Good thread,
@BeerCan!
Im very interested in all things coffee, and, especially, brewing and grinding implements.
Im happy with my everyday brewer that weāve used for years now (regular BUNN Velocity Brew).
And the wife got me a new pour-over for Christmas (standard Chemex 40oz, which I love).
However, I think our coffee could be improved significantly with a better grinder that would produce a more consistent grind, and also fewer āfinesā (the powdery chaff that contributes to bitterness and harshness).
For almost as long as Iāve had the BUNN, Iāve also used a
$40 Mr. Coffee burr grinder, which is acceptable, but I think i could do a lot better. Iād be willing to relegate it to my backup if I could find one that would do a lot better job with the consistency of grind and produce fewer fines.
In fact, when we go on trips, we take a Krups compact electric blade grinder along with an
OXO electric pour over kettle (awesome product BTW) and the Chemex. And Ive noticed that the blade grinder, despite having a rep for not making as consistent of a grind as a burr grinder, actually does make fewer fine particles than the cheaper Mr. Coffee burr grinder I normally use. And that results in pour-over coffee that is less harsh.