How to choose an electric coffee grinder for your home

It is no longer possible to make real coffee from beans ground several days ago - this will be confirmed by any true connoisseur of the invigorating drink. The reason is simple - during storage, the powder oxidizes, some of the essential oils evaporate, taking with it halftones of taste and aroma. To avoid losses, it is recommended to grind the grains immediately before brewing.

A high-quality mechanical coffee grinder ensures uniform grinding, eliminates intense heat during the grinding process, and provides the ability to regulate particle size. If you don’t want to turn the grinder in the morning, you should choose an electric coffee grinder.

How to choose the right electric coffee grinder

Automatic locking in case of incorrect assembly, protection against overheating and space for cables are undoubtedly important criteria. The list can be supplemented by case material - steel is much better than plastic, although more expensive. But these are all minor things compared to the quality and speed of grinding. And this indicator largely depends on the design of the coffee mill.

Features of blade coffee grinders

How to choose an electric coffee grinder for your home? The name of the knife options speaks for itself - the grains are crushed with a stainless steel knife similar to a two-blade propeller. The device itself works on the same principle as a blender, of which it is a variation.

It is impossible to achieve uniform grinding in such a device, but it grinds very quickly. Adjusting the grinding is done in two ways: you need to either let it work longer, or increase the speed.

Important! The advantages of a rotary coffee grinder come down to only moderate cost, small size and ease of operation. There are only two disadvantages: grinding control is carried out “by eye” and the uniformity of ground coffee cannot be achieved with knives.

The recommended power for such mills is 180 W. If the choice fell on equipment with more power, then it should have a speed controller. Otherwise, there is a risk of getting acquainted with the taste of burnt coffee.

A machine with less power will not pull a large number of beans at a time, so it is only suitable if there are no more than two coffee lovers in the family.

What are burr coffee grinders?

Which electric coffee grinder should you choose? The direct successor of hand mills is larger in size compared to rotary analogues. This is due to the fact that it is equipped with two sealed containers at once - for beans and for ground coffee.

Between them is the main element of the coffee grinder - the millstone. They can be:

• Metal;
• Ceramic;
• Stone.

The first option is the least expensive. If you focus on it, it is better to choose a coffee grinder with stainless steel millstones - cast iron grinds faster. Ceramic and stone are a characteristic feature of equipment created for coffee connoisseurs.

Due to their fragility, they require careful handling (the mill should not be dropped - the millstones may break).

The quality of grinding is adjusted by changing the gap between the millstones.Only the size of the particles changes - regardless of the settings, the machine will produce homogeneous ground coffee, without the “various calibers” characteristic of blade coffee grinders.

Important! A burr coffee grinder does not heat the beans, preserving a maximum of essential oils and without changing the taste and aroma of coffee.

Devices can have up to 15 operating modes. It is possible to dose the grinding. And in such a coffee grinder you can store part of the stock of aromatic beans - an airtight container for them can hold from 90 to 1000 g of coffee, which will not lose its properties even after quite a long storage.

The recommended power of such devices is 250-300 W. Models with a power of up to 1 kW are more suitable for cafes than for home use, and are much more expensive. Low-power machines are cheaper, but are only suitable for lonely coffee lovers - intensive use leads to their frequent breakdowns.

Which brands of coffee grinders should you choose?

How to choose the right electric coffee grinder for your home? Bosch, Moulinex, Philips or Kenwood offer decent quality, but understand that part of the cost is branding. Bekker, Vitek and Scarlett produce equipment that is not inferior in quality. But it will cost a little less than the “standard” brands.

Mahlkönig is a highly specialized company. If you need a product from those who know “everything and a little more” about coffee, you should look for products from this brand. The only thing that can compete with the Germans is the Italian Macap, which has a little more experience in the coffee sector. Or the Spanish Cunill, whose model cunill brasil has become an exemplary barista assistant.

The Moscow manufacturer "Mikmah" is represented by a line of modern household appliances, which are cheaper than their foreign counterparts, but are not inferior to them in quality.This statement also applies to the model range of coffee grinders.