faaparasite Senior Member Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 288 Location: Dallas Metroplex Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Bezzera BZ99 Grinder: Mazzer Super Jolly Drip: Technivorm
Posted Sun Nov 18, 2012, 4:28pm Subject: Re: Is my grinder good enough...
frank828 Said:
like GVDUB said, i'm gonna be along and tell what i have and that i love it. hahah
used mazzer super jolly, i think is the best espresso grinder out there in the 350-450 range. :P these grinders will likely outlive your espresso machine(and probably you).
they'll pop up on the for sale forums here every once in a while. Or maybe contact calblacksmith on here, he always has about a million extra of these laying around.
I second this. I bought my SJ many years ago on the used market for $250 and it's still going just as strong today as the day I bought it, although I did replace the burrs and the hopper not long after I first got it. The biggest problem with the SJ is that it won't fit under most kitchen cabinets unless you hack the hopper. The area where I have mine has no cabinets above it so I don't have that issue. For home use there's not much reason to buy a new SJ so long as you can find a decent used one (decent used ones seem to be plentiful unlike the Mini). So long as you don't mind buying used, it's one of the best grinder values out there.
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