If you love coffee, the best way to enjoy it is a fresh grind every morning.

So far, JavaPresse hand grinder and Cuisinart DBM-8 have not performed to my expectation with oily espresso beans and a fine grind.

Smaller, quieter, better grind and simply looks better

I was told maybe I was expecting a finer grind.

You just run it longer for a finer grind.

You do have to grind it and pulse it for a little while to get the coffee to a finer ground.

The grind is consistent and easy to adjust by adding or subtracting a few seconds

I purchased this little machine for grinding spices like fennel and flax

I love having fresh ground coffee everyday

Super quiet, smooth grind, fast and easy

This product keeps noise to a minimum while providing a nice grind

The grind comes out a little inconsistent but for our use it works well

Good for the price, but the grind is not fine

Grinds quick and the quality of the finer grind is amazing.

Bought this as a gift for my partner who loves fresh ground coffee

I only use this to grind some premium beans when I feel like making some pour over, the grind is great at around 6 tablespoons of beans, I haven’t tried more than that

Very happy with how it produces a very evenly ground coffee, super easy!

Reasonable capacity, good power and produces a consistent grind.

In just seconds it turns dried mushrooms and spices into powder, use less time for coarser grinds

This has worked (so far) every time with a consistent fine grind.

For fine grinds, you may not get the best results

When grinding for espresso, I push, and shimmy shake as well

There is something i love about the smell of fresh ground and brewed coffee in the morning.

It gets a somewhat easy grind but don't expect it to be perfect

This grinder is super quiet produces an even grind every time (granted I

They are the best and finest grind

If I put enough beans in for a full pot of coffee I end up with a very uneven grind with usually a couple full beans left.

Fresh ground 2

In the end, I was only using it to pre-grind some beans into smaller pieces to simplify hand-grinding with a Hario.

By that time the grind is so fine the bowl has gotten warm and the grounds usable only with drip coffee makers with a paper filter or espresso makers

I read reviews that recommended to shake the grinder a bit while grinding to mix things up and get a more even grind, and that doesn't really seem to help

Very quiet grinds coffee to desired consistency quickly and it is easy to use and clean

I've had to split my grind into 2 parts.

Grinds the beans wonderfully, but clean up is tricky as well as transferring the grinds ( a little messy).

n’t use water to clean the grinding

It's easy to add coffee beans and press the button and get pretty good ground coffee out of it

The grinding is great

you can get a fair amount of coffee ground up for a midsize pot of coffee

It was really quiet, worked well, very fine grind if you did it for 20-30 seconds

The fine grind has made our previously really good coffee even tastier.

This unit provides what I was looking for, a quiet grind that won't wake people up

The grind, well you do have to make sure to pulse and lift up and bounce grinds and pulse again to not get super fine grinds at the bottom and course ones at the top

The grinds are not all perfect, but I find I can get a consistent grind at 15 seconds that works great for my Technivorm.

so I use this to grind up spices like dried chilis and peanuts and it works great since grinding some things with a mortar and pestle don't work well.

I typically use 4 large scoops of beans [it can hold much more] and grind for just 5 seconds for a perfectly smooth, medium-fine grind to get 3.5 robust cups of coffee

It is a bit difficult to get a uniform coarse grind with it.

The thought of loud grinding early in the morning was not exciting

Easy to handle, good quality, grind flax and chia with it, like it, no complains

It was loud, the grind took a minute to get used to, but it worked without fail

A little bit loud while grinding fortunately only last a few seconds

The grinder works good for the first month and the grind was pretty

Grinds the beans wonderfully, but clean up is tricky as well as transferring the grinds ( a little messy).

Cleaning after each use is unnecessary because the stainless grinding cup removes with a little twist and empties completely without a brush, so there's no mess on the counter either when I pour the grounds into the filter basket

Does a perfect grind.

This grinder always lets me grind diner to get that great espresso grind and taste.

It is simple to use, makes a nice ground coffee

I say only OK because the grind is very uneven

Perfect grind every time

If you plan on using this as a coffee grinder for a french press I have to warn you that the grind will be very inconsistent

Works great, yes noisy when grinding coffee beans but worth it to brew fresh ground beans.

Works very well to get a fine grind in just a few seconds

The grind of this one is very uneven unless you stop after a few seconds, tap on the grinder to drop the grounds back into the bottom of the bowl, and continue to run it much longer than you would think necessary

I'm thinking get another one just for coffee, you have no idea garlic flavor coffee taste..moving forward, it's all around grinder, you can use it for anything that grind, it's little grind MONSTER, very easy clean and so compact, sound is noticeable, but not that loud

Over time I've learned to time how long to press to get the perfect grind for french press, coffee machine and drip

I’ve found the best way to get a good even-ish coffee grind is to shake the grinder up and down while grinding

The longer you hold down the button the finer the grind

At one point I went back to my old grinder which was easier to clean but shrieked when grinding beans

Barely a month into owning this, the blade broke while grinding some spices

It works fairly good for a blade grinder but I could not get over how irregular the grind is

Also, there's a point where the stainless steel basin joins with the plastic side wall and you need a cloth to clean out the grinds that build up

Has a good smooth grind on beans and peppercorns

But the grind was terribly uneven

Fresh ground Coffee .Small in size but very

It's not as exact as a burr grinder, but we found it makes good enough grinds for our french press if we pulse it a second or two at a time and keep an eye on it

The grind comes out a little inconsistent but for our use it works well

I have recommended my friends to get this grinder for grinding spices like cinnamon, pepper, cloves, cardamom, star anise and nutmeg too

Fresh ground tastes so much better!

It was bought for spices but we’ve been using mostly for coffee beans every morning and love the fresh ground beans.

I am an early riser - this machine is very quite and does a nice fine grind.

Takes extra effort to get fine grind

I never have issues with beans or spices not being ground perfectly.

Nothing like fresh ground coffee!

No matter what cycle, short bursts or long steady grind, a third gets ground to dust and bakes to the bottom under the blades

Powerful grinder, but I end up with a mix of coarse grinds and fine grinds

If you want fine grind just shake it while grinding and it will have a more even ground that way(haven't had any issues using this method for several years)

I bought this (very expensive considering) spice grinder because of the line on the box "Powerful grinding to tackle stubborn spices".

It does a great job of making a coarse grind which isn't easy

It is a little loud when grinding but that is to be expected

I guess if you don't care about a perfect grind and you just want something cheap, this will do the trick

Noisy not a good grind only grinds enough for about 1 pot ata time

The upper grounds never chop beyond a very coarse ground, not nearly enough to make a good cup of coffee

I cook everyday and use fresh ground spices

It is super easy to use, you literally just put the beans in and grind until you get to the desired grind ( I like mine super fine for hot coffee, my boyfriend does a coarse grind for his cold brew, it does great for both).

It does a nice grind job on the beans and is consistent

There were always unground beans left over in coarse ground coffee

On the other hand, I don't use it that often; if I'd been grinding coffee every day, it would have broken much sooner!

It seems to take a little more effort than I was anticipating to get a finer grind, but still very useful and effective.

The grind makes a weird noise but doesn’t grind.

They clump together so the grinds of the remaining beans aren’t ground as well.

You do need to check and turn beans for proper grind.

I am lookng for very fine grind so works fine for me.

Works well chops up coffee beans to a fine ground without complaining.

fast and quiet grind, easy to clean

This is the most reliable coffee grind I had, and it grind okay from espresso to Chemex

When grinding this is quieter than any other grinder we have ever used - when they were WITHOUT beans

Powerful grinder, but I end up with a mix of coarse grinds and fine grinds

If you want fine grind just shake it while grinding and it will have a more even ground that way(haven't had any issues using this method for several years)

I’d say this is a good utility purchase if you just need to grind your beans and don’t mind how fine/coarse your grinds get

By pulsing, I can make the perfect grind for my french press

In case this helps anyone, I find that 8 seconds is good enough for a medium-fine grind.

The burr grinders did not produce the fine grind of krups

I like to buy whole bean coffee and this grinds it better than some of the more expensive grinders I’ve used.

I have found in some recipes I have had to cut the amount of spice down if I use my ground ones as opposed to jarred ground spice - pumpkin pie for example

It’s too coarse for espresso unless u r willing to grind daily for 20 min

Once it finally died I happily ordered another

Love it i can get my beans, nut, dog food, vitamins as fine as I like