For more details go to:
www.amazon.com.au and then type manual coffee grinder on searching box and chose Zolay manual coffee grinder
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Got one. Needed one for my cold brew addiction :3
An automatic burr grinder is an absolute must for cold brew, given the quantity of beans required.
Even the cheap ones work well enough.
I'm using 50g per batch, I'll be alright :D
It'll take a fair while to do 50g with something like this…
Been waiting for the Breville SGP to go on special. They are $299 now sigh
I wouldn't be using a cheap hand grinder for cold brew. You're going to get a MASSIVE size distribution. You'll get some horribly over extracted fines (essentially coffee powder) and nearly whole-bean sized chunks that don't extract at all.
Thanks. Cancelled the order.
I was literally just out yesterday looking for a cheap grinder to use while my machine is in for repairs so this couldn't have come at a better time. It's interesting how popular the $15 grinders are at K-mart, I wonder if they have any other use…
you can just use a pepper mill…
I also like the idea of a hand mill to take camping rather than pre-grinding. Plus my pepper mill would turn the coffee to dust.
@jv: Haha depends on the mill i guess, but it has been tried. is not great =P beans too big!
https://youtu.be/JV1DsqwbmO0?t=384
You meant the blade grinder ? wouldn't recommend it. it basically just cut up the beans instead of crushing it, giving a very inconsistent grind result.
I also wouldn't recommend manual burr grinder like this unless you only make 1 serving of coffee everyday. it takes about a minute to grind medium grind using manual grinder for a serving. Might be ok for once in a while but really get into your nerve after a while.
If you need a cheap grinder, i would recommend the bodum burr grinder. it's cheap, small, and produce consistent result.
This is literally for a couple of weeks while my self grinding machine is fixed. I was baulking at the $40 machine at K-mart, I'm seriously turning my nose up at $100+ haha. Thanks for the tips though.
literally for a couple of weeks
you can also use a mortar and pestle
for a couple of weeks of everyday coffee, i would spend the $100+ instead. The manual grinder annoyed me after a week :D, but that's just me. of course you can be a little bit creative and attach your manual grinder to a drill to make a auto grinder :D. it still cause a bit of discomfort on the hand that holds the grinder but better than doing manual crank.
The $40 Kmart is a solid option. Been using it daily for my stovetop setup. Grinds plenty fine enough for that process. Only complaint is that it is seriously noisy.
I was thinking of getting a cheap manual grinder for grinding spices. There's no comparison between a freshly toasted and ground garam masala and storebought. At the moment I use a mortar and pestle, but it takes ages, doesn't give a very consistent grind, and even if you're careful bits of spice tend to fly out.
So it can’t be used as a pepper grinder?
I used to use a Hario mill and it took ages to grind even at medium coarseness. About 1 min using an electric screwdriver. Then got a crushgrind columbia and it's night and day. Manual espresso in about 15 seconds.
I do 20g in a porlex tall for filter in abuot 15-30 seconds depending on how energetic im feeling. All i could figure with the screwdriver is it's too fast, and the beans can't drop into the burrs?
Wouldn’t recommend a burr grinder this cheap, it’ll be hard/slow to use with pretty unsatisfying results (got one at home that’s basically the same model). Spring for a Porlex Mini if you want to keep things relatively inexpensive.
Highly recommend the Timemore C2 grinder for someone looking for a quality burr grinder. It is fast enough to completely replace an automatic grinder for a fraction of the cost (and more reliable too)
Do you do filters? If you do, do you find the Timemore gets much of this 'coffee powder' in your brew?
lol why would you not just link the product "for further details" instead of a giving a set of instructions on how to use the internet.