I just retrofitted my basic hand crank mill with a 10mm nut, and drove it with a drill. It’s so much faster now, but I do wonder if there’s actual properly motorized versions of what I just did.

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    7 months ago

    I used to grind beans at home. But I just don’t care anymore. I just run them through the grinder at Costco.

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    7 months ago

    I tried this with exactly this bur grinder and it melted the plastic washer in the assembly

    Granted, I was using it for flax seed instead of coffee (it was my spouse’s idea), but be careful with that drill my friend

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    7 months ago

    I could not tell the difference between pre-ground and home ground coffee. I am happy with not having a discriminating palate, since pre-ground is easier.

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      7 months ago

      With dark roast I haven’t found much difference either.

      With a local medium roast, I don’t know if it was the beans, but I was able to get a pleasant fruity acidity out of my brew that I haven’t been able to find with supermarket medium roast grounds.

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    6 months ago

    This exactly, except Ibuse a DeWalt. I have found that the brand power tool used has little effect on the taste and extraction, however.

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    7 months ago

    Yes

    I have a special drill at work that is just for grinding coffee

    At home I my grinder was half the price of my espresso machine.

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      7 months ago

      I have one of these too. I concur it does a fine job.

      Jokes aside the only negativity I’ve heard about these is they are not fine turnable enough at the lowest end of the scale.

      I find I can get an excellent shot with good crema from most beans, but there are still a lot I feel I could go finer on to get a better result. Or just the beans suck.