PARACITY Manual Coffee Bean Grinder with Ceramic Burr, Hand Coffee Grinder Mill Small with 2 Glass Jars( 11OZ per Jar) Stainless Steel Handle for Drip Coffee, Espresso, French…

This manual ‘coffee’ grinder is the first one i have had, and since using it to grind cloves, have found that gripping it firmly to hold it down becomes very wearying on the muscles of the hand. The rubber or silicone ring underneath, helps, but despite results seen in the jar, the effort to get there is so tiring on the poor hand. And speaking of results; at times, when turning the handle, there is no evidence of the fruit of one’s labour. So you lift off the lid and push the grains (whatever) into the grinder area and proceed, yet still there is only fits and starts of the grinded produce. Still, it is a good grinder if you can bear the points mentioned.

手動で豆が挽ける物を探してたので扱いやすく満足してます。価格も良心的!

It’s a simple manual coffee grinder made in China. You’ll see a few of them out there with different seller names but the core components of grinder, dual jars, and a cleaning brush, are pretty consistent among the different kits. This one was the best priced one I could find and the only thing it didn’t have that some others did was a scoop. That didn’t bother me at all as I have plenty of spoons I can use for my coffee grinds. I normally get pre-ground coffee, but we got a few packs of beans as a gift so I picked this one up to give us the capacity to occasionally mash up the beans when needed. I also liked the idea of being able to do this without having to plug another device into an outlet.

All right, so Amazon was great, shipped it in a day, and the box included everything that was advertised. You get two jars that can screw one at a time into a grinding assembly that combines a bean holder, burr grinder, and a handle. You adjust the depth of the burr to control the coarseness of the grinds, put coffee beans into the bean holder that’s integrated into the device, put a silicone lid over the beans to keep them in place, and affix a handle to the whole thing with a thumbscrew. Then you turn the handle and the thing pulverizes the beans into coffee grinds.

In short: the quality is decent and it absolutely does work.

Concerns:
– Speed. It takes 10-15 minutes to get enough grinds for a full 12 cup pot of coffee, less if you just want to make 5 or 6 cups as I do each morning. You can mitigate this by using the kit’s second jar. I grind a bunch the day before or earlier while watching TV and put the lid on it and it’s fine and ready to go the next day. If I could have a second lid for the second jar that’d be nice, then I could grind two jars in advance for the whole week. But they only give you one lid. Unfortunately the jars don’t have what appear to be standard lid grooves so you are not easily going to find a third-party lid. However, a bit of plastic wrap and rubber band would probably suffice just fine. Or use a sandwich bag; it’s really not a complicated issue.
– Effort: I read some of the negative reviews complaining about how hard it was to grind the beans. You have to be kidding me. Those are either fake negative reviews, people that didn’t use the device properly, people using metal beans, or someone on a deathbed. This thing grinds pretty easy, honestly a toddler could turn the crank. I will concede that my off-hand, the one holding the jar and grind assembly while the other hand cranked, could get a little cramped from gripping tightly for minutes at a time, but it wasn’t a problem to take a break if I needed to. If I could ask for an improvement, it would be that the jar and grind assembly be designed for a more comfortable grip.
– Durability: So far I’ve only had the thing for a day and have ground two jars of coffee. I have no idea yet how long it will hold up. The parts do seem well made, but the plastic end on the handle is affixed by a thin dowel of metal and I wonder if it will wear out after many cycles.

Overall, item is as described and works fine. For occasional need to grind beans it’ll do fine. If you do a lot of grinding, get an electric.

11-Jun-2022 Update: After finishing a bag of beans I took the device apart to clean it. It comes apart easily, but I was dismayed when I was cleaning the burr to find a couple small cracks in the ceramic. They stood out and were easy to see with the color of the coffee beans in them contrasted to the rest of the white burr. I’ve reviewed them but can’t tell if they were like that when I got the grinder or if they developed after grinding. The burr appears to be very solid and firm and so I think it was just like that and certainly the burr is stronger than the beans and there’s a good chance it’ll continue to work fine for years. I’ll update this review later after a few more bags.

24-Sep-2022 Update: Have continued to use this grinder a couple times a week. I am happy to report the small cracks in the burr seem to have been slight flaws that were there in the manufacturing process and haven’t hurt the burr’s ability to keep grinding.

I have a (3Xs) more expensive version of this, which is a little more sturdy and the mechanism seems a bit more rugged. This one works almost as well. Parts are fit a little looser, but that’s not necessarily bad. This came with an extra storage jar, and the lock on the grind adjustment is simple, but impressive. This was a good purchase, especially for the price. If this were my only grinder, I’d be happy to have it.

The center post it rotates on isn’t really set well enough, so you don’t have a very consistent grind. It IS close enough though, so I can get a good coffee press cup without powder. The extra jar is very handy, and the silicone pieces all do the jobs well.. the measurement spoon/bag clip is sturdy enough and also works well.
Will probably be getting several as gifts this year!

Build quality is excellent. Extra accessories are very nice to have (extra jar and lid, brush and scoop). Burr was able to produce a consistency that was just a little too coarse for espresso, but very fine at the tightest setting.