• Reviews around coffee (2.16 of 5)

    Cuisinart Grind Central Coffee Grinder

    • I love fresh ground coffee, and this spacesaver solves the problem.
    • It is not engineered well and shoots coffee everywhere, even under the grinder cup.
    • It grinds coffee perfect.
    • When I ground the coffee this time, it spilled over the edges of the cup and ended up all over the place
    • I've loved the fact that you can remove the little grinder cup, and that it came with a lid for it, since I grind a few days worth at a time - then I can take just the cup with me when I travel or put it in the fridge to keep the coffee fresh.
    • If you like semi-course ground coffee, this is for you
    • grinding coffee.
    • And the little lid provided to keep extra coffee fresh doesn't fit with the top of the machine so you can't keep the extra ground coffee fresh AND keep the top part of the machine (which, by the way, is always covered with coffee grounds) in its place.
    • This is coming from regular guy that likes fresh ground coffee
    • However if you are grinding both coffee and spices in the same unit then go with the Cuisinart
    • I like coffee very strong, and the volume of beans that i use were more than would fit easily into the basket.
    • I use this daily to grind my morning coffee
    • and now another return this is frustrating having good coffee is important and not having it become even more complicated is very important
    • Don't get this if you enjoy rich coffee
    • I like my coffee ground very fine, so I do the grinding 10 seconds at a time to avoid heating up the coffee beans and possibly giving them an off taste
    • Even at 30 seconds, while I end up with some coffee ground almost fine enough for Turkish coffee, I've got a lot of big (1/8 bean) chunks in the mix
    • The purpose was to be able to grind coffee to a fine, flour like consistency for my Turkish brew.
    • This by far is the best coffee grinder I've ever had - and I've tried many others
    • I will normally find chunks of beans, along with fine coffee powder with every grind
    • It makes a big mess (ground coffee spilling out everywhere)
    • It's acceptable for a coffee drinker like myself who drinks it for effect and doesn't fret over the fact that the fineness of the grind depends on operator attentiveness
    • I received an old, used, and dirty coffee grinder that wasn't even the same model as the one described, although the box looked clean and new
    • This is the worst coffee grinder
    • The grinding itself was terrible too, with super fine coffee grinds at the bottom of the bowl and very coarse grinds at the top.
    • so coffee is unevenly ground compared to a burr, but it does the job
    • I Recommend grinding your own coffee but definitely shop around before you decided on a grinder
    • husband makes the coffee, love the grinder
    • If you are a coffee enthusiast/snob looking for a precise grind, this isn't it
    • Two months ago I unpacked the brand new unit and started grinding coffee beans
    • I grind coffee daily.
    • It is the best coffee grinder I have ever had
    • It’ does what it’s supposed to do which is grind your coffee
    • The worst coffee grinder ever
    • Simple way to fresh grind my coffee every morning
    • I have to clean up ground coffee from the kitchen counter 80% of the time.
    • We make at least 1 pot every day and we grind our favorite whole bean organic coffee every morning.
    • So as you take the lid off it spills all over the counter!It grinds the coffee
    • One reviewer - a chef - complained about the performance of what he perceived to be Cuisinart's "premier coffee grinder"
    • I agree that after grinding the coffee comes out in chunks, but with a fork or somethig break up... it's all fine
    • Have a Cuisinart 12-Cup Stainless Coffee Maker that was a combo of Grinder and fresh coffee maker (Drip Brew)
    • The annoying part is that it won't grind my coffee
    • My assessment is that after grinding the coffee clumps like sawdust... and with a poke or a push of a finger it all falls apart into finely grated coffee
    • it doesn't grind coffee well, leaving big chunks of beans at the top and too finely ground coffee at the bottom.
    • This is the best coffee grinder we have found.
    • Pros: looks nice, allows you to hide cord, grinds well;removable cup for washingCons: bad design makes a mess when you grind coffee or spices
    • I enjoyed being able to grind coffee and not wake up the family.
    • Was very messy and did not grind coffee to a fine power
    • 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.
    • I would recommend this grinder for an wanting a convenient coffee grinder
    • Easy to use I love it perfect to grind your coffee but work for black pepper or salt
    • The time required to produce this splendid result is a minimum of 5 minutes, which just happens to be precisely 4 minutes and 50 seconds beyond the critical threshold at which the smell of freshly abused coffee beans is slowly obscured by a hot, acrid, not quite combusting electrical smell
    • It sounds like a lawn mower and is made by a reputable brand but still can't manage to grind my coffee.
    • A coffee grinder's sole purpose is to grind coffee
    • but I hardly notice and my coffee is excellent - my friends and family rave about it.
    • If you make coffee on a daily basis and enjoy the process of grinding, boiling the water and turning it into a little project, buy this grinder!
    • Warm, happy anticipation of a hot cup of fresh coffee soon gives way to a simmering, caffeine deprived rage at the sight of whole beans riding merrily around the grinding cup like round faced children on a midway carousel
    • Great product , first time ever grinding coffee.
    • In fact the numbers that we have tried on the bowl made the coffee extremely strong and bitter
    • Same identical problem as the previous reviewer; the cup leaked coffee grinds and the blade eventually became seperated from the mechanism on the bottom of the cup (the part that attaches to the motor).
    • Unfortunately it fails abysmally in its task of grinding coffee.
    • Grind Central Coffee Grinder?I know I sure don't!!!
    • As for me, I am going ahead with my purchase since my daughter loves the thing, and as a hard working lawyer, she needs a good coffee fix in the morning.
    • We had just started getting used to grinding our everyday coffee and love the flavor
    • Great coffee grinder, this is my second unit (I broke the first one by dropping), first one lasted around 6 years
    • This is the second time I purchased the grind central coffee grinder.
    • Grind my coffee every morning!
    • Exactly what I need to grind coffee for daily brewing
    • I have ground coffee to take camping or on a trip
    • I am thinking of returning it, grind is not even, I have to use more beans to get desired amount of ground coffee
    • I went back to grinding my coffee at the supermarket (sacrilege
    • They show a list price of $28 for a brand new Grind Central coffee grinder.
    • Doesn’t grind coffee beans well and grounds escape the cup and make a mess
    • What I appreciate most is that it grinds the coffee slowly enough to allow the user to decide how fine the grind, making it ideal for someone who uses various brewing methods.
    • Very durable coffee grinder, but also very inconsistent
    • The grinding itself was terrible too, with super fine coffee grinds at the bottom of the bowl and very coarse grinds at the top.
    • It doesn't take up much space in my pantry and I like that it comes with a lid for the grinding bowl, so you can always remove the bowl and put the lid on it, if you ground some extra coffee
    • Great coffee
    • It grinds the coffee perfectly, it features measuring lines on the removable cup, and it is super easy to clean
    • This was the worst coffee grinder i have ever used.
    • Essentially, the appliance is attractive, easily cleaned, reasonably quiet to operate, creates a bean grind that makes perfectly good coffee, and, in my opinion, is a bargain at under $30.
    • The second Cuisinart, AFTER THREE MONTHS, started to make a rough sound and would not grind my coffee.
    • This thing is brand new and it can't even grind already ground coffee
    • We have found that shaking it up/down as it grinds helps produce a very evenly ground coffee
    • We love our morning coffee, and we use French Press; this grinder produces very disappointing and inconsistent results
    • On the very first use (seven scoops), I detected the tell-tale smell of an electric motor about to blow, and also noticed that the coffee packs in very tightly below the blades and mostly just blows around above them--something that never happened either in my blown Cuisinart or in my old Braun.
    • If you plan on grinding coffee more than once per month don't get this one
    • Simple, nothing better then fresh ground coffee
    • I hardly use it because I don't have time to grind coffee anymore, but I pulled it out again
    • However, it can be messy and the grind comes out very uneven (some almost whole beans and some finely ground coffee)
    • As another reviewer said, a coffee grinder should at least be able to grind coffee properly.
    • While the coffee is being ground, a portion of it is flying over the lip of the bowl
    • If you're not a snob about how your coffee is ground, it still chops beans and makes coffee and really, that's the most important thing.
    • I recently pulled it out again during the holiday season to make some good coffee.
    • Very durable coffee grinder, but also very inconsistent
    • good coffee grinder
    • Best coffee grinder around.
    • I ground coffee once or twice a day for at least 3 years, I definitely got my monies worth
    • I was hoping to be able to grind flax seeds and herbs as well as coffee without mixing flavors (plastic retains flavor which I didn't want)
    • The lid does not cover over the metal tin tightly enough so when you grind your coffee it ends up spilling out and you lose some grinds
    • Today was the final straw, I went to grind my coffee this morning and the motor
    • I love fresh ground coffee this grinder does a very good job.
    • We had just started getting used to grinding our everyday coffee and love the flavor
    • Unless you're going to grind spices and coffee in the same grinder I would suggest you buy your grinder based on how it looks, since they all operate the same and produce the same end product
    • The ground coffee spills out of the metal container so when you dump the ground coffee into the pot it also spills the excess on the counter
    • I grind my coffee
    • Definitely the worst coffee grinder it has ever been my misfortune to own.
    • It was the most expensive coffee grinder I owned and the worst
    • It's nice and compact and grinds coffee very well.
    • With a dedicated grinder for spices I won't have to worry about clean up as much (coffee tasting like fennel or vice versa won't be a problem); and I've discovered that if I store baking soda in the unit between uses it absorbs anything that's left after wiping the
    • Easy to use I love it perfect to grind your coffee but work for black pepper or salt
    • I do NOT RECOMMEND this coffee at all.
    • I grind coffee once a week and it has done a good job
    • After grinding you end up with boulders and at the bottom the coffee is so fine that it goes through the filter
    • It grinds the coffee just fine, but every coffee grinder I've ever owned in the past has been less of a mess on my countertops
    • Nothing in this unit fits tightly, so when you are grinding the coffee, the grounds go everywhere inside the lid.
    • We were so excited to have a "nice" coffee grinder.
    • It only takes a few seconds to grind enough coffee beans to make 16 cups of coffee
    • Easy to clean, grinds coffee and makes a little noise.
    • I do t end up with a coffee taste or smell
    • I ordered this item once, and the motor burned because I was grinding coffee, so they sent me a replacement, and within a month, the same thing happened
    • My assessment is that after grinding the coffee clumps like sawdust... and with a poke or a push of a finger it all falls apart into finely grated coffee
    • It’s not easy as it looks getting fine coffee grinds using this
    • There is a big gap between the lid and the top of the grind cup, so as you grind the coffee it flies up and lands on the big rim around the cup
    • You want fine coffee?
    • It’s doesn’t grind coffee as good as I hoped
    • I've been a big fan of now grinding my own coffee to keep freshness
    • We make at least 1 pot every day and we grind our favorite whole bean organic coffee every morning.
    • Excellent coffee grinder.
    • I have to clean up ground coffee from the kitchen counter 80% of the time.
    • All around, a nice coffee grinder.
    • Good quality, satisfied, used to grind coffee and we buds for flower
    • I went and bought a cheap Mr. Coffee grinder
    • For the price, this is a great coffee grinder.
    • Dissatisfied as they make such great coffee makers
    • Coffee goes everywhere when beans are ground.
    • To grind coffee
    • Large size for grinding coffee beans
    • The cup that you grind the beans in doesn't extend to the top of the lid, so ground coffee gets
    • It is easy to use, cleans up easily and well, and grinds my coffee to perfection.
    • I end up with nearly as much ground coffee on my kitchen counter and floor, and even on my sleeves, as I do in the small aluminum cup
    • Then i made the mistake of grinding coffee beans not once but 3 times in it.
    • 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...)
    • The only good thing I can say is that it does grind the coffee well but if you can't get the coffee out who cares?
    • Although I don't grind coffee often, I have done so with different seeds and even almonds.
    • So.. this looks real pretty sitting on my kitchen counter, but it is hands-down the messiest coffee grinder I've ever used
    • Do you freeze your coffee for freshness?
    • It grinds coffee, with reasonably consistent results
    • Really liked the Grinder until the little thin plastic white ring under the Grind cup broke(don't know why) and now it leaks ground coffee under the cup and makes a mess and if not cleaned out after each cup grinding will cause the blade to not grind as it should
    • The most obvious is the removable bowl, which means one does not jerk out the plug to move the ground coffee over to the filter.
    • I have three other coffee grinders (2 Braun and Melita), which work just as well, but this particular Cuisinart works like a gem and looks absolutely beautiful next to my Cuisinart coffee maker.
    • I love my coffee
    • At first I thought that since I am not a coffee expert, the mistake was mine, but I never had this problem with my inexpensive Mr. Coffee grinder
    • And the little lid provided to keep extra coffee fresh doesn't fit with the top of the machine so you can't keep the extra ground coffee fresh AND keep the top part of the machine (which, by the way, is always covered with coffee grounds) in its place.
    • so it no longer grinds coffee
    • My cats scramble to other rooms every morning when I grind coffee
    • Solid coffee grinder, that lasts quite a long time
    • However, it doesn't matter how much coffee you grind
    • I don't use it to grind coffee, i use it for my spices and garlic!
    • This one is as loud as every other coffee grinder, and while I didn't expect anything more, it sure would be great if someone could make a coffee grinder that doesn't feel like an assault on one's senses first thing in the morning.
    • It spews ground coffee shards all over the inside of the receptacle cover and onto the interior ledge.
    • This is the worst coffee grinder ever
    • Your taste buds will thank you for not serving them bitter coffee.
    • It grinds coffee perfect.
    • Coffee leaks out the bottom of the cup, and plastic pieces have melted around the blade assembly
    • Making great coffee daily now!
    • I can grind coffee for a couple of days at a time and it makes life easy.the only negative is that you have to hold down the button the whole time as opposed to others that let you set and go.
    • As it ground the coffee, the grounds would jump out of the cup and spill over the sides of the unit
    • The beans do not grind well, have tried even running the coffee through 2x and still did not break down the beans.
    • it had to dig it out to grind my coffee this
    • TO GRIND COFFEE.
    • Easy to cleans and produces perfectly ground coffee
    • The unit itself, also gets extremely dirty with coffee ground dust and to clean that I have taken to using a denture toothbrush but shouldn't it be easier to maintain a basic device like this
    • Impossible not to spill ground coffee all over the counter when you try to unload it.
    • Grind coffee to an excellently even texture.
    • As so many others have stated, this coffee grinder does not actually grind coffee
    • Admittedly it isn't as portable, as it weighs about fifty pounds, but it grinds coffee, from coarse to espresso and everything in between, like a hot damn.
    • Love to grind my coffee fresh in morning
    • Let me tell you, you wanna grind coffee beans?
    • There is no way to grind coffee without creating a tremendous mess
    • When I remove the lid after grinding coffee beans, ground coffee tends to spill onto the countertop.
    • The blades still ground coffee but the plastic washers started to split and coffee grounds were flying around
    • I had a cheap coffee grinder that did a great job but finally gave out
    • The only positive thing I can say is that it matches the looks of my Cuisinart coffee maker, which I love.
    • (I only grind coffee in this thing), and it actually lasted a few months.
    • I ground my coffee, then went to remove the cup, and it was stuck
    • When you are through grinding your coffee, and you lift off the lid, ground coffee has spilled on the side next to the metallic bowl.
    • It grinds the coffee just fine, but every coffee grinder I've ever owned in the past has been less of a mess on my countertops
    • Love grinding my own coffee it is so much fresher
    • What a waste of good coffee
    • No amount of beans whether small or large, and no duration of "grinding" whether short or long, will yield a usable amount of evenly ground coffee.
    • For the few brief moments that it worked, it ground the coffee unevenly
    • it doesn't grind coffee well, leaving big chunks of beans at the top and too finely ground coffee at the bottom.
    • No matter if you try a steady grind for a long period or short bursts, there are always big chunks of beans left after grinding and my coffee is always weak, despite loading up the filter
    • I used it once to grind coffee before it quit working.
    • The malfunction with this product is as you grind the coffee it rises above the lip of the container and makes a mess
    • Actually, it's the worst coffee grinder I've ever owned.
    • When I grind the coffee it goes over top of grinder.
    • It grinds coffee well enough but the bowl does not come out of the housing without forcing it.
    • this Cuisinart model Dcg-12BC is the best coffee grinder that I ever owned
    • It's like...nuts...how much coffee this thing spills
    • Turned me off to grinding coffee completely.
    • Great coffee grinder
    • The coffee was ground as fine as I wanted.
    • This is the worst coffee grinder that I've ever used.
    • It grinds coffee well enough but the bowl does not come out of the housing without forcing it.
    • I purchased this to match my coffee maker (which I love) and I was very disappointed.
    • I used this product to grind coffee
    • ...if you like fine ground coffee, this is definitely not the grinder for you
    • I was able to pick out most of the plastic, and used the partially ground coffee
    • Even with the top broken, the grinder still worked perfectly and continued to grind my coffee perfectly.
    • I like mine fine most of the time, and although I keep it grinding for quite awhile in this model, at best it turns out like medium ground coffee
    • Love grinding my own coffee it is so much fresher
    • While it was working, I found that the grind was inconsistent and it took longer to grind coffee to french press consistency than my previous grinder (a much less expensive Braun that lasted about 10 years with daily use).
    • All I'm trying to do is replace a Melitta coffee grinder that died after 25 years of very regular use
    • There is no in between, I've even tried re-grinding the barely broken beans to attempt to get usable coffee out of it
    • Frozen coffee beans are a problem for this - they may not grind evenly and stick in the grinder.
    • The removable cup is genius, makes getting the grinds into the coffee filter super easy
    • I would happily recommend this to someone who wants an inexpensive but reliable coffee grinder, and I'll be keeping mine as a backup for the future.
    • Love to grind my coffee fresh in morning
    • Keeps coffee fresh and ready for usage.
    • I used to love grinding my coffee, now I dread it
    • Doesn't grind coffee evenly, takes much longer than the old Krups grinder I had, coffee gets in the base of the grinder, etc. not pleased!
    • Doesn't grind coffee evenly, takes much longer than the old Krups grinder I had, coffee gets in the base of the grinder, etc. not pleased!
    • I bought this for grinding coffee beans
    • I got this as a wedding gift in 2004 and have been using it daily to grind coffee ever since
    • The best you can achieve is about half the grounds in the ballpark of the right size, with all the rest either powder that will overextract and produce bitter coffee or huge chunks (sometimes completely intact beans) that will underextract and produce watery, weak coffee
    • The unit itself, also gets extremely dirty with coffee ground dust and to clean that I have taken to using a denture toothbrush but shouldn't it be easier to maintain a basic device like this
    • It does a great job grinding, can grind coarse or very very fine powdery coffee - and everything in between
    • It also can hold a lot of coffee in case you're making fresh ground coffee for lots of people
    • I keep my coffee in a ball jar because we drink so much and the cute little container wouldn't last a day, but love that it has a lid and you can save the coffee in it until the next grinding.
    • Nothing like fresh ground coffee to start your day!!
    • The removeable stainless cup is THE BEST part about this item, and now I have a spare!The reason I am so in love with this grinder has nothing to do with how perfect the coffee grounds
    • Hybby only wants fresh ground coffee and he loves this grinder
    • Doesn't grind coffee completely
    • I bought it over a year ago and, after several unsuccessful attempts to get a usable amount of ground coffee to brew, I stored it away with a promise to myself that I'd figure out later what the problem is.
    • Back to the cheap coffee grinders.