Recommend a low speed burr grinder for coffee

[wwillson]

We need a new coffee grinder and I have a desire to get a low speed burr grinder that is quiet. Burr grinder because of the consistent grind vs a blade grinder and low speed because our current high speed burr grinder is very loud.

Suggestions?

 

[rstsco]

I have a Fellow Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2 which has flat burrs. It grinds very consistently, but also suffers from major static cling, even with the built-in circuitry to help counteract the static. It's also fairly loud, so to keep from waking up my wife, I either needed to grind the night before or wait until she woke up.

For making myself a pour-over, I bought a Commodore C40 manual grinder. It does a great job for up to 30 grams of beans and I can take it to another part of the house so not to wake up my wife.

How much coffee do you plan on grinding at a time? If you're not in a hurry and have lots of patience, a manual grinder can be a good option. Me, I don't have the patience for more than one cup at a time. Besides, I've now switched to drinking English breakfast tea in the morning.

What upper limit price range are you thinking? What method of brewing do you use?

 

[ripcord]

I've never owned one that I would consider quiet. Mine sounds like a bench grinder.

 

[thescreensavers]

I have a Fellows ODE 2 as well love it. It doesn't do espresso grind just fyi. I find it to be fairly quiet.

I was also looking at baratza encore esp but was OOS everywhere when I was buying.

 

[wwillson]

How much coffee do you plan on grinding at a time?

About 6 ounces

 

[rstsco]

I have a Fellows ODE 2 as well love it. It doesn't do espresso grind just fyi. I find it to be fairly quiet.

I was also looking at baratza encore esp but was OOS everywhere when I was buying.

For what it's worth, a coffee roaster in Austin where I took some classes, only sells one electric coffee grinder for home use and it's this model of Baratza. I have no personal experience using one.

 

[Rand]

Do you want conical or flat burrs? This is for regular drip coffee? (no espresso ?)

Nothing is "whisper" quiet .. even a hand grinder makes some noise.

do you want to leave beans in a hopper(with a timer to measure) or you do measure them with weight etc?

Is a timer an important feature or just on/off switch.

What is budget.
you can go from $50 to $1500
A good place to start

Fellow Ode Brew Grinder (Gen 2)

If a little more noise isnt a deal killer
Baratza Virtuoso+

Plenty of other good to great options.

Edit:
I was satisfied with my breville smart grinder XL (newer model available now)

My current kitchenaid is also good for the price.
The fellow is next level vs either of those.

 

[shortyb]

I have an OXO conical burr grinder, mainly because it matches my coffee maker (which is surprisingly gold standard certified by SCA). Fortunately, it is pretty quiet, seems lower speed, has a grind timer, and is easy to clean. Grind is very consistent throughout the range, and only when I go extra fine espresso grind does it create static. Easy to counter by rinsing the outside of the container with hot water before grinding. I like it and it wasn't hatefully expensive.

 

[wwillson]

Do you want conical or flat burrs?

No clue what the difference is.

This is for regular drip coffee?

Yes, we only do pour overs.

do you want to leave beans in a hopper

No

Is a timer an important feature or just on/off switch.

Just on/off

What is budget.
you can go from $50 to $1500

The day I spend $1500 on a coffee grinder will be the day.


I will always spent more to get quality.

 

[rstsco]

No clue what the difference is.

This article does a pretty good job of explaining the difference between conical and flat burr coffee grinders.

Finding "the best" coffee grinder is similar to motor oil. It depends on many variables. Beans vary. Brew water temp varies. Pour rate varies. I think you get it. Narrow it down and throw a dart.

And don't forget to take out the burrs occasionally to clean them, as the beans will leave behind their version of varnish and sludge.

 

[Pew]

Nothing is "whisper" quiet .. even a hand grinder makes some noise.

Can confirm. 50% of the noise is the grinding. The other 50% is me yelling how I should have gotten an electric one.

 

[Toy4x4]

Finding "the best" coffee grinder is similar to motor oil.

Is there a "BITCG" forum?

 

[Rand]

The day I spend $1500 on a coffee grinder will be the day.

I will always spent more to get quality.

I think you could get something nice for 100+ really nice 300+ the $$$$ stuff is for crazy home barista drinks
Let me check for some current deals..

just dont read any AI shortcuts for Grinder types.. its about as wrong as anything else.

Video comparing some grinder noise levels.. and tones.


Apparently my current kitchenaid is quieter than any of those.
as well as having a better "tone"
23seconds in noise level (although hard to tell in a video without a meter next to it)


Here is the kitchaid basically refurb for $99 non refurb is $160
https://www.walmart.com/ip/KitchenA...9?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101005695

Baratza encore would also do ok for what you want $150
https://www.amazon.com/Baratza-Encore-Conical-Coffee-Grinder/dp/B007F183LK?th=1

 

[wwillson]

I ordered the OXO

https://a.co/d/7HTAL67

Thanks everyone for your suggestions

 

[greenjp]

Late to the thread but for posterity I've very much enjoyed my Capresso burr grinder ($100) and find the Cuisinart we have at the office ($55) to be pretty bad. Its noisy, slow, and pulverizes the beans like an old fashioned grinder style one.

 

[spackard]

I’d recommend a Baratza. I’ve had mine for a very long time. When it broke I ordered replacement parts from them and rebuilt it myself, back in 2014.
They’re a company that encourages repairing your grinder.
Noise level is satisfactory, and I bought this conical burr grinder because I didn’t like the noise of the high-speed ones.

 

[Cropduster172]

I have an OXO conical burr grinder, mainly because it matches my coffee maker (which is surprisingly gold standard certified by SCA). Fortunately, it is pretty quiet, seems lower speed, has a grind timer, and is easy to clean. Grind is very consistent throughout the range, and only when I go extra fine espresso grind does it create static. Easy to counter by rinsing the outside of the container with hot water before grinding. I like it and it wasn't hatefully expensive.

I have two different coffee grinders in both homes. One is the Oxo conical burr grinder in our beach house.
The other a Baratza Encore in our primary home. The Oxo is far quieter. The Baratza sounds like a Boeing 757 spooling for takeoff.
Both grind very consistently but the Oxo is a bit more messy from static even though I do the wet spoon bean stir thing with both.
Close to zero static issues with the Baratza.

 

[Cropduster172]

I ordered the OXO

https://a.co/d/7HTAL67

Thanks everyone for your suggestions

You made a solid choice. I've found Oxo stuff to be very good quality overall. The selection on Amazon for coffee grinders is mind numbing.

 

[rstsco]

The selection on Amazon for coffee grinders is mind numbing.

True, and the majority of them probably came out of the same handful of factories.

 

[jetman]

At Costco we buy 2.5# bags of beans & grind them there.