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Bought a hand grinder for a cabin trip instead of hauling my electric setup, and my arm got a workout
I drove up to a place near Asheville last month and had to pick between packing my electric burr grinder or a $40 hand grinder I grabbed off a shelf the day before. The hand grinder took about 3 minutes of cranking per cup and my forearm was sore by day two, but the cups honestly tasted about the same to me. Am I missing something about why people swear by hand grinding, or does it only pay off with nicer burrs than the cheap one I got?
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mila_murphy217d ago
Getting a nicer hand grinder actually made way more sense to me after I borrowed a friend's Commandante for a weekend trip. The difference is mostly in the grind itself, cheap ones tend to be uneven which is fine for drip but shows up bad with pour over or espresso, and the good ones cut through beans so much faster that 3 minutes turns into 45 seconds. So your cheap one tasting the same as electric makes total sense, you basically just paid $40 to do the job of a motor by hand with burrs that are just okay. I used to figure hand grinding was all hype too until I tried one that wasn't from a random shelf.
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