Any one use this for a coarse grind? I use a french press for cold coffee. I use a hand grinder now, but getting lazy.
1828881
It has many settings and can do the coarse grind you need. We use it for espresso, but adjust the grind for the French press and for the auto coffee maker too.
1828882
It works fine for coarse grinds. We do both fine and much less fine for coffee maker.
1828883
I sent my Rancillo back because it doesn't like oily beans. They won't feed into the grinder because they stick to the bowl. If you use lighter roasts and want to spend this much it is a heavy duty unit. I bought the Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder and it is less expensive and a great grinder. And it handles all roasts. I use it for French Press and pour through.
1828884
I use mine primarily for drip and expresso, but it has a very broad range with multiple choices within each type of grind.
1828885
The grind setting scale on the unit runs 0 to 80. I use 9 or 10 for espresso and 40 for drip. I haven't made any press coffee since getting the unit but would start in the 60-70 range and no doubt it will make great press coffee.
1423496
I've never used it for anything that fine. I only use it for my French press which is a fairly coarse grind. The drawer underneath however is not very large, I'd recommend something with bigger container underneath.
199841
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.
2220121
I use it for making Moka coffee with a hand grinder. The grounds are slightly coarser than espresso, but finer than French press. I think it depends on what type of grinder you have, if it is a burr grinder it should be fine for an automatic since I don't have any problems with the manual one which has the option of manually adjusting it down to an espresso grind.
1730433
I've used it with dark roasts. Not ground for French Press but moderately coarse. This grinder is bad about scattering coffee to the point that we have to keep it on a mat to avoid scattering all over the counter. It develops static - enough that ground coffee clings to the hopper and the inner areas of the grinder. The hopper doesn't quite snap in place fully, so we have to hold it flush to the grinder when we use it. Other than those issues it does a good job of grinding the coffee.
1009690
You can't use this type of blade grinder for the best French press. I do FP everyday and use a burr grinder (a small version of the kind in the grocery stores). Amazon has tons of them, as does BB&B;, Target, Macy's etc. French press needs a coarse, uniform grind the only a burr grinder can give. I have a blade grinder like this one, but only use it for flax seeds and such, not FP coffee. If I were using a drip machine, however, it would be fine.
1001222
It works fine for French Press. I don't brew espresso, but the finest grind seems fairly powdery.
747130
nope, you're supposed to grind themusually use a slightly finer grind than a drip coffee maker, but it's mostly to taste, the coarser the grind, the longer it'll have to steep though
169441
I had to do a lot of experimenting. Here's my fix. I use a strong French roast, Starbucks French Roast or Kirkland's Sumatra whole bean. I have a Mr. Coffee burr grinder set at 'coarse'. I use 1 rounded Tbsp. grounds per cup of coffee. This coffee pot did not perform well with a standard grind or med/weak coffee. The coarse grind also reduces sediment and makes cleanup a tad easier. We are finally enjoying our morning coffee again.
809369
If you want a coarse grind, this grinder can do it. You can recalibrate it to grind coarser than it does out of the box, but that is very easy to do and is documented in the manual. I suggest that you turn the knob to #1 and try it. If it is not coarse enough for you, use a 5/32" allen wrench to remove the screw from the knob, and turn the white adjuster to the left a little (two clicks), then replace the knob. Grind consistency is excellent with this grinder. To counter claims that the grinder spills grounds: I use a small rubber mallet to tap the grinder body and I don't have any problem. (Put a piece of tape on the grinder body to protect it from marring.) Almost any coffee grinder will be messy--even commercial ones. When cleaning the grinder, check that the two allen screws in the back of the grind adjuster are screwed firmly into the threaded holes. Tighten them with the 5/32" allen wrench. Mine had worked out (it caused no damage), but they haven't loosened since I tightened them.
1833576
Not having tried to brew coffee with this, I would agree with the other people that, unless the coffee is really coarse, the grinds would likely go right through the mesh. Note that true "french presses" usually have a very fine (often nylon) mesh filter to filter the grounds from the liquid. The mesh on this screen is much larger than that.
1199017
I'm using an all purpose grind (Starb_cks C_f_ V_r_na), 6 coffee measures (old C-F-Nuts measure) for an 8 cup pot. Using M-L_tt_ #4 paper filters, and coffee is very good. Found that some St_rb_ks stores grind coffee coarser than others, even when you specify conical filter. Like the pot; makes cosistently good brew.
690952
I've used all different grinds. I find the larger to medium grinds extract the most flavor from the coffee. The espresso finer grinds tend to take quite a while to drip and cause a bitter taste to the brew due to that long drip process. My advice...experiment! Happy Holidays!
853489
It can grind as fine or as coarse as you want depending on how long you run it. I use it for grinding the beans for all my coffee, whether it's coarse for my Chemex of really fine for my espresso.
450242
I just got a 12 cup french press and even grinding on the 8 setting for 12 cups and turning the selector all the way to the left doesn't seem to get the grind coarse enough. I get a lot of sludge in my cup and it's hard to press down the plunger.
690949
I used coffee ground slightly coarse but it makes great coffee regardless of the grind. The problem with this item is that the coffee pot is not made to last. Don't worry about the grind, it won't last you long enough to make a difference. I replaced the coffee pot twice and gave up on it. It turned into a monthly expense.
122673
No, the settings run from Extra Fine to Fine to Medium to Coarse, with four levels of each. For espresso, I set at the lowest level of Fine and French press at the lowest level of Coarse. I've done percolated coffee only a few times, but I ground the beans at the middle setting of Fine and everyone raved about the coffee. So, hopefully that will work for you... trial and error always works as well...good luck