How is the guilty of grind for French press and espresso on this grinder
1001216
Quality of grind is good but ours died after less than a year. Buyer beware.
1001217
I hate it and have put it aside for. Goodwill. The ground coffee receptical blowsOut unless you hold it. I have bought the Capresso Burr Grinder from aAmazon and love it and bought two for gifts. Hope that helps.
1001218
I hate mine because you have to hold the receptacle for the coffee or it Blows off. I've set it aside to give away. bought another from Amazon calledCapresso and I love it and bought two for gifts.
1001219
The grind is pretty fine no matter how coarse you turn the dial to. I'm not really happy with this coffee grinder and wouldn't buy it again.
1001220
This is not a good grinder for French press, or anything else, really. It may be a burr grinder, but the burr turns at very high speed and produces a varied grind. Set course and you get course ground coffee mixed with fine ground coffee.The bin that collects the grounds is a terrible design. The unit is VERY loud when grinding, and has an annoying and very bright blue LED that stays on whenever the unit is plugged in. Not recommended.
1001221
I hate it and have but it into Goodwill bag. Yh3 coffee receptical blows out unless you hold it. Bought a black Capresso for $89 and it is very good and have even bought twoMore as gifts. Very dissapointed with the other.
1001222
It works fine for French Press. I don't brew espresso, but the finest grind seems fairly powdery.
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.
1009686
It should be to your taste, but french presses generally take a course grind...I put it on the second percolator setting (from the left) for a french press.
564562
I have this grinder (Kitchenaid Proline Burr) and a Bodum french press. The book for the grinder says to use the setting of 1 for french pressing. That was way to course and even after brewing for four and a half minutes the coffee tasted bland. Now I use 3.5 for french pressing and it tastes great with very little mud at the bottom. I don't do espresso. For drip brewing I use a setting of 6.
846608
I use it for French press and it does alright on the most course setting but you still get some fines.
798582
Hi, I found the grinds to very inconstant so I returned it. It can get very coarse though, I think someone posted a picture that is exactly what I got. But for french press I was not happy.
1208786
I have used it with a French press. You can adjust the size of the grind by unscrewing the knob on the top of the handle. Then rotate the grinding wheel up or down for coarser or finer grounds.
1921333
i basically agree with the others... i can grind about half a cup of espresso in 5 minutes or so... depends on how focused you are :)
1972013
The basic formula for french press coffee is 2 tablespoons of coarse grounds per 6 oz of water (6oz would be a small cup in my opinion). To grind 4 tablespoons it takes about 1 minute or so. For finer grounds such as espresso, it will take longer. If by "grind level" you mean the size of the grind then yes, it is easily adjustable from very coarse to very fine.
485842
The grinder makes drip appropriate coffee grounds when it is set at its most fine setting. I'm happy with it, and you COULD use those grinds in an espresso maker (they work OK, I've tried them in my Breville Cafe Roma for espresso). But if you wanted a burr mill especially for espresso, I'd get a different one. I have used Cuisinart's standard one, and it works well; but it broke after not too long, and the replacement I bought broke soon after. So far this Mr. Coffee has worked well for me, but it's been only 2-3 months.
963344
You want the grind to be fine as opposed to coarse. (6 or 7) I like a strong espresso so I set my dosage more towards the plus sign.
1621973
I use a French press and the grind that I get from this grinder works for me. you can customize it to make it more fine or more course as you need. there are a couple of useful YouTube videos that demonstrate this feature - - ie adjusting the grind to suit your needs.
593166
I like my coffee really strong so I use espresso (fine) grind. I've noticed regular grind makes for a little weaker coffee.
485845
Not at all. Per Susan's comment, the finest isn't nearly fine enough for espresso, or Turkish -- maybe adequate for drip or French press ... that's about it. The purpose of a burr grinder is to produce similar-sized coffee particles ... for flavor/aroma; otherwise, a blade grinder will do the job (and cost less). This unit is a glorified blade grinder (look inside and you'll see that their idea of a "burr" is a joke -- just blades are used!). So, back it goes ... trying other brands (perhaps Cuisinart); otherwise, will stay with a blade grinder, which is better than a mortar and pestle. Live and learn. Not at all. Per Susan's comment, the finest isn't nearly fine enough for espresso, or Turkish -- maybe adequate for drip or French press ... that's about it. The purpose of a burr grinder is to produce similar-sized coffee particles ... for flavor/aroma; otherwise, a blade grinder will do the job (and cost less). This unit is a glorified blade grinder (look inside and you'll see that their idea of a "burr" is a joke -- just blades are used!). So, back it goes ... trying other brands (perhaps Cuisinart); otherwise, will stay with a blade grinder, which is better than a mortar and... » Read More Not at all. Per Susan's comment, the finest isn't nearly fine enough for espresso, or Turkish -- maybe adequate for drip or French press ... that's about it. The purpose of a burr grinder is to produce similar-sized coffee particles ... for flavor/aroma; otherwise, a blade grinder will do the job (and cost less). This unit is a glorified blade grinder (look inside and you'll see that their idea of a "burr" is a joke -- just blades are used!). So, back it goes ... trying other brands (perhaps Cuisinart); otherwise, will stay with a blade grinder, which is better than a mortar and pestle. Live and learn. « Show Less
1452463
It will grind quite fine, though it takes a little time. I don't mind the grinding ritual; for me it builds anticipation and there's nothing like the aroma of freshly ground coffee. I like this well-made, high-quality German grinder that is designed to last. Setting the grind can be a bit fiddly for a French press, but it'll do a good uniform job. If you want a fast grind get a good electric grinder.
1077284
I usually grind one upper chamber full plus half for an 8 cup French press. basically get the whole lower compartment full for the French press
1365499
You aren't doing anything wrong. Before I bought this grinder, I really researched what I needed, and I knew going into it, from the expert reviews outside of Amazon, that this grinder is not recommended for Espresso. I didn't want or need espresso grind, so I was fine with this lower end version. I have heard that the Virtuoso model makes good espresso, though I do not have personal experience with that grinder.