Handground Precision Manual Coffee Grinder: Conical Ceramic Burr Mill

The Handground coffee grinder is the top-of-the-line coffee grinder. I love that you can dial the grind you want. I love the side-mounted lever to operate the grinder. I love their website that has many, many recipes to grind & brew coffee. Expensive, but worth it. Well done to the entrepreneurs who researched & made this device.11-Oct-2017I have owned the Handground coffee grinder for nearly 4 months and highly recommend it. It has transformed my coffee-drinking experience. Let me tell you how.(Side note: go to the Handground web site & read the story of how they developed it using crowd-sourcing ideas. The founders worked hard to incorporate the best of all the suggestions. Fantastic!)Here is what I love about the Handground coffee grinder.First, the grinding handle is on the side rather than the top. Duh! Much easier to use.Second, the grinding burr is securely mounted in two points so you get a CONSISTENT grind. Inconsistent grind bothered me with my old grinder as I could see the burr move from side to side in the grinding chamber so the coffee was not ground consistently.Third, they have calibrated the burr so you can easily select how coarse or fine you want the coffee grounds. You simply turn the dial to the coarseness you want. The dial moves with a nice ‘click’ from setting to setting. Let me talk more about this.I brew coffee several different ways. Sometimes I want an Americano so I grind the coffee fine. Sometimes I make a pour-over and the coffee needs to be slightly coarser. Sometimes I use my Chemex knock-off, coarser still. Last I may use my French Press or Clever Dripper, very coarse.Try making those different grinds with your normal coffee grinder. It frustrated me. I had to turn the nut on the spindle to adjust the burr in the grinding chamber, but how many times do I turn it? And in which direction? Where was it set before?Was my last brew an expresso or a pour-over? If I want to use my French Press do I spin the nut five times or four times or three times? Which way do I turn it, by the way?I would hold my grinder up to my face so I could peer down into the grinding chamber to see how small the opening was in the chamber. Is that fine enough? Maybe one more twist. No that’s too fine, back a half-twist. It was truly a hit-or-miss exercise.Handground removes all that frustration. It has 15 different settings, 1 through 8 with a half-step between the whole numbers. Do I want an espresso grind? I dial 1.5. Do I want a pour-over? I dial 4. Am I making a French Press? I dial 7. This is easy and consistent.I’ve had so much fun with the Handground. Their web site lists 66 different ways to brew coffee using an AeroPress (within a Handground, of course). My co-worker & I have spent 3 months trying each method plus some variations of our own. We’ve had a lot of fun and have learned a lot about brewing coffee. You could never do these ‘experiments’ without an accurate, consistent coffee grinder.Last, attention to detail & customer support has been fantastic. When you buy the device they include a very, very thin washer. Why? If the ‘1’ setting does not grind the coffee fine enough for you, you can insert this thin washer into the mechanism to make the grind just slightly finer. Wow! Also, I lost the nut that holds the burr onto the spindle. (Don’t ask me how - I have no idea.) After contacting Support they set me a replacement thumb nut. Excellent!I thoroughly enjoy my Handground coffee grinder and unconditionally recommend it. It is worth the price if you like to grind your own coffee.

I really love this grinder. I think this guy really does cover everything I wanted in a hand grinder actually. I originally was using a smaller Hario for a while and although it worked, it had its shortcomings, which led me to up my budget for a grinder. I looked at a handful of grinders online, watched a lot of reviews, and in that time came across this one in someone else's review (and I won't say of what product). So, here is what I love about this grinder:First off, it's HUGE compared to my Hario. You can easily get enough grinds in the container for a large French press, and still have room left. The reservoir is also plenty big..I actually never have it totally full either, but it's nice to be able to put in grinds and get a good eye for what you're grinding before weighing.* One of my favorite parts is the grind setting adjuster. All the other ones I saw had a wing nut on the inside, so it was hard to tell how much to tighten for each type of coffee and grind size i would want. This makes it easier to take note of that for the future. There's also a handy fridge magnet that you can use to get an estimate of how much water and coffee you'll need for different coffee styles!* I was skeptical about having the grind handle be on the side instead of the top, but I've come to like it. The sticky pad on the bottom really helps too, but sometimes I wish it were stickier...I wind up washing it regularly. I guess my countertops just are too slick and dirty hehe.* Cleaning the grinder isn't too hard. The instructions are good enough to follow (online), but I HATED cleaning it at first because I had troubles loosening it without grinding while empty (which isn't great). But I think I'm a bit more prepared for future cleaning, having done it once already.Now for the biggest thing: grind consistency. I give this guy an A-. Smaller grind sizes are very consistent (1-6.5 on the grinder scale), and after 6.5 it starts to lose some consistency. But usually that's done for French press where 100% consistency isn't a big deal. Really, all it is is consistent sized chunks and a handful of bigger chunks. I'm probably being overly critical of it. I also find the bigger the grind, the harder it is to actually grind my coffee...but that's been the same with my last grinder too, and I figure it's normal. Fine to medium grind is easy peazy. All my coffee turns out A+ in the endSo my verdict: This is a great buy, and I highly recommend this grinder. If you want a smaller, more travel sized grinder, however, then this is not for you. If size doesn't matter, definitely add this to your list of grinders to consider...or just buy it and be happy :)