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  1. 3rd June 2008, 01:36 PM #1
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    Burr coffee grinder recommendation

    Hi

    Can any of our coffee heads recommend a burr grinder?

    I have browsed through a geek site or two but they are all passionate about homemade coffee, have ultra top end machines and never agree with one another anyway.

    I love a good cup of coffee but only make one at home infrequently. I use a plunger or italian stove top and don't want a domestic espresso machine or an ultra top end grinder but do want to make the best coffee I can using what I have. Experts tell me that getting rid of my blade grinder and using a burr grinder will lead to a jump in quality.

    Not after a top end product as you can see from above but hate buying rubbish.

    Any help gtatefully received.

    cheers
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  2. 3rd June 2008, 01:53 PM #2
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    budget? a good one will require you to spend hundreds...

    Personally I've had a couple of good ones - rancillio rocky and a mazer mini... the mazer beats the rocky IMHO for fine espresso grinds...

    however to save some coin, unless you drink a fair bit, an old (or new) hand grinder will do the job just fine as long as it is adjustable and the burr is in good nick...
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  3. 3rd June 2008, 03:16 PM #3
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    Thanks

    PS Apols everyone for posting this here. i must have had one of my many brain fades?

    I'll PM and ask to have this moved.
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  4. 3rd June 2008, 05:35 PM #4
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    Gaggia.

    Maybe a bit more of a "top end" grinder than you are looking for, but ours has worked flawlessly for five years and is tough as nails.
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    I can tell you what not to buy: Breville or Sunbeam

    I'm still looking for a good one, I understand the Gaggia is good (and it would match my Gaggia Classic ) but there are a few others that get good reviews.
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    Quote Originally Posted by solmanic View Post
    Gaggia.

    Maybe a bit more of a "top end" grinder than you are looking for, but ours has worked flawlessly for five years and is tough as nails.
    not as tough as the Rocky

    I've got the all stainless with no dosser version, weighs 18kg!! - the defender of the coffee grinder world!
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    I have a Saeco mc2002, the CoffeeGeeks are very down on it here, I went from years of using spinny blade things, and it may not be the bomb, but it is significantly better than the spinny blade grinders.

    I was finding that to get the fine grind I wanted from the spinny blade I would also get powder that went through everything and clogged stuff up.

    The Saeco does not do that. I didn't hold with all the choo about burr grinders, until I got the burr grinder. Any burr grinder is better than a spinny blade one. Some of the rest is forum hype.

    I'm also in the process of a ground-up rebuild of a La Cimbali Junior, and after the slagging I just read about the Saeco, I guess I will be keeping it, not selling it.

    Have you read this - http://www.coffeeco.com.au/articles/september2002.html

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    and some more info here CoffeeSnobs - Grinders

    and specific grinder info/mini reviews here http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?nu...5531;start=all
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    Arrgh, noooo, another night lost to grinder reviews.

    Curse you Rick.

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    The Gaggia we had failed miserably after a short peroid of time, it was noisy too. Now we have a Krups, no failure yet, somewhat more silent.
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