it is, the closest I can come to that is to tighten the screw down as much as possible for the finest grind possible then count clicks back to the spot I want. That isn't as convenient as having a number to which I can refer. It would also be nice to have it be easier to access the burr to clean it. Having to disassemble the entire unit means I don't bother taking it all apart and keeping everything as clean as I'd like. I'm used to quick and easy accessibility with my electric grinder for cleaning. It's a good, well-made grinder that does the job. There are things I'd like to see that would make it easier to live with but, overall, I'm happy with it.

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