£50 Burr Grinders: A Bargain Or A Terrible Mistake?

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• MA

  @maple_fields · 6 years ago

  Me, drinking my day old coffee reheated in the microwave: Damn these are trash

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• NE

  @NevrNewd · 6 years ago

  Are we all just going to pretend that this man didn’t just pull his spoon out of a carrying case? We’re just going to ignore that?

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• DS

  @dspiffy · 4 years ago

  Here's what I want to see:  A blind taste test between pre-ground coffee, a sub-$100 blade grinder, a sub-$100 burr grinder, and a sub-$50 hand grinder.  Basically, if you ONLY have $100 or less to spend, which will get you closest

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• AN

  @anachronisticon · 3 years ago

  This has confirmed my long standing suspicion that I'm too poor to drink espresso.

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• PE

  @pekitivey · 5 years ago

  Me drinking instant: "Yeah, screw those cheap grinders"

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• JU

  @JunkHeapProductions · 4 years ago

  Coming from a blade grinder to a cheap burr grinder similar to these ones and pretty much exclusively brewing in a French press this was a massive step up in quality of coffee for me.

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• OS

  @OSaracenU · 6 years ago

  I don’t drink coffee, I just like his fancy pants voice and genuine enthusiasm

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• TS

  @TSK5443 · 6 years ago

  James casually flexing his Weber grinder and vintage silver spoon. Okay, fancy man

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• XE

  @xerpenta · 4 years ago (edited)

  I've gotta say: I actually have the DeLonghi one and I disagree strongly, which I guess is mostly due to my perspective. I believe you, when you say that the 50 times pricier one will make better coffee. It would be clinically insane if it didn't. But having no other coffee grinder before, the 50 quid one improved my coffee drastically. If you buy ground coffee it is good for a day or two and then it just becomes bland and tasteless. Like if you enjoy this dopamine kick, when you buy new pack of pre-ground, open it up and know that this one coffee you'll make will be that humble perfection you know, it's fine. But if you want to have a reliable experience enriched by the smell of fresh ground coffee, and you know you can't cut it for a 250 pounds one... Get the 50 quid one for now. It is, in my opinion, a huge improvement. Especially, since if you can't afford 250 pounds grinder, you probably also don't buy coffee that's overly expensive. Some of the points as well, like the noise, the unsatisfactory user interface feel, the looks are extremely subjective, and like I said before they can get exaggerated by the perspective of being used to something that is much more high end. For someone who isn't, those points can diminish rather steeply. So, to sum up, if you are an aspiring, non extravagant coffee enjoyer: buy it and then upgrade. I guess I should add that I use Aeropress and French press for making my coffee.

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• DG

  @DGerharts · 6 years ago

  Niche zero in the background gazing at the £50 grinders: <b>PEASANTS</b>

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• IN

  @internetshaquille · 6 years ago (edited)

  Just looking at that cuisinart gives me anxiety now. It&apos;s easy to use a bad product and think &quot;welp, I guess this is just the way it is&quot;. I would close the bedroom door so that my sleeping lover wouldn&apos;t think our home was invaded by murderous birds. I would put the paper filter on top of the grounds &nbsp;receptacle, flip it all over, and knock it against the counter to minimize the mess. Once a week I&apos;d use a spoon to scrape away the caked-on crust that forms in that same area you noticed. It&apos;s not a good time, but I just assumed it was normal since the product ranks somewhat high on Amazon from people like me who didn&apos;t know any better

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• SK

  @Skee7676 · 5 years ago

  Watching James Hoffman-videos while stuck in a quarantine-hotel for a week with nothing but a water boiler and bags of instant coffee... Its going to be a loooong week.

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