My husband and I are regular morning coffee drinkers and have been grinding our own beans since before the green mermaid coffee store became as ubiquitous as the golden arches burger place

This grinds the beans quite well but, because of the type of plastic used in the bin it is very difficult to empty without getting the grounds all over the place

You have options so you can have 1 machine, your fresh beans, and still enjoy your favorite decaf, hazelnut mocha cream ground coffee

You just push a bottom and it grinds the coffee beans in the coffee bean holding area

One thing I love is to ground fresh beans

I bought my wife a bag of expensive coffee beans and needed a way to grind them

It can accomodate beans or already ground coffee, and makes a quick pot of coffee (no doubt helped by the fact that the pot is so small).

After 2 months, it has stopped grinding the beans efficiently and the carafe spills every time I pour a cup

He prefers grinding his own beans for a fresher taste

Does the job beautifully and grinds beans just the way I want.

It grinds the beans fresh, and then puts them automatically where the grounds need to go in order to brew the coffee -- I just scoop in 3 scoops of my favorite beans of the week, add "2" cups of water to the tank (through a cute little door on the side), and then hit the button.

You will wake up anyone who is still sleeping if you let this machine grind your beans

This is the best one I now own, easy to clean, grinds up my coffee beans and starts to make the coffee in record time

I will select, say, 4 cups and the machine will just grind ALL the beans in it - often needing the power cord pulled out to reset

Use the fine grind, the best quality whole beans you can get or roast yourself (actually easy and takes 5 minutes per batch in old 70s popcorn popper--been roasting for over 12 years on same machine), and BOLD setting

Of course, if that's what you do most often, why would you buy this machine?If you are grinding the beans, you'll have to rip out a section of the paper filter so that the grounds chute is not blocked by the paper filter, and then smoosh the rest of the paper filter into the basket

Put the beans into the grinder and grind

Only making 4 cups of coffee, or even just one, it grinds the beans fresh before brewing

Even so, if you grind your beans, you'll end up getting a surprising amount of grounds between the paper filter and the mesh screen of the basket, due to how the grounds spray into the basket from the horizontal chute.

One minute it'll grind every bean and you'll get the cup of coffee you expect

#1 it has options - brew only for Ground coffee, or grind fresh, strong whole bean

If you don't, the beans hop out of the burr while grinding

The fresh smell of ground coffee beans is magical.

I cannot get it to grind the beans to expresso

I feel like that gives you the best way to truly enjoy the beans at their best and most distinct flavors

Even if I disassemble the entire thing and let it air dry, there’s enough moisture in it that the beans make a gum and waste a lot of grounds

The most course selection grinds the beans to a medium size at best.

A tip for the static: place whole beans in a small dish; if grinding for one cup a ramekin works well.

But the flavor with grinding fresh beans is good

I finally bought fresh beans and the grinder was not grinding the beans, they were chopped and color of coffee was caramel.

If you want to grind beans for an espresso machine I suggest you look for a higher quality (and pricier) machine such as something from Barazta.

" (there's only 2 grind settings; good enough), loaded as many beans as I could in the hopper, and punched the "bold" button after pressing the "grind and brew" button.

Since we use this for French Press, Pour Over, and Percolator coffee, we need coarsely ground beans and this does not do the trick.

Doesn’t grind the beans at all

You get the best of both worlds and can have your favorite fresh beans and flavored pre-ground on hand for whatever mood

I found I gave to grind the beans ten minutes before making coffee just to let the static disperse

The beans are fully ground

On the plus side, the burr grinder is quieter than the blade grinder; does offer the potential for different size grinds should we choose to try our hands at making espresso, French press, etc.; and grinds the beans to a more uniform size.

Either put whole beans in the grinder or ground beans in the filtered basket

Second, every time I try to grind coffee beans, they get stuck in the works, and it stops, then I have to clean it out and start over

The beans do not drop into the grinder area without me constantly tapping or shaking it

Which I want to do because it make great coffee, whether you grind the beans first, or just brew ground coffee.

I don't mess with the cup sizes too much because I weigh out my beans prior to grinding and just turn it off once I hear that the beans have emptied the hopper.

So yes, I keep both whole bean and ground coffee around

If the top bean cover is not closed and/or the cover is not on the coffee grounds container, this unit will not operate

The burr grinds my beans for moka pot

But the flavor with grinding fresh beans is good

The next minute it'll miss 4-5 beans and the coffee will be weak

The only problem was that when you ground the beans and start brewing, the moisture from brewing clogs the unit so you have to completely take it apart and clean with EVERY use

My husband is happy to be able to grind his own beans again.

Works to grind beans too.

Precisely grinds coffee beans with ease

The front control is for the amount of coffee you need and on the side is the adjustment to grind the beans to the size you want

If you just want to grind beans to use in your coffee maker, or you want to gamble on getting one that works as well as one described in one of these 5-star reviews, more power to you, but I would not recommend this grinder, and when I can afford a replacement, this one has a date with a baseball bat.

It's noisy as well and bounces beans out of the grinder, so I never get the entire grind

#1 it has options - brew only for Ground coffee, or grind fresh, strong whole bean

Let me start by saying I buy fresh roasted beans from my local shop

Only making 4 cups of coffee, or even just one, it grinds the beans fresh before brewing

Pros: range of grinds, bean reservoir, quality of grindCons: makes a mess for freshly ground beans, but that seems typical of others I have tried

Hopper holds enough beans for 3-4 pots of coffee at 10 cups each

But glad to have a better maker for less money even if we are back to grinding our own beans.

didn't like the way it ground the beans not enough even on the finer grind.

Using the grinder is also easy, but it is very loud when the beans get ground, however

The most course selection grinds the beans to a medium size at best.

It grinds the beans fresh, and then puts them automatically where the grounds need to go in order to brew the coffee -- I just scoop in 3 scoops of my favorite beans of the week, add "2" cups of water to the tank (through a cute little door on the side), and then hit the button.

Making coffee with ground beans is quick and easy

Oddly, the grinder is good but the coffee terribly weak - and am using high end rich beans

The burr grinder crushes the roasted beans rather than slicing them, which allows for more uniform extraction of the oils and a noticeably richer coffee.

I was wondering if it was the beans (100% arabica medium/dark roast).

It's an inexpensive coffee maker that grinds beans and then brews them

Sometimes it does not grind all the beans.

So much nicer than my old grinder (in the pic).I love that I can store my whole beans in the machine and only grind one cup at a

One thing I love is to ground fresh beans

Solid product that grinds beans for up to 12 cups of coffee from coarse to fine.

Rotary grinders do not uniformly grind the coffee beans like a burr grinder

It does seem to keep beans fresh.

Always left-over beans after grinding; difficult to empty blade well to clean

This grinds the beans quite well but, because of the type of plastic used in the bin it is very difficult to empty without getting the grounds all over the place

I bought the Krups to grind beans for cold brew

It doesn’t grind the beans very fine, even after I changed the settings

It doesn’t grind the beans very fine, even after I changed the settings

This is a pretty good coffee maker with the added bonus of being able to grind coffee beans

Then you just push the On button and it grinds the coffee beans to the specifications you set

I use it to grind fresh coffee beans and it makes a great cup of coffee

Now I can just add my beans to the coffee maker and it grinds & brews the coffee in one step

Coffee tastes much better then pre ground beans

After reading so many reviews of messy counters and fly away static beans I was expecting a mess

This way my beans stay fresh in the freezer

I also use my own fresh-roasted beans or organic beans, but you can use whatever you like

Second, it will grind my beans inconsistently - the very last bit of beans will be ground suuuuuuper fine.

You can grind more beans; it is quieter; and the cleaning brush has a bright orange top--and it slides right into the top of the center structure

although, yes, it still makes a fair bit of noise (it’s pulverizing hard beans into powder after all!)

You are grinding coffee beans after all

Often doesn’t grind up all the beans I put in

beans dont grind well and its disappointing, thats the reason I bought it.

Then shake around the beans

Easy to brew by filling basket with prescribed scoops of beans.- Whole beans or pre-ground coffee can be

the product was used to grind coffee beans,

Make sure you securely tighten the top part of the grinder before you use it, otherwise you'll get poorly-ground beans and really weak coffee

I will say Aldi's organic whole beans tasted like NOTHING....quite terrible, actually..in our old Cuisinart

Relatively inexpensive and grinds beans well, but is extremely messy.

This grinder does not make a consistent grind; the ground coffee beans vary from a very fine powder to course with every size grind in between

Relatively inexpensive and grinds beans well, but is extremely messy.

I just can't see spending $90 on this unit when you could just grind your own beans and keep the coffeemaker you have, or you could get a drip coffee maker or french press + a grinder for less

This machine is very loud to the point that you will disconnect it before it finishes grinding your coffee beans, thinking that the machine will break

" It grinds the beans to just the size i need

It grinds ALL the beans you put in whether it's a few or a

The burr grinder is the best way to grind the coffee beans

beans dont grind well and its disappointing, thats the reason I bought it.

Nice little grinder and coffee pot but sometimes struggles to grind all the beans

A simple rubber gasket would help keep the beans in the Hopper fresher.

This grinds just the right amount for the large press and there are still enough beans in the hopper for the next day.

You just poor your beans and then hit the button to grind

I was able to grind my beans quickly and efficiently

I tested it, grinding beans at its highest and then its lowest setting, and the grounds look nearly identical- more coarse than fine, and not particularly great for pour overs

And after experimenting a bit, to my great joy, I've been able to grind my beans in this Krups grinder coarse enough to percolate perfectly!!The Krups grinder also adjusts to grind the beans finely enough to brew well in my mesh drip coffee brewing insert and my old melitta with its filter papers

The grinder seems to do a good job with both regular roast and darker, oilier beans (although the chute seems to clog more quickly with oilier beans).

Coffee tastes much better then pre ground beans

I use it to grind fresh coffee beans and it makes a great cup of coffee

Technically it does grind whole coffee beans into some form of powder, so there's that

It can grind the coffee beans with ease and create enough grinds for up to ten cups as the other two cups taste a bit bland

Easy to use, and really easy to clean as it comes apart

The reusable filter is difficult to clean as it is part of another plastic piece.

Everything works as it should, it grinds nicely and brews perfectly