KRUPS Electric Spice and Coffee Grinder with Stainless Steel Blades, 3-Ounce, Black

I read some very good reviews of this grinder, so was exceedingly disappointed with what arrived. The plastic construction has a decidedly cheap feel to it, the thing grinds unevenly, and cannot produce a coarse enough grind for French press. Perhaps it would do better with finer grinds, but on the most coarse setting it produces something closer to what you’d get from a bad attempt with a blade grinder. It’s decidedly not worth $75CAN. The Bodum burr grinder is not a lot more expensive but is vastly superior in all respects.

Ich habe mir die Mühle gekauft, da ich mir French Press Kaffee machen wollte. Die Mühle tut hier für mich genau das, was sie tun soll und ich kann sie uneingeschränkt weiterempfehlen.

Folgende Punkte sind mir aber aufgefallen, bzw. die sollte man vor einem Kauf wissen:
– Ich mache mir immer nur eine Tasse Kaffee (0.33l bzw. 22g Bohnen) und dafür ist die Mühle ideal. Für deutlich größere Mengen (1l oder mehr) ist sie m.E. aber zu klein.
– Der Mahlgrad ist leider nur dadurch bestimmt, wie lange man den An-Taster betätigt. Wer den Mahlgrad genau reproduzieren möchte, wird mit dieser Mühle nicht optimal bedient.
– Beim Abnehmen des Deckels fällt gerne ein wenig gemahlener Kaffee auf die Arbeitsfläche. Daher immer vor dem Öffnen des Deckels ein paar Mal drauf klopfen, damit sich der gemahlene Kaffee ganz vom Deckel löst.
– Um den gemahlenen Kaffee vollständig aus der Mühle zu bekommen oder sie zu reinigen, ist ein Pinsel nötig. Ohne kommt man an die Kanten und unter das Mahlwerk nicht heran.

I have used the item daily for 32 days for one coffee a day. on 31st day the machine started to work slower, and finally yesterday it broke down completely. Although it was quite a good grinder, it is ridiculous to pay 20 pounds for an item that breaks in 32 days, probably because you cannot return it after 30 days.

If you consider buying a grinder, you’d better think of something that will last longer than 30 days.

When my previous hardworking Krupps coffee mill expired after several very satisfactory years, I replaced it with this one. I should have looked more closely at the specifications. It lacks the following features which made my old one so much better; 1) There is no way to adjust the fineness of the grind to the type of coffee you are making, or to program the motor to run for the right length of time to complete the job. It simply warns you not to run the motor for more than 20 seconds, but doesn’t say why, which is potentially worrying.. 2) The ground coffee remains in the same small compartment as the very sharp blades, instead of falling into a separate box, so it’s very difficult and unsafe to get it out, and it tends to spill coffee grounds all over the worktop when held upside down to get to the final teaspoonful. 3) it is not possible to clean the inside of the container as there is no safe way to get past the fixed blades.
I have found this item to be cheap and useless and ATM I’ve reverted to using pre-ground packets of coffee until I can replace it.

This is my first coffee grinder so I have nothing to compare it to, however, it works very well and only takes a few seconds to get a coarse grind for my fancy new French press coffee maker.

I do find it quite loud though, compared to a blender or magic bullet. It sends my cats running out of the kitchen and wakes up my sleeping husband so on weekends I need to grind enough for a few days or wait until he’s awake before I use it. But wow, best coffee I’ve ever had. It really does make a huge difference grinding the beans right before you drink
it instead of buying pre-ground coffee or grinding it the day before.

My only real issue with this grinder is that it’s very hard to clean. I was hoping to use it for a few different things but that’s definitely not going to be possible because you really can’t get in there to clean it thoroughly enough.

But overall for the price and effectiveness, I’m happy with it and would recommend it as a coffee grinder.

I bought one of these nearly 4 years ago, and it’s still going strong after almost daily use. Highly recommend. A lot of coffee snobs will laud burr grinders over a twin bladed mill, but for use in a french press, mocha pot, or aeropress I’ve managed perfectly well to achieve the grind that I want to make my coffee.

If this is your first foray into grinding your own coffee beans then I would look no further!