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[SeoulnPepe]

Anyone know where I can get a decent coffee grinder. Already checked gmarket and auction. I don't want to shell out 200,000W for something that's meant to be in a restaurant. No manual ones either. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.

[Qinella]

Hoagies and grinders, hoagies and grinders. Navy beans, navy beans.

[Lynns]

I bought one at a Starbucks. A little expensive, but not 200. Maybe about 60,000 won or so, if I remember correctly.

[lostinseoul77777]

You can find some decent ones at the Namdaemun market. Just wander around and it shouldn't be a problem finding one for around 25,000-35,000W. I picked up a Braun grinder. The only thing is mine has 220v plug so I have to use it with an adapter.

[Ron Stevens]

remember the ones with the blades are cheap but they aren't good for your coffee, need one with a mill action

a good grind is quite important, rather than get a cheap grinder i would just buy the beans every week from a roaster - there's quite a number around seoul - and get them to grind them for whatever it is you are using

[captain kirk]

Has anyone tried both methods (mill grinder and chopping blender)? I have. I got a hotshot grinder with 12 grind settings from Japan (80$) three months ago and it just died. So I then used a small 'bullet mixer' (10$ blender). To my horror the cheap bullet mixer/blender gets the coffee as fine, if not finer, than the espresso/finest setting of the hotshot mill grinder (which died). Does the coffee taste any different? Just a TINY bit more bitter, and that's maybe.

[cdninkorea]

[trubadour]

[FXAdam]

Blade grinders can actually heat the coffee beans up while grinding them which causes the oils and what not that provide a lot of the flavour to evaporate.

A burr/mill grinder produces grounds that are more consistently sized which can be important if you are making espresso, brewing with a french press, etc.

They talk about this and more here:

http://sweetmarias.com/grind.brew.html


Now if I could just find some beans over here I would be happy this "freeze dried" and "100% soluable" garbage is wearing on me.

I miss my home roaster.

[eamo]

A blade 'grinder' doesn't grind. It cuts. So what you effectively get is many little particles of unground coffee. The hot water will not get much from that. A burr grinder (or coffee mill) will completely pulverize the bean in a true grinding fashion. In theory, more flavor is released.