I’ve gone through 3 in 3 years buying base-mid line models from box stores. They just all give up on life. Light use, mainly on weekends. TIA!

Hi!

I looked through the old posts but didn't find anything newer than 4 years ago, so I thought I would pose the question fresh.

My husband loves fresh coffee, to the extent that since I've known him he always grinds fresh beans every day, uses local beans, and either uses a French press or a pour over method to make his coffee every morning. He has expressed interest in upgrading his cheap blade grinder (sorry if the terminology is wrong) and wants to upgrade to a burr grinder. I have $150-$175 to spend on him for Christmas. Any recommendations on which grinder is the best option?

I looked at the Baratza in that price range, but I saw a number of reviews that said the grinder broke within a year. It's hard to tell what is user error and what is actual defect. I also looked at a Cuisinart option for 1/3 the price and it looked nice, but I also feel like a brand like Baratza that sells $800+ grinders probably knows a thing or two and the lower model will still be worth it.

I'll take any guidance I can get. I don't drink coffee myself so I have to rely on others to tell me what's actually good. TIA!!

Update: thank you all so much for your help and advice! The coffee sub is really a welcoming place! I'll be checking out the Baratza site for their refurbished options and if that doesn't work out I'll check out the Encore. Thank you all so much!!

Hey everyone! I’m in the market for a new coffee grinder and I’m looking for some recommendations. I mostly brew pour-over and espresso, so I need something that offers consistent grind size and is easy to use.

Edit: After reading the comments I found these ones:

• TIMEMORE Sculptor 064S

• Baratza Encore ESP

• Fellow Gen 2 Ode

• DF64 Coffee Grinder

If you have any other suggestions for coffee grinders that are high-quality but won’t break the bank, feel free to suggest.

Edit: My budget is around $900.

Thanks in advance!

I got the barrista express a few months ago for me and the wife. Everything is good other than she always fills up the coffee grinder with her Starbucks beans. I like to try different beans. She’s willing to try other coffee but we have to wait till all the beans are done and out of the grinder before adding different ones. But at the end of the day she likes the coffee she gets with Starbucks. So I’ve been thinking of getting the tubes to just add the coffee we each like every time but I’m now leaning more towards getting a coffee grinder instead. But I’m a newbie and not sure where to start. Any suggestions on coffee grinders?

Hello, just purchased a Moccamaster KBGT and realized the coffee ginder I currently use make the bean too fine. I read for this machine, it's best to us a medium course grind.

My questions are:

1.) What's a middle of the road coffee bean grinder that you would recommend?

2.) Would you prefer electric or manual

3.) what the best coffee bean to use with a Moccamaster. I love coffee and there is a time and place for all blends.

Thank you

I’m looking to get an electrical coffee grinder suitable to enjoy V60. I see a lot of you guys have Fellow, very cool but that is a bit over my budget rn I would say.

Is there anything you would suggest below 100 bucks?

Using for cold brew, espresso, and pour over

I’ve been doing analysis on reddit data and was looking at the most recommended electric coffee grinders on r/pourover. Thought I’d share the results.

Its part of a side project of mine to tinker with Reddit data and LLMs. My goal was to create something useful for the community while practicing my dev skills.

The analysis aims to highlight the most well reviewed electric coffee grinders - a very rough proxy for what’s widely considered the best electric coffee grinders. Hopefully it is a useful data point for those overwhelmed by all the information out there.

Methodology:

I used Google and Reddit search (filtered for the past year for freshness) to source for discussions on electric coffee grinders in r/pourover. From the top results I analyzed a total of 61 relevant threads and used LLMs to extract opinions and perform sentiment analysis.

To rank the models, I calculated the normalized difference and ratio between the no. of positive and negative user sentiments, and used that to determine the final score for ranking.

Handling and merging different model namings, brands, abbreviations etc is non trivial so a 100% LLM approach wasn’t sufficient. I did some eyeballing and manual clean up but there may still be mistakes. Let me know if you spot anything wrong or surprising.

For those interested in, the source data (i.e. comments analyzed) and individual sentiment analysis can be found on RedditRecs dot com (or google RedditRecs)w

I’ve been doing analysis on reddit data and was looking at the most recommended electric coffee grinders on r/espresso. Thought I’d share the results.

Its part of a side project of mine to tinker with Reddit data and LLMs. My goal was to create something useful for the community while practicing my dev skills.

The analysis aims to highlight the most well reviewed electric coffee grinders - a very rough proxy for what’s widely considered the best electric coffee grinders. Hopefully it is a useful data point for those overwhelmed by all the information out there.

Methodology:

I used Google and Reddit search (filtered for the past year for freshness) to source for discussions on electric coffee grinders in r/espresso. From the top results I analyzed a total of 63 relevant threads and used LLMs to extract opinions and perform sentiment analysis.

To rank the models, I calculated the normalized difference and ratio between the no. of positive and negative user sentiments, and used that to determine the final score for ranking.

Handling and merging different model namings, brands, abbreviations etc is non trivial (e.g. DF54 is one model but sold by different brands) so a 100% LLM approach wasn’t sufficient. I did some eyeballing and manual clean up but there may still be mistakes. Let me know if you spot anything wrong or surprising.

For those interested in, the source data (i.e. comments analyzed) and individual sentiment analysis can be found on RedditRecs dot com (or google RedditRecs)

Hey, I am looking to grind my coffee and would like to know what coffee grinders are a good purchase to consider, and whether I should look on ebay or amazon for a purchase. Thanks in advance!

My husband bought me (well, the house) an awesome espresso machine for my birthday a couple years ago, and so to accompany that we now have a tiny bean grinder that he is becoming dissatisfied with. I love that its small and you can put it away but he claims that it doesn't have an equal grind of the beans, and it was just a cheap little thing when we bought it.

What are some companies that still are considered "good" appliance companies? I want to get him one of those machines that grind them up really well and depending on what grind you want and am hoping this is a one and done purchase for a few years and produces some real high quality ground up beans.

Edited to add: these are awesome suggestions already, thank you!!!!!! So many things to research!!!

Hi trying to spend as little money like under 150(?) new or used? Idunno, any suggestions? Not sure how long I have to make this post to not get deleted which I’m a big fan of in general 😊

But yea looking for suggestions, thanks 🙏

I would like to get a grinder as I'm not satisfied buying grounds that are D.O.A. Not sure what's good. It's just my wife and I here so I won't need anything huge. Something not too pricey but good value for money. Preferably with different grind settings as I'll use a coffee machine, french press etc. TIA

So I am currently using a Breville bambino plus with a ground coffee from Costco. My wife and I are satisfied with it. If we needed to grind beans, then we use this cheap (probably $10) and still have no complaints. - yeah yeah, feel free to roast my setup (pun intended). So, would getting a proper grinder really improve the quality of lattes we drink?

On another note, I saw bestbuy had an openbox fair condition Breville barista pro for $340 and I ordered it. I need to pick it up from another store 50 min away but seems like its a steal at this price. Now most post on reddit dislikes built-in grinders but putting price aside though, how much of a difference would the barista pro grinder vs other $200 grinders make? I am thinking the Baratza Virtuoso+ or MiiCoffee DF54.

Edit:

Thank you so much everyone for your input. I was under the impression grinders would make a better latte but its mostly relevant to those that like black coffee and espresso shots. Both my wife and I drink it with milk and other spices so I don't think even a good grinder will make that much of a difference in my case.

I want grind my own coffee. I want to experiment with different sizes of grinds for cold brew and mocha pot to espresso.

My budget is 2500.

Should I go for an electric grinder or manual grinder? Need recommendations.

Hello, as context not long-time ago I was drinking Filtered coffee, with beans from Starbucks and using my current 20usd blade grinder. Don't hate me :D

After watching way too many videos I decided to upgrade my game buying a D'longhi dedica. I understand that I need to buy a couple of accessories to upgrade Dedica quality and I already order those accessories. Now the main issue I can see is the grinding.

I have a clear of what I want

1. Electric

2. Easy to add and take out the coffee

3. Potentially with scale (that would be awesome) to remove one of the steps

4. Grind to expresso level the beans

I watched James video about Grinders and he start the recommendations of grinders that in My case cost over 450USD (I live in a country with a lot of taxations)

Considering that I'm new to this, and the cost of imports, is it ok to go for budget conic grinders like

- SHARDOR
- CASO BaristaChef Inox

I also considered manual grinding but it is not for me, I want good coffee that doesn't take so much effort to make

I also saw a lot of recommendations for Eureka Mignon but paying 6x my coffee machine it doesn't make sense in my head

I want to hear your recommendations and harsh words :D