I’m pretty new to the world of coffee, at least to caring about it, anyway. I’ve been drinking drip coffee from pre-ground beans for years but wanted to start getting more into it. I picked up a moka pot and have loved it so far, but I’m stuck either using pre-ground or a blade grinder. I mostly do my coffee around 5:30 in the morning, a few hours before my infant daughter and wife are awake, and don’t want to risk waking them so I was thinking manual. I also don’t have tons of money to spend right now, since most of my money goes toward my daughter. My absolute cap would be $200 CAD but the cheaper the better honestly, as long as it isn’t really bad. I saw the Timemore S3 was very highly reviewed, and I can find it for around $180 CAD right now, so that’s what I was thinking, but I’ve only started doing research yesterday so I’m probably missing a thousand good models. Does anyone have any suggestions for models or blog posts or anything to look at? I’d really appreciate any help. The grinder would be used mostly for moka pot but I do also have a French press (mostly for my wife) and the aforementioned drip coffee machine that I’d like to be able to use the grinder for too. Espresso is off the table due to finances so I don’t need something that can go that finely ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cin2IZbKzU
That’s only one opinion but I watched enough reviews to decide on the k6 for my needs. I’ve been happy with it after years with an oxo grinder. I use an aeropress most days with the occasional french press and moka pot.
I got pretty lucky with an aliexpress cash back promo from rakuten when I bought it. They come around fairly often if you’re willing to wait.
I feel like its unfair to put the timemores in the lowest category when there are still plenty of people buying hario grinders, or off brand equivalents.
Agreed, that list doesn’t help much because there is no indication of price points and the grinders are already the good picks among the available pool. I don’t know how good the video is, but I don’t like that channel much.
The only reason I went with that channel as my example was the easy to understand list within the context of the rest of the video. I usually prefer Hendrick’s reviews (Hand Grinder Tier List) but it’s nice to get multiple opinions.
Sure :) many like that channel and I also used it as a source, it is a valid choice! It is a valuable list, it just needs to be read with the proper context.
Lance Hedrick is awesome, so entertaining!
I’ve had the JX-Pro for a few years now, first for pour over and now for espresso. I’ve been very happy with it and it’s still grinding very consistently even with the zero amount of maintenance i’ve done with it :D
I imagine the J-Ultra is just as good or better.