Coffee Appreciation

Forum approved grinder for pour over

Aw thanks, it’s old but it’s good.

I have a Sage precision brewer and really like it. I drink V60 at the weekends and days I'm WFH but the Sage is great for "fuss free and reliable" as you put it. For days I'm in the office I set it all up the night before and just press a button in the morning for a really good coffee with minimal fuss. It's not great at making more than 2 or 3 cups in my experience though.

I love the SPB. It’s been a game changer for me. I was always into espresso but brewed coffee is great in the morning when you need coffee but want to be eased into the day.

I have cold brew on 15 hours at the moment which seems to taste good

Have you got the v60 adapter for the sage?

What grinder are you using?

I've been using the sage Pro for the last 4 years, love it, easy to dial in, great for pour over. Not sure what they go for now but at the time it was significantly better value than other options.

Zero complaints.

@dancing james how much coffee would you be making and how frequently do you think? Is worktop space/power points an issue? There's some great hand grinders out there but if you have space and plan to make larger or more frequent brews than electric is probably the way to go.

I think some people on here have the Fellow Ode and they seem to be widely reviewed well as a good grinder for filter

I have a Niche zero as this is good for switching between espresso and filter. I dont want to grind by hand but I also dont want two different electric grinders. I think I probably sacrifice some stuff at the espresso end (but I can taste it) but not at filter. Have used it for machine, v60, kalita wave and aeropress.

I went for the Alessi brewer because we wanted something in white as it is not in a cupboard but on the counter in the utility. I would be tempted to upgrade to a Fellow Aiden but as these aren't shipping until October then I'd go for the Moccamaster or Sage.

I haven't no! I'd be interested to try it but I'm not curious enough to spend the money.
I'm using a Sage Grinder Pro (purely because it matches the Precision Brewer so looks alright taking up space on the counter).

Just go mokka pot. No it's not espresso but it's good strong coffee and low faff. An aeropress can't make anything anywhere near espresso IMO, great if you want filter style coffee but otherwise nope.

You've reminded me I need to buy one for when I go and stay with my Mum, aeropress just isn't strong enough first thing for me!

I’ve got an aeropress. I love the idea and in desperate times I can see how it’s a useful tool to get coffee. Is it good coffee? I’m not convinced.

Depends on what you like, I guess.

I only tried Aeropress recently and found that I prefer it to french press, which has been my default coffee option for decades.

The coffee you have made with it might not have been good! But there’s a whole world of users making filter style coffee with it who are very convinced. I mean there’s aeropress championships in the speciality sphere, which doesn’t happen with stovetops or instant.

which doesn’t happen with stovetops

Yet.. maybe we can start the MokkaChamps competition...

Any suggestions for an inexpensive, small grinder for filter? It'll be kept at work so can't get away with anything that won't fit in to a cupboard. It'd be ideal if it was small enough to chuck in a backpack for travelling.
I've got a Krups thing that I've had for years but it's a bit rubbish and inconsistent so I'd like to relegate it to spice use only.

I guess I probably want a hand grinder with that brief?
Extra points if you have one that you'd like to sell me.

https://www.kingrinder.com/p

Or Timemore Chestnut series for something a bit better construction

Knock Aergrind is good, but pricey

I've got one of these that I'm pretty happy with. The grind is quite consistent and seems to be able to go from cafetiere right down to Turkish. It's not super small so possibly not the best for backpacking, but good to put in a cupboard at work.

https://joyresolve.com/products/groove-compact-grinder

yeah am loving it. strawberry milkshake as a tasting note is a must-buy for me. had some absolute bangers over the years from that.

I have a new MHW-3bomber R3 hand grinder I don't really need. has been unboxed but not used.

https://mhw3bomber.com/collections/manual-grinder-1/products/mhw-3bomber-blade-r3-manual-coffee-grinder-1

cheapest price i saw was £68 on aliexpress (£82ish on their own site with code, £109 on amazon) so £50 shipped?

bit of a newer/emerging brand but there's a fair bit of discussion about the grinder on various forums if you google it.

it's very nicely engineered.

I’ll take it if ltc doesn’t want it. Been wanting a second grinder for home so I’m not ferrying mine from work to home every week (and cursing when I forget it).

Another +1 for the KINGrinder p series. Picked one up for my ex and was seriously impressed with it for the money. Plastic body keeps weight down for backpacking too.

I have the niche zero as my espresso grinder. There is also a porlex ceramic hand grinder and I have an attachment to connect it to an electric screwdriver or impact wrench because who has the time to hand grind.

Next week I am off to the We Out Here and have volunteered to keep the crew for our stage caffeinated. Espresso machine and niche zero will stay at home.

Last year I took a kettle, v60 and the porlex but it is was quite time consuming. The sage as a batch brewer looks like an easy option for the extraction of caffeine from beans. It’s just a case of will the porlex be up to the job. Last year I took a really cheap rechargeable electric screwdriver I had been given, but it needed to be recharged after grinding the beans for two v60 brews.

So my debate is wether the porlex and a makita impact driver and a 6ah battery will be sufficient or should I just money gun the grinder and get something like the baratza encore esp.

Just grind all the beans you in the niche the morning you leave for the festival. Porlex and impact gun will be doing an awful job of grinding (coming from someone who used to makita his old ceramic burred grinder in the same fashion you describe).

Beans ground 2 days ago in a niche > beans ground badly in a porlex that day. And you even have a niche that will easily swap between ground settings - might as well use it.