With a name like “Espressione” it’s got to be fancy. One of my favorite burr grinders. No doubt.
The Skinny
- This champ has 15 different grind settings.
- From all of my research, one thing has come up more than anything else – and that is the consistency of the grind settings (something we really like to see). I’m always in the market for more consistent grinders to make coffee with my wide range of coffee related gadgets (Hario v60, Chemex, Bodum Chambord, Bialetti et al) so finding a grinder that is notorious for pulling really consistent grounds means a lot to me. It should mean a lot to you to. Ergo, the Espressione Conical Burr Grinder has serious potential in any home coffee lab.
- Simply by screwing the bean hopper counterclockwise you can remove it for a much easier time cleaning the entire apparatus.
- Can grind 2 to 10 cups at a time. This is something that as I grower wiser and more experienced as a home barista becomes more and more important to me. While I typically am grinding on the smaller end of the spectrum, being able to knock out 10 cups at a time could potentially be useful if I’m entertaining more than one person besides myself.
- Has an electronic timer so it won’t keep trying to grind your beans even though you’re done but your hands are full (brewing water, setting up your apparatus, fighting crime).
- Slip resistant. Do you realize how crucial that is? Most people don’t. But you’re making coffee, using water, carrying water, pouring water, pouring coffee, carrying coffee – the point is: it’s more than likely you are going to spill some things from time to time, creating countertops that aren’t one hundred percent dry. And when they are not dry you will be very pleased with yourself for investing in a slip resistant coffee grinder.
Super awesome grinder. Worth about twice the money in my opinion.
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Espressione Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
Any accessories for this, like liners that are not subject to electrostatic charges in the grind receptacle? It’s a pain to deal with ground coffee that becomes attracted to the plastic container.
Rod, I feel you. Static energy is one of the great antagonists of coffee. There aren’t any real accessories for this grinder (that I know of) to reduce static energy, but here are a few techniques that have worked for me or others. They require a little creativity though.
Aluminum foil typically massively reduces the amount of static energy on coffee grounds, so even just gently lining the bottom of the bin will help with the problem. Once the grounds hits the aluminum they should give up on dancing, which will make handling them a lot easier.
Another method I read about but don’t have any experience with is using a mouse pad. I mention this because it makes sense since mouse pads should be made to prevent static, but I’ve never had an unused mouse pad to experiment with and I’m not sure how I would go about setting it up. But it has received its share of praise in reducing static.
If it were me I think I would just try to carefully line the bottom of the grinder with aluminum foil and probably not worry about the sides. Just getting that much surface area covered with metal should be enough to kill the problem, but if you’re hitting higher quantities you might want to think about lining the sides as well.
I don’t know what the fuss is about static. All one has to do is grind the coffee and walk away for a few minutes (set up the coffee machine, empty the dishwasher, whatever). That gives time for the static charge to dissipate. Gently tap the grounds down and voila, no mess!
Thanks for the reply Sue, but 1. I don’t have the time (nor would I want to) to do anything else after I have ground the beans but brew the coffee, and 2. the electrostatic charge is not going to dissipate any time soon anyway. The charge is from the plastic container and an opposite charge from the grounds as a result of the friction in the grinding process. Unless either is reversed, the attraction remains. The “dancing” occurs as a result of your hands touching the plastic container and delivering a like charge to either the grounds or plastic (probably the grounds) and repelling each other- like opposing magnets. I know this as a matter of what I do as a profession but wondered if there are any after-market neutral liner/filters or containers available anywhere. Actually Peter’s reply is helpful as I had already jerry-rigged a cone filter as a liner to the plastic cup, and it works OK. The charge is really strong and it not entirely eliminated. Lining the container completely with foil is what I will try next. I represent a company that makes a system to neutralize plastic films and parts so they don’t attract particulates, but that seems like a little over-kill – even for a great cup of coffee.