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    Cuisinart Grind Central Coffee Grinder

    • or I over grind the beans to ensure all were ground
    • it is impossible to take the lid off without getting ground beans all over the counter.
    • You could have less than the max line and it still won't grind the beans well
    • However, my only complaint is with the little spillage that is inevitable when grinding the coffee beans, since there is a relatively big gap on the bottom of the steel bowl right underneath the blades, and coffee grounds tend to spill out of that gap
    • When it worked, the beans were ground pretty uniformly.
    • The Grind Central(tm) Coffee Grinder by Cuisinart seems to make an attempt to grind coffee beans
    • This is our third Cuisinart coffee grinder and this particular one seems like the parts were not made to fit very snug and as I grind beans the coffee spills out from under it
    • Used this machine 6 mornings... 15 seconds bean grinding each morning.
    • We grind beans twice a day, and had one of these before that lasted several years, but this one was a piece of crap
    • I wanted to grind my beans each time and dump them into the grinder with no clean up after.
    • Also agree that some beans were turned to dust while others grind coarse.
    • only options are to grind beans to fine powder or deal with whole beans in the grounds.-While you can remove the lid and grind cup to make cleaning easier, the base has a lot of nooks and crannies that make cleaning trickier
    • It doesn’t grind the bean from coffee very
    • What i love about it is that after you grind the beans, you can take the cup out, and pour the grounds out.
    • I would recommend this grinder to anyone who likes to grind their own beans for use in a French Press occasionally, but it may not be heavy duty enough for daily use (I'll tell you in another 3 years, because that would be the equivalent, I suppose!)
    • In the event that I wake up to no coffee and have to grind beans I set it on a kitchen towel and cover it with another to muffle out the noise
    • Two months ago I unpacked the brand new unit and started grinding coffee beans
    • Additionally, it does not grind the beans evenly.
    • Additionally, it does not grind the beans evenly.
    • We only used it once a week at most to grind a few beans for some french press and within a month it simply did not work
    • It comes with a smaller bowl that does NOT grind beans for 18 cups of coffee.
    • Did I also mention that it does a very mediocre job grinding the beans
    • does not grind beans very finely.
    • It didn't grind the coffee beans affectively, leaving many big pieces of the bean unground
    • does not grind beans very finely.
    • It only takes a few seconds to grind enough coffee beans to make 16 cups of coffee
    • As one who grinds his own beans, I grow tired of cleaning most grinders - it's just not easy nor designed well
    • This morning, while it was grinding my beans, it just died!
    • It just kind of ground the whole beans into smaller whole beans
    • in 5 seconds the same beans were ground perfectly.
    • It did not grind beans sufficiently fine or consistent for use in our espresso machine however.
    • I am usually grinding beans for about 5 or 6 people at a time and I use it, as the instructions say, by grinding only 20 or 30 seconds at a time.
    • It doesn't grind the coffee beans completely
    • The motor smells like it is burning when used for a while (like to grind beans for espresso)
    • Will not grind beans very well.
    • Will not grind beans very well.
    • I use it for grinding good quality beans to a coarse grind for use in my French Press
    • On the third time however it was sluggish and seemed to take forever to grind the beans
    • I grind beans every morning
    • Doesn’t grind coffee beans well and grounds escape the cup and make a mess
    • My wife and I have always prefered to grind our own coffee beans.
    • It does not consistently grind the beans
    • I followed the instructions in the manual and ground my Starbucks Coffee beans for 20 seconds and it was A++++++ perfect grind every time
    • Well, it is a great little bean grinder, but mine broke after the 10th use.
    • The beans grind well and as long as it is not overfilled, a uniform consistancy is the result
    • I appreciate a good cup of coffee and always want to grind my beans right before
    • If there is any difference, it could be that the new one has less rpm’s, as it takes longer to grind all the beans.
    • When making coffee for just one, the beans do not grind well and a lot of the grounds spin outside of the grinding cup.
    • I have a workaround for the mess where I use the plastic cap they supplied to keep beans fresh before grinding by putting it snugly on the cup as I grind instead of using the regular grinder lid.
    • The only good thing I can say about this grinder is that it has an air tight storage for your ground beans.
    • So today, I am grinding dark roast beans (never have used blonde beans here at home) and was grinding and started to wonder, "What's that smell and why do I see smoke?" -- of course, the smoke is coming from the grinder.
    • While this is not our first purchase of this Cuisineart coffee grinder this one delivered three months ago is the worst!Newly designed (to us) blades - curve up at the ends to not only not grind the beans entirely, but also spills some of what is ground out of the bowl
    • The beans grind well and as long as it is not overfilled, a uniform consistancy is the result
    • It was smaller but it would grind beans to a uniform size, I like mine almost like dust.
    • Have the Cuisinart coffeemaker but this doesn't break coffee bean down fine enough to me.
    • I will say that other than the problem with the uneven grind, the coffee made with the freshly ground beans tastes so much better than bagged ground coffee.
    • I use it every morning to grind my beans and I love it!
    • Grind your beans for 12 cups of coffee for 30 seconds to obtain the perfect grind for the Cuisinart drip automatic coffee maker.
    • I never had an issues and it grinds all the beans to a powder.
    • I won't ever have to guess again if I have put enough beans in the grinder cup.2.
    • It makes a mess no matter how many beans you grind.
    • But for normal drip coffee, I ground my beans for the recommended time and got great results
    • You have to press & hold the button to grind the beans
    • Grinds those delicious beans to perfection
    • I finally used it one last time this morning to awake to the smell of not fresh beans but burning plastic as others here have previously mentioned.
    • The stainless steel container is easy to clean and I have freshly ground beans (my preferred consistency) in 20 seconds.
    • just couldn't do it.)For all you reviewers who complain about half-ground beans, try grinding for longer
    • Second, the beans on the top are deceptively well ground while ungainly chunks remain towards the bottom.
    • This grinder is very quiet and grinds the beans very well
    • you kind of have to shake it to get the bottom beans to grind, but other than that, RECOMMENDED!
    • I love this grinder, I hated grinding my own beans after a while since all the other grinders made such a mess, never ground enough coffee for a full pot without doing it twice or the ground coffee stuck to the grinder.
    • When grinding the coffee beans, it pushes the ground coffee up and to the sides, and without a seal on the lid, some coffee does make its way to the top and overflows, which frustrates my wife
    • It only takes a few seconds to grind enough coffee beans to make 16 cups of coffee
    • This little grinder worked well for coffee and spices for approximately 20 uses, but then the motor started slowing down and would only grind coffee beans until they were half their original size.
    • I spend more time cleaning the counter and grinder after grinding than I do loading and grinding beans.
    • I'm told by the coffee drinkers in the family that freshly ground beans are the only way to go.
    • I will repeat this process a few times after listening to the beans( you can hear when the beans are still partially whole) and poof ground coffee that is great.
    • But.....I do have to say it ground the beans well
    • The primary complaints voiced by reviewers appear to be that the burr grinding mechanism doesn't grind the beans appropriately - sometimes leaving half beans in the grinding container
    • We make at least 1 pot every day and we grind our favorite whole bean organic coffee every morning.
    • It doesn't grind the beans well, and even though there is a max line it doesn't matter
    • It doesn't grind the beans well, and even though there is a max line it doesn't matter
    • Large size for grinding coffee beans
    • Works great, I use it to grind beans for cold brew and regular drip coffee.
    • I prefer grinding my coffee beans fresh everyday and this does a decent job
    • The blade wobbles to a point where it slows down and has trouble grinding the beans
    • The cup that you grind the beans in doesn't extend to the top of the lid, so ground coffee gets
    • We are "weekend coffee drinkers" who only tend to grind beans once a week on weekends, when we are entertaining or just relaxing around the house.
    • I've always ground my coffee beans fresh.
    • It's just a little bit, but my beans are precious.
    • Then i made the mistake of grinding coffee beans not once but 3 times in it.
    • I use it every day and only grind coffee beans.
    • The coffee comes in all sizes, usually half beans on the top and powder on the bottom even though I shake it in between while it grinds (which you really shouldn't have to do...)
    • That is why I am only giving it 2 stars, otherwise this has always been a 5 star grinder I don't know if it's a lemon, but our previous Cuisinart coffee grinder broke, and we needed to be able to grind our coffee beans.
    • It worked well for a long time, though it never did grind the coffee beans evenly
    • I was giddy while grinding my beans and feeling grateful for the grinder and remembered all the negative reviews we read 5 years prior.
    • Other than these two notations, I am grinding beans daily and enjoying it!
    • The beans do not grind evenly and does not grind fine.
    • The beans do not grind evenly and does not grind fine.
    • When it worked, the beans were ground pretty uniformly.
    • Compact, easy to clean, little noisy (i.e. could disturb somebody sleeping if they are in the next room!), but this small grinder packs a punch and grinds the beans to perfection
    • I bought this grinder to grind my beans for my daily Cuppa Joe
    • Half the beans get pulverized to dust and the other half are barely ground, large chucks
    • It takes a while to grind the beans and there is always a burning smell.
    • Second one lasted a few months and then the blade came loose and no longer grinds the beans
    • It grinds the beans as good as any blade grinder (we have had several over the years).
    • I would buy this again, and Again, they do last a long time, and grind your beans very even
    • It serves me right for being a snob and selecting something more expensive rather than just buying a second trusty Black&Decker (which we've used for years now to grind coffee beans without any failures).Firstly, this thing produces a MESS when grinding
    • What makes this grinder stand out from the rest is that it is very easy to use and clean because you are able to remove the cup that holds the ground beans
    • I initially purchased a Capresso grinder because it got great reviews and claimed to keep the beans cool during the grinding process
    • At first the blades spun around but did not break up any beans, and then very quickly it smelled like it was
    • Other than these two notations, I am grinding beans daily and enjoying it!
    • The beans do not grind well, have tried even running the coffee through 2x and still did not break down the beans.
    • He liked it, cause it is very quite, and grinds his beans fine in a short time
    • It never ground beans properly -especially small (1/2 C beans) batches.
    • It never ground beans properly -especially small (1/2 C beans) batches.
    • When using this coffee grinder, the ground beans spill over the top of the stainless steel insert into the inclosed area.
    • It is easy to clean, as long as you also want to clean the counters because every time you pull out the container, partially ground beans go all over.
    • It still works, but the beans are even less consistently ground than before
    • Extremely wasteful of coffee (I scoop it off the counter and try to save it) and even grinding one cup with half the amount of allowed beans still requires full kitchen cleanup -- mopping grinds from the equipment, the counter, the floor
    • I gave it a four rating as I wish is was bigger to grind more beans at one time.
    • Those beans that are ground are extremely coarse, regardless how long you actually grind.
    • But no matter how long I ground the beans it could not come close to what my old grinder produced.
    • Let me tell you, you wanna grind coffee beans?
    • Well, it didn't grind the beans as evenly and finely as I had hoped, and then it just stopped working in the middle of grinding beans the other day
    • (I prefer to learn by doing apparently), so eventually I started to grind an additional 15 seconds and the beans were great.
    • There is no in between, I've even tried re-grinding the barely broken beans to attempt to get usable coffee out of it
    • I don't even see the point of the canister because it doesn't keep the beans fresh after you have ground them
    • Its biggest flaws: it doesn't grind the beans uniformly
    • Fails to complexly grind the coffee beans finely.
    • I used it just about everyday to grind coffee beans (once to grind coriander seeds).
    • Even when it worked it barely ground the whole beans into powder
    • so when you start grinding the beans, the grinds slowly start to spill over so that when you open it, the grinds go everywhere
    • I grind my coffee beans every morning
    • It does grind beans nicely though.
    • otherwise, you get chunks of useless bean.
    • After about 40 seconds recommended grind time, the beans in the bottom of the mill ground to a fine powder, but the beans on top were in large chunks
    • It ran fairly quietly, and ground the beans with good consistency
    • The leftover ground beans go into my beautiful white de-gasser storage container, and, I forgot to say, the whole beans are stored in the larger red de-gasser.
    • It looks great and grinds coffee beans
    • In any given batch, half the beans will reach the desired grain, while the other half are basically untouched
    • it also doesnt do a very good job at actually grinding the beans
    • So I grind my beans before bed in
    • Even when it worked it barely ground the whole beans into powder
    • If all you're looking for is a conversation piece, by all means buy this... but if you want to grind coffee beans, buy something else.
    • When grinding the beans the coffee grounds fly out of the bowl into the inside of the coffee grinder
    • I don't even see the point of the canister because it doesn't keep the beans fresh after you have ground them
    • Its biggest flaws: it doesn't grind the beans uniformly
    • However the time to grind beans to an acceptable level gradually grew to almost a minute in the second year of use.
    • Frozen coffee beans are a problem for this - they may not grind evenly and stick in the grinder.
    • The BEST bean grinder out of 4 in last few years
    • Grinder never grinds coffee beans fully no matter how long I try a few beans always end up completely unground
    • I do not grind my beans and leave them covered for later
    • Well, it didn't grind the beans as evenly and finely as I had hoped, and then it just stopped working in the middle of grinding beans the other day
    • Well, it didn't grind the beans as evenly and finely as I had hoped, and then it just stopped working in the middle of grinding beans the other day
    • But I was gifted a bag of fancy beans recently and thought I'd give it a shot
    • Also the beans at the bottom tends to grind much more finely then the ones on top
    • I can only surmise that these individuals did not grind the beans long enough
    • Cuisinart!In regard to the way it grinds, I have found that if you push the button for about 3 seconds, then release then push it again for about 3 seconds, the beans redistribute and the grind is even.
    • The grinder is not a loud grinder, it grinds the beans to the perfect texture every time
    • I bought this for grinding coffee beans
    • Doesn't grind beans as fine as older model all else is good or better than older model
    • As a casual but daily coffee drinker, it fits my personal coffee needs and grinds my beans to whatever consistency I want
    • I mean i can bet that we've probably use this to actually grind beans less than 50 times
    • Not only does it do a great job grinding coffee beans but it also works well as an herb grinder.
    • At first the blades spun around but did not break up any beans, and then very quickly it smelled like it was
    • and we didn't want to invest a lot of money as we'd be new at grinding our own beans.
    • We have found that shaking it up/down as it grinds helps produce a very evenly ground coffee
    • (A brush would probably work just as well or better than a plastic spoon.
    • recommended A+++
    • We had to return it to Amazon because the ground coffee leaked out as it was being ground
    • I have a larger Cuisinart coffee grinder that does gind more evenly, but I love this smaller grinder as it is not so noisey and is so fast
    • Dissatisfied as they make such great coffee makers