The Best Manual Coffee Grinders For Delicious And Consistent Flavor

Author: Jennifer Allen / Source: reviewgeek.com

Fresh ground coffee tastes better, but really high quality grinders are expensive. What’s a coffee aficionado on a budget to do? Put some muscle into it and use a manual grinder for budget-friendly full flavored coffee.

Why use a manual grinder? First, a crash course on grinder types.

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When buying an electric coffee grinder, you have two options—burr or blade. Blade grinders have blades that slice your coffee beans into multiple parts sort of like a blender. That means they’re quick and cheap, but a little brutal on your precious coffee beans. By slicing and dicing, they produce an uneven grind which can mean an inconsistent flavor.

In the case of burr grinders, two burrs are used to crush the beans. That means the crushing action is more precise and you get higher consistency in the size of your coffee grounds. Unfortunately, burr coffee grinders are expensive. A good budget pick will still run you easily $100 and if you get into the world of premium burr grinders the cost climbs up to, and beyond, a thousand dollars quite easily.

There is, however, a happy compromise of sorts for anyone willing to put in some literal elbow grease: manual burr grinders. Manual grinders offer great precision grinding but what you save in money you invest in time. You won’t be prepping ten shots of espresso in a row with these models but you will be able to crank out really great coffee at a fraction of a fraction of the cost of a premium electric burr grinder. Here’s our top picks.