KitchenAid Pro Line Burr Coffee Grinder, Pearl Metallic

KitchenAid Pro Line Series, Burr Coffee Mill features Precision Commercial Stainless Steel Cutting Purrs, Low RPM operation, Simple Burr Access and more Low RPM Operation Simple Burr Access Easy to Clean KitchenAid 2 Year Hassle Free Replacement Warranty Unit Dimensions - Height 13.5 x Width 10.25 x Depth 6 inches Weight - 10.44 pounds
Used Price: $198.00
Customer Review: An outstanding coffee grinder
Burr-ground coffee tastes better. This is one magnificent gleaming bull of a grinder. Espresso may be a delight but it's over too soon for me, so I can't pronounce on the fine end, but the Kitchenaid's coarse settings yield French press coffee without mud; one click finer feeds my moka pot (Bialetti Moka Express 6-Cup Stovetop Percolator which fills one mug); the mid to fine range produces perfect drip in a plastic cone (e.g. Manual Drip Coffee Filter Cone). Other Kitchenaid small electrics have given me good service for a generation. And what's more, the thirty seconds I don't have to stand there holding the button down delight me.
Customer Review: Don't forget the MOST important criteria: the TASTE!
I have read some very detailed and well written reviews of this burr grinder. I haven't read them all, but the ones I have reviewed leave out the most important criteria - the TASTE of the ground beans. I gave this grinder to my son for Christmas, and I have been using it for a few days while he travels. My son, a barista in his own right, who introduce me to coffee, has taught me all the important aspects of making great coffee. I always grind my beans just before I brew the coffee in a French press (excuse my French). I keep the beans in a vacuum keeper. I brew at 190 degrees, F (I don't do metric). On my first cup from this grinder I suspected something, that I have now confirmed. This grinder does not burn the beans. I had come to believe that the burned and acrid taste was simply part of the coffee experience. Not so, it was part of the burned bean experience imparted by all my blade grinders, and both of my burr grinders. This grinder runs at a lower speed (see the Kitchenaid propaganda), and OH, what a sweet difference slower grinding makes! The coffee is not bitter, the "other" flavor is gone, and I am now tasting the bean as God intended it to be tasted. As for other lesser important criteria, this is much less noisy than all my other grinders, it does not spew grinds out the side onto the countertop as my present (soon to be replaced by this Kitchenaid) grinder does, it is much faster than any other grinder I have owned. It does not have markings for how many cups you have ground, but you get used to that in a few grinds. It is larger than any others I have owned, but how important to you is great coffee? And Kitchenaid's Customer Service is top notch! Spend an "extra" $50 for this grinder, and you will never need another one.