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If you want consistency that grinder is going to cost a lot. There are diminishing returns and $60 grinder will get you 80% of the way. But going from 80% to 99

If you want consistency that grinder is going to cost a lot. There are diminishing returns and $60 grinder will get you 80% of the way. But going from 80% to 99% you're looking at a price increase of about $1800. You're obviously not going to buy that equipment for your home though.

2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
Who are you kidding? Of course we are. I have a $2000 grinder on the way. Edit: I don't buy that a $60 dollar grinder will get you 80% of the way. The output of such cheap grinders that I have seen have very poor consistency. You're looking at low hundreds to get anything decent and even then you will have very clear differences when matched against a top end grinder.
- locuscoeruleus 7y ago
  On the continuum from preground coffee to cafe quality pour over, a $60 wilfa burr griner will get you 80% in my opinion. You'll have days when the brew comes out very well, some days it's disappointing. The biggest advantage when going from no grinder to cheap grinder is that you can buy quality beans rather than supermarket coffee and that time from grinding to brewing is minimized, so you lose less flavour. For me, that's 80% of the value for 20% of the effort/money.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
    Ah, ok sure. I agree.
- throw0101a 7y ago
  > I don't buy that a $60 dollar grinder will get you 80% of the way. Is a used Baratza Encore much more expensive than that? A new one is US$ 140: * https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-coffee-grinder/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-coffee-grinder/
- ntsplnkv2 7y ago
  Honestly for pour over methods I think a Baratza Encore or similar is plenty fine and will get you probably 90% of the way. For coffee snobs like me and you, maybe that is only 50% :). Obviously espresso is completely different, and agreed, you'd have to be at the mid-hundreds to get to a barely good-enough starting point.
vbezhenar 7y ago
I'm using something like $20 grinder I guess, I bought it 15 years ago and it works fine for me. That said, I prefer to buy grinded coffee. It's not perfect, but miles ahead of instant coffee. That's perfect combination of time/price/taste for me.

2muchcoffeeman 7y ago

Who are you kidding? Of course we are. I have a $2000 grinder on the way. Edit: I don't buy that a $60 dollar grinder will get you 80% of the way. The output of such cheap grinders that I have seen have very poor consistency. You're looking at low hundreds to get anything decent and even then you will have very clear differences when matched against a top end grinder.

locuscoeruleus 7y ago
On the continuum from preground coffee to cafe quality pour over, a $60 wilfa burr griner will get you 80% in my opinion. You'll have days when the brew comes out very well, some days it's disappointing. The biggest advantage when going from no grinder to cheap grinder is that you can buy quality beans rather than supermarket coffee and that time from grinding to brewing is minimized, so you lose less flavour. For me, that's 80% of the value for 20% of the effort/money.
- 2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
  Ah, ok sure. I agree.
throw0101a 7y ago
> I don't buy that a $60 dollar grinder will get you 80% of the way. Is a used Baratza Encore much more expensive than that? A new one is US$ 140: * https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-coffee-grinder/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-coffee-grinder/
ntsplnkv2 7y ago
Honestly for pour over methods I think a Baratza Encore or similar is plenty fine and will get you probably 90% of the way. For coffee snobs like me and you, maybe that is only 50% :). Obviously espresso is completely different, and agreed, you'd have to be at the mid-hundreds to get to a barely good-enough starting point.

vbezhenar 7y ago

I'm using something like $20 grinder I guess, I bought it 15 years ago and it works fine for me. That said, I prefer to buy grinded coffee. It's not perfect, but miles ahead of instant coffee. That's perfect combination of time/price/taste for me.