s/o coffee

[sjh722]

Do you use a coffee grinder?

I have a gc to amazon so I was going to order one, and there's a hamilton beach and krups for like $20ish and a proctor silex for $13.

Do they all do the same thing? Is one way better than the other? Am I going to regret the $13 one?

[adhdfashion]

I have kitchen aid brand coffee grinder. I have it 6 years still going strong.

[TBM]

There are differences between brands. I would buy a KA any day over Proctor Silex.

I wouldn't buy a blade grinder for coffee beans though...burr grinders are pricier, but will give a much better result.

[sjh722]

Aug 6, 2013 18:51:49 GMT -5 TBM said:

There are differences between brands. I would buy a KA any day over Proctor Silex.

I wouldn't buy a blade grinder for coffee beans though...burr grinders are pricier, but will give a much better result.

This is helpful, thanks

[Susie]

We have a Baratza burr grinder. It wasn't in the < $25 range though. Trust, I am not the coffee snob in the house, Calvin is.

Whatever makes him happy.

[boiler717]

We use a grind and brew machine. I love it!

[auntie]

I have pair of Krups. The ancient one for coffee and a newer one I use for spices.

The old one is much sturdier. I look at them IRL- the blade on my new one is half the weight of the older one.

[Deleted]

Confession: I use the "grind" function on my blender. (it's a good quality one). No has b*tched about my coffee being too bitter yet. It seems to work great.

Let me know what you get through and if it works...I should probably invest one of these years.

[sjh722]

Aug 6, 2013 19:00:00 GMT -5 Susie said:

We have a Baratza burr grinder. It wasn't in the < $25 range though. Trust, I am not the coffee snob in the house, Calvin is.

Whatever makes him happy.

I am not so much interested in the coffee snob angle of it but that fact that I realized yesterday that a. decent coffee is much less expensive at Costco and b. most of it is whole bean.

@justdairy, that is interesting about the blender. Hmmm. My hesitation is that lugging the blender out sounds a lot messier than a coffee grinder, and I am a pretty lazy person. LOL!

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Aug 7, 2013 10:20:34 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

Aug 6, 2013 19:00:00 GMT -5 Susie said:

We have a Baratza burr grinder. It wasn't in the < $25 range though. Trust, I am not the coffee snob in the house, Calvin is.

Whatever makes him happy.

I am not so much interested in the coffee snob angle of it but that fact that I realized yesterday that a. decent coffee is much less expensive at Costco and b. most of it is whole bean.

@justdairy, that is interesting about the blender. Hmmm. My hesitation is that lugging the blender out sounds a lot messier than a coffee grinder, and I am a pretty lazy person. LOL!

Ha! Trust me, I'm probably lazier than you in the morning! I grind a blender full at a time then dump into an airtight container. It doesn't make coffee stale or anything, at least I don't think. So really it's only like every other week. I buy those giant Sams/Costco bags too...it's all pretty great.

[caddywompus]

I recommend the Braun coffee grinder. Not the round one- but the one with the separate chambers for beans and the grinds. You can change the size of grind, and it measures out by serving size. I've had mine ~ 20 years!

[Marmee]

I've had a Mr Coffee one for like 10yrs with about 6yrs of daily use. It's not fancy but it works.