• Reviews around bean (1.74 of 5)

    Bodum BISTRO Blade Grinder, Electric Blade Coffee Grinder, Black

    • You simply have to be aware of the level of grind for your coffee, and pulse it as to not burn your coffee beans.
    • It grinds the coffee beans irregularly
    • It grind my coffee beans consistently
    • One of the selling points of this product is the transparent lid allowing you to see when your beans are ground to your liking
    • I love how quick it grinds the beans and how it is perfectly sized for a 12-cup brew
    • The way I use it is I use a count down and grind the beans for 30 seconds, but to be honest I am not sure if I am grinding the beans fine enough for pour over
    • The bad: it does not grind coffee beans well.
    • I learned long ago that the perfect cup starts with freshly ground beans and am really picky about my grinder
    • Easy to clean, grinds beans quickly and effectively perfect for grinding fresh beans for your morning coffee.
    • This new baby has a much larger capacity of accomodating one full cup of coffee beans and due to the larger motor inside, i found that I could grind the beans to a much finer state (relative to the krups one) without noticing a slight 'heating smell' coming from the grinder.
    • It took a little longer to grind coffee beans with the Bodum
    • It grinds the beans very well but my only complaint is that it can be annoying to clean as the grinding part does not separate from the unit itself, meaning that one cannot simply use water to clean the reservoir; albeit a dampened rag does the trick fine
    • it grind the beans, yes
    • When I first received this product, I was concerned about how small it was and thought it would take forever to grind all my coffee beans
    • so darn close.2- in fact, you can press the grinder for 4-5 seconds, and the beans are coarse, an extra 9 seconds and it’s just (PERFECT)!3- 25
    • Chops up beans as promised.
    • Now that I have the Bodum Bistro grinder, I have started grinding the coffee beans each day in the
    • It really grinds the beans up fine and quickly
    • For people who like to grind coffee beans right before brewing, this product is great
    • I’ve used grinders that were terribly loud and did not grind the beans consistently
    • If I want to make a full 12 cup pot, I have to grind the beans in two batches
    • The outter grinder is made of a 'rubber' material and hence if you are like me who have butter fingers, I am hoping to spill less of my fine and grounded coffee beans
    • Works as expected, not too loud grinds beans perfectly.
    • We enjoy grinding just enough beans for the day, and enjoy the aroma of truly fresh coffee every morning.
    • It absolutely stopped working halfway through grinding my beans this morning
    • Looks good, small, grinds beans just fine, fun to operateCons: It doesn't clean itself
    • Purchase this electric coffee grinder to grind coffee beans for my new coffee system
    • It went like this the entire time I ground my bean
    • Grind beans perfectly though!
    • Looks good, small, grinds beans just fine, fun to operateCons: It doesn't clean itself
    • You hold the button down and it grinds the beans
    • It makes a huge difference in cold brew to grind the beans fresh too.
    • I grind beans to an espresso or
    • I always have some whole beans left since I don't want to grind the beans too fine.
    • With the arrow press number of practices according to your hand the water has to be at 75°F the beans are supposed to be ground finely
    • I use the Bodum French Press and this grinder grinds the beans to perfection
    • Works as expected, not too loud grinds beans perfectly.
    • Darker roast (oily) beans may start to cake up along the sides after 15-20 seconds, but a gentle shake or rocking motion keeps them moving through the process until the desired grind size is reached.
    • I ground coffee beans a couple of times and it stopped working completely.
    • My old Mr. Coffee grinder was not adequately grinding the coffee beans anymore--there were whole beans still remaining after grinding for several minutes.
    • Incredible taste difference when it comes to freshly ground beans, and this grinder does the job perfectly!
    • It's like the beans are being sliced rather than pounded
    • Even with smaller amounts of beans, some beans are pulverized and some are split in half.2.
    • GRINDER!These are the worst type of grinders to grind coffee beans
    • Only issue is that it doesn't seem to grind all the beans quickly enough
    • It really grinds the beans up fine and quickly
    • My favorite part of it is the smell of freshly ground beans!
    • We used it to grind coffee beans about 3 times per week
    • I tried to pulse the button a few times to break up the coffee beans but after the first press it did not start again
    • Love how quickly this grinds coffee beans
    • It grinds my coffee beans fast and perfectly
    • I grind whole beans for a French press.
    • I do not over-fill the container when I grind my coffee beans
    • I grind coffee beans every other day for my percolator
    • After grinding the beans, I emptied the ground coffee into the transparent cap where some of the "coffee dust" settled under the push-button control.
    • but I shake the beans while they’re grinding or in between pulses for more consistency.
    • Being a coffee lover, I prefer to grind my coffee beans immediately before brewing my coffee.
    • In order to grind the beans, you have to push the red part of the lid down
    • Easy to clean, grinds beans quickly and effectively perfect for grinding fresh beans for your morning coffee.
    • Once I got it, I noticed that it ground the beans very unevenly unless I grounded the coffee to pretty much powder, but I prefer my coffee more coarsely ground so it doesn't go through the filter, but when doing this, it left some beans completely uncracked, while others were finely ground
    • The way I use it is I use a count down and grind the beans for 30 seconds, but to be honest I am not sure if I am grinding the beans fine enough for pour over
    • Not too loud and grinds the beans perfectly
    • The grinder does a great job quickly grinding my beans for my french press (takes about 10 seconds)
    • Works great to grind the coffee beans exactly how I want them
    • You can grind the coffee beans to your own requirement.
    • It grinds the beans quickly and evenly and it is pretty quiet too
    • After having this product for a month and a half i've gotten a sense of how long to grind the beans to my liking as oppose to checking it by eye
    • Quieter than...than my old method of hammer-smashing the beans at 5:30 a.m. and then scooping them up to put into the coffee maker
    • This is my first purchase of a coffee bean grinder, as I recently switched from mass-produced ground coffee to fresh whole coffee beans
    • I love it, I highly recommend for coffee drinkers like me who grind their own beans.
    • It is small but it does a great job grinding the beans in a short time.
    • This coffee grinder looks good, and it did a decent job of grinding beans.
    • Effectively ground my beans every day.
    • Doesn't have enough power to grind the beans without jamming up
    • For context, I'm using this grinder to grind beans down to espresso consistency
    • The grinder doesn't grind the beans up perfectly, but it does better than other blade grinders
    • The grinder doesn't grind the beans up perfectly, but it does better than other blade grinders
    • Fresh oily beans stick to the sides of the grinding area so one needs to scoop them out into the filter.
    • I was grinding the beans for my afternoon cup of pour-over coffee today, and honestly every time I pull the Bodum
    • I used to think that it wouldn't make a noticeable difference whether you grind coffee beans or use already grounded coffee; but you can tell by the intoxicating, fresh aroma
    • This grinder grinds my beans
    • I buy whole beans and rough grind it at the store and fine grind it in the Bodum as needed.
    • Once I got it, I noticed that it ground the beans very unevenly unless I grounded the coffee to pretty much powder, but I prefer my coffee more coarsely ground so it doesn't go through the filter, but when doing this, it left some beans completely uncracked, while others were finely ground
    • It makes quick work of grinding your beans and works equally well for grinding nuts, spices and the secret ingredients for a batch of brownies
    • I wish it were just a bit bigger so it could grind more beans at once.
    • I was so excited to grind my coffee beans that I got from a friend
    • It basically just grinds the bottom portion of the beans so that the bottom beans are super fine and the top are course or not ground at all
    • It works fast and well, taking 20-30 second to grind my coffee beans
    • After having this product for a month and a half i've gotten a sense of how long to grind the beans to my liking as oppose to checking it by eye
    • I use it to grind coffee beans for my percolator
    • If this still worked for the next 6 months I would MAYBE give it 3 stars because it's a pain to use and I had been manually grinding my beans while I waited to choose which auto grinder to buy
    • It has stopped working and is "burned out" as of yesterday 4/25/18.
    • Beyond that, this whirly-blade grinder does its primary coffee grinding job at least as well as or better than the (many) other blade grinders that I've owned or tried.
    • Works as it's supposed to
    • Doesn’t actually grind as well as I thought
    • I don't have anything to compare it to, but it worked exactly as it says, is easy to clean, and fun to operate
    • so you have to grind right beside your coffee maker as you can't transport the grounds easily