Review on Cuisinart Stainless Steel Conical Burr Mill: Compact, Programmable for Precision Grinding by Karen Gonzalez

Looking for a good cone grinder and want to know if is it worth the money? Naturally. That's why you're reading this. Let me get to the point. I spent about $70 to replace the grinder. It's worth the money. People refer to static in a plastic container as a crazy mess. It is not. When the coffee comes out, some coffee dust will be left behind. Nothing you don't expect. And that's significantly less than what's left in the grinder after you empty it. If that doesn't suit you, just put a lunch bag inside before putting the lid on. Either rinse or clean. It doesn't matter much. For real. The reason you should buy this grinder is if you are upgrading from a knife grinder and/or drinking regular coffee. If you make espresso at home and have a machine that costs less than $500, this grinder will work for you too. This greatly improves the taste of your coffee. If you can smell the coffee in your cup and it smells slightly burnt or acrid towards the end of your inhalation, then you have one of two problems: old beans that have been exposed to too much oxygen for too long (they're oxidized) or you're using one Coffee grinder with blades and heat the grains as you grind them. If you have decent beans (ideally brewed 5-14 days after roasting for optimal flavor), use well-filtered water and use enough beans that this grinder will provide. You have a great cup of coffee. Speaking of using enough grains. There's only one problem with this grinder: it doesn't produce enough coffee when choosing cups. I've done a few tests (not much though) and I recommend weighing the coffee you like at your desired grind to find out what setting works best for you when you first get your machine. You'll probably find that the amount of coffee you use and the number of cups you need to grind are two different things. I have some friends who roast coffee and one of them owns a coffee shop. I auditioned them all for their coffee recipe as they are all a bit different. The best recommendation was: 16:1 water per bean by weight. It is important to note that this is WEIGHT, not VOLUME. The secret of good coffee is weighing everything. The coffee industry plays with the word "cup" fast and loose enough that using volume as a measure is unreliable. The old "heaping tablespoon" measurement just shows how vague the coffee brewing instructions are. When this grinder is in 1 cup mode, it produces 6-7 grams of coffee grounds. For 7 cups it dispensed 45 grams of coffee so it seems stable when grinding multiple cups. Unfortunately, this amount of ground coffee is not enough to make a good cup of coffee. Think of the 16:1 ratio. This is closer to 7.5:1. My advice: double the number of cups on the grinder, then decrease a number. So if you want to make 4 cups of coffee (cups on the side of the coffee maker, not a "cup" like the 8oz one) then you need to grind 7 cups of coffee on the grinder. (That's 640 grams of water for 40 grams of ground coffee.) As for storing your beans in a hopper, the coffee purifier in me would advise getting a vacuum-sealed container for maximum coffee storage. However, if you're a daily coffee drinker, the hopper only holds 1/2 pound of coffee, so for convenience you'll want to store your beans in there since you'll be turning the entire 1/2 pound. pounds in less than a week. If you have a large family or drink coffee more than once a day, you will need to refill the funnel every few days. Isn't he getting old? It depends on your beans, but I haven't noticed any real difference between a hopper and a plastic OXO storage container. Conclusion: If you are looking for a cheap cone grinder, this one is great. In fact, it works so easily and simply that the first use is a bit disappointing. It simply grinds the coffee properly in less than 15 seconds. But once you try it, you'll believe it. Once you use a cone mill instead of a blade mill, you will never go back.