JeffPersson Senior Member Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Goodyear, AZ Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Bialetti Moka Pot Grinder: LaSanMarco SM-90A Vac Pot: Yama 8-cup Drip: Cuisanart Roaster: Poppery I
Posted Wed May 14, 2008, 7:01am Subject: I Need a Non-espresso Grinder Req
I'm looking for a conical burr grinder recommendation for grinding coffee for pretty much all applications except true espresso. I use a Moka pot and drip at home (and planning to get a Brikka pot), and am looking at using an Aeropress for work when I start my new job. Also my wife uses a french press at the office so I'm looking for something to provide a nice even grind with little dust and retention in the grinder as possible. I noticed the Capresso Inifinity 560 and Breville Ikon Conical have good reviews on Amazon and pretty decent reviews on CG when the user isn't looking for an espresso grind. I'm curious to know if there are any others out there I should look at with equal or better price performance than these two.
I do occasionally have Turkish coffee as well, but I use preground vaccum packed Arabic coffee with cardamon in it for that.
Posted Wed May 14, 2008, 7:33am Subject: Re: I Need a Non-espresso Grinder Req
I'd recommend the Baratza Virtuoso. Although it's not cheap, it does all non-espresso grinds very well. You should check the reviews for the Virtuoso as well.
Posted Thu May 15, 2008, 11:33pm Subject: Re: I Need a Non-espresso Grinder Req
I use a Virtuoso for all my non-espresso needs, and it performs really well. One of the benefits of the almost zero-ground retention of the grinder is that you can put all sorts of odd stuff through it and it won't taint the flavour of what goes through afterward. (My wife likes flavoured coffee occasionally for drip.)
We got a rebuilt direct from Baratza, it gets used every day and works like a champ.
Posted Fri May 16, 2008, 4:04am Subject: Re: I Need a Non-espresso Grinder Req
cdrikari Said:
One of the benefits of the almost zero-ground retention of the grinder is that you can put all sorts of odd stuff through it and it won't taint the flavour of what goes through afterward. (My wife likes flavoured coffee occasionally for drip.)
Flavoring agents are generally applied externally to roasted beans, and will adhere to the burr grinding surfaces and interior walls in the grinding area. Seems to me that would taint the grinder....so I would never advise someone to use the same grinder for flavored and normal coffee.
That's something whirlyblade grinders are good for.
As for deciding between Infinity and Breville - I've never used either but I am quite pleased with my Baratza grinder for drip coffee. :-)
Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post
Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
= No New Posts since last visit 