Coffee beans? Has anyone tried this food processor to grind coffee beans?
146422
Yes, it does a good job, but make sure that you keep an eye on how fine you wish to chop/grind them! It's a personal choice.Hope this helps.
146423
For less than half the price you can get a Krup or Brun coffee grinder that will do a much better job on coffee. As my father always said, "If you want to pound get a hammer not a wrench."
146424
The instructions literally tell you not to use it to grind coffee beans, though. But I would not waste my money on it anyway. The blade insertion is kind of wonky and mine keeps getting stuck after turning just a little bit, probably because it keeps popping out of place.
146425
Yes, it does a good job, but make sure that you keep an eye on how fine you wish to chop/grind them! It's a personal choice. Hope this helps.
115702
Yes it would do a fine job.. It would grind a coffee bean well. Buy and enjoy.
658635
That the beans are not uniform is the only downside. Plus, you have to carefully time the process to not get it too fine. If you do French Press a lot, a burr grinder might be better. I used to have one, but I don't find the higher price fully justified replacing it once it broke. It might if I regularly did a lot of different coffee grinds.Otherwise I find with just a little experimentation I can find the sweet spot for most coffee using the blade grinder. To me the results are not that different than some might have us believe.
853495
As others have said here, for coffee, you can get a course grind by not grinding so long. I use mine for spices and want a very fine grind.
2140940
I would say probably not. Have you looked into renting a machine? I worked with one that ground the beans per cup and made coffee, espresso, cappuccino and latte with a touch of a button.
2210985
It can grind coffee, but I would not recommend it. It is too big and powerful for that. Unless you want to grind 10 pounds at a time.
1691892
Yes it grinds coffee beans, nicely, but the motor lasts onky about 2 yr when doing 2 bags a month, about 50bags, then the motor starts to fry. I do not use it for anything but coffee and its ok, - a medium to course grind. Not fine at all. M riley, elgin.
1019042
I have not used the grinder for spices, just coffee. I wouldn't want to mix any coffee flavor with my spices.
853492
I use it only for coffee beans. Works fine but you have to judge how long to grind. My previous coffee grinder had automatic gring setting from course to fine. That is my only complaint
1019040
I have only used it for coffee. (being a coffee snob, I wouldn't ever put anything else in my coffee grinder :-)I do use one of the $10 coffee grinders with the stainless steel blades that spin around. I use it to grind up all sorts of things - spices, flax seeds, nuts. I've used the same one for years - seems to be very durable, and easy to clean.
2067543
You are better off with a food processor. This is good for seeds, coffee, etc.
124574
I have only used it for my french press. That grind is course. I did gain some respect for the grinder though and I think it would do well for any grind. Good luck.
904082
Catherine, I had this same question when reviewing owners questions and answers on Amazon's site. All the reviews seemed to be talking about grinding their own beans, but I looked the coffee maker over real good and it looked to me that I could use already ground coffee from a can or a pouch. I bought it and sure enough it handles ground coffee just like any other coffee maker. Enjoy, it's working great. (The lighted clock "is" really bright but no bother to me. Hey ! It's in the kitchen not in the bedroom! LOL
372079
Actually that is the best use! I grind cooking pepper, cinnamon,and nutmeg. The pieces just have to be coffee bean size or smaller.
797281
Have never used it for the seeds you have listed, but know it will grind coffee beans up to an almost dust. Have enjoyed it, when I do decided to grind coffee beans.
1637905
I am mentioning coffee beans but actually, I am planning on grinding dehydrated vegetables and they are about the consistency of the coffee beans. I need the bur grinder to do it real thin, almost volatile. I also need a big compartment to throw the veggie chips, like between one to two cup capacity... The regular coffee grinder only takes small amounts at a time.
1797248
I've never used it for anything but coffee beans but I imagine you could grind flax seed on a finer setting.