@jmhsrv I also had the old one, it was trash. Super loud, and motor literally burned up, when it died it smelled like it was catching fire! Utter garbage.
@jmhsrv@robson If you like darker beans, stay away from the Baratza, I’ve got 2 I use for door stops. If you’re willing to spend a little more, you’ll get a huge bump in quality. Also, go with a flat burr grinder, they work a ton better, and a lot quieter. I recommend an Urbanic 070s
@jmhsrv I have this exact one, and it’s great. Very loud but great.
My only complaint is that it doesn’t save the number of cups I choose, so every time I turn it on, I have to cycle through from 14 to 4 every time. Not a huge deal.
@jmhsrv I bought this the last time Meh sold it because I was using an Amazon foreign brand and this is a name brand with some cool features like the touch screen. This one had to be better just because of the brand I thought. Well, I’m a fucking idiot. This is loud as fuck, doesn’t create as much ground coffee per grind, and messy because it statically charges as it grinds, making coffee stick everywhere. I wouldn’t even give this away. I went back to my old Sboly branded burr grinder which runs circle around this, and has been running strong for 2 years now, other than needing to lightly tap on the bean hopper to help the beans slide down better because it could be a little steeper pitch.
@hchavers the real coffee snobs would laugh you out of their coffeehouse for this grinder. The minimum electric burr grinder they will accept is a Baratza Encore, and even then they’ll snicker behind your back.
@hchavers@robson my point was that’s the baby Baratza with the (gasp) plastic body. It will no doubt do a better job. Anything by Cuisinart, Krups, or the like isn’t serious coffee gear.
That said I’m fine with the Cuisinart and sometimes just load up on Cafe Bustelo, so I’m not that serious a coffee person.
@hchavers I use a hand grinder! My hands are well ground up now!
Seriously, I do do it by hand, but only because electric ones are so noisy and I’m usually making mine either a) in the office where I don’t want to wake everyone up. or b) at home, where I don’t want to wake everyone up.
Takes a while to grind by hand, but it’s less time than it takes the water to get to correct coffee temperature in the kettle anyway.
I got the dbm-8 supreme grind from morningsave a little while back. As far as I know they would be very similar internally, only this one gets a fancy touch interface versus a sliding switch. It is pretty loud, so I don’t like to use it to make coffee if I’m up before everyone else. But it does a fine job grinding and the coffee is better when I do that.
It’s like 10 to 15% better, though. It’s not like moving up from instant coffee to ground coffee. So if you’re not the type to want to fidget with your processes and like having more gadgets, just stick with coffee someone else grinds for you.
This is a good price for a known quantity electric burr grinder. Even hand grinders under this price point can be hit or miss. Nicer coffee stuff is mostly expensive. About the only inexpensive coffee enthusiast product I’ve found is the Aeropress.
In for one. Been using a Ninja Bullet blade grinder (“Oh the Horrors” screams everyone in Seattle!!! HaHa!) for years (decades?) So it’s not a snooty OXO or Baratza or Breville or similar. Looking forward to using it! Name brand and the price is right! Oh wait, there’s some no name “SHARDOR” Electric Burr Coffee Grinder on amazon for 10 bucks more, great, I’ll be up all night reading reviews . . . better make some coffee . . .
I used to use a manual burr grinder by Kyocera (Kyoto Ceramics) which was about $35. Grind for one cup takes about 2 minutes, and you can bob your head like Kevin Costner in ‘Dances with Wolves.’ Very zen, but not great if you’re making 4-6 cups…
Here’s an identical model: https://www.amazon.com/Hario-MSCS-2DTB-Skerton-Ceramic-Grinder/dp/B01LXZACFB
@MrNews I also have the Kyocera ceramic manual grinder. Been happily using it for 10 years and find no need to switch.
Fun fact: my first home CD player was also made by Kyocera - it had ceramic head guides.
They ONLY sell ground coffee near me and I’ve heard whole bean coffee tastes better. So while this looks pretty useful, I’m actually looking for a machine that does the opposite.
I bought one of these the last time they were here (about a year ago). Decent grind quality but crazy loud and doesn’t remember the setting from use to use (irritating).
@Apetz1@yakkoTDI I ‘C’ what you did there. So in other words this is Meh.
But as I mentioned in another post I think all coffee grinders end up being quite loud. If there is a near-silent one haven’t found it yet. I am sensitive to load noises because I’ve had tinnitus most of my life, and yes I’ll admit that I have 3M ear protectors handy and use them when I vacuum or use almost any power tool and at times even a blender or coffee grinder.
I’m finishing up the last of the Starbucks pumpkin spice I bought in September. Should I buy some whole beans and try it out or donate it? Will it make a difference or just a mess?
@sammydog01 was going to think of helpful advice but pretty much gave up hope at the ‘pumpkin spice’ coffee. One you put a flavored coffee in a grinder or any coffee maker, please don’t ever try to use it to serve actual coffee to coffee people. You can never get that out of there.
@sammydog01 coffee is coffee. Yes fresh ground is better than preground. French press is better than drip. Regular drip is better than keurig. But if you like coffee and arn’t a coffee snob- it’s not as big a deal as most people make out.
I drink fresh ground, french press coffee in the morning as a way of relaxing. I’ll drink crappy keurig coffee in the afternoon and evening. Yes, my morning cup is better, but I like both.
You will most likely notice the difference between fresh ground and your regular cup, but honestly, it won’t shake your world (the coffee grinder might though). To me, the biggest enjoyment is the satisfaction of the “coffee ritual”, it’s soothing to me to grind the beans, prepare the press. Sure, it takes longer than a keurig, and yes, it tastes better too… but it’s really the process that I find most soothing. Granted, I hand grind mine, a loud electric motor blaring in my ear at 6am might be less soothing.
@OnionSoup@sammydog01 I think all coffee grinders are noisy by virtue of their action of grinding. Though I haven’t heard this one. When I used my Saeco machine with built-in grinder, I’d have to think if there was any person (Or cat) that might be disturbed by the sound. Unless your goal was to wake them up. And let them know it’s time to get out of bed and get your coffee beverage. At my brother-in-law’s house (See next post) the sound from his fancy expensive grinder isn’t extra-loud, but yes you can hear it even in a bedroom on the other side of the house with the door closed. I don’t think you can have quiet coffee unless you do manual drip with pre-ground coffee.
@OnionSoup I guess I’ll make a few cups and then donate it if it’s not spectacular. I use a faux Keurig machine but with a refillable cup. Off to the store to find whole beans.
@sammydog01 this is the grinder I got. One of the challenges, especially with grocery store selection, is which beans am I gonna like? I need to find if any stores near me still have those dispense-your-own beans deals because I could build a sampler pack and experiment with different roasts easier than by the whole bag.
Anyway a tip about the grinder: it spits the ground coffee out kind of forcefully and some of it seems to static cling to everything in the bin. I give it a couple taps when I take it out to knock some down, then use what’s free in the bin, then use the brush/scoop that it came with to brush all that off the sides and lid and throw that stuff away. The part that sticks is usually very finely ground, probably finer than you were looking for.
@OnionSoup Can you recommend a hand grinder? (Or is yours a vintage model from Europe or something?) I think I’d like that better than these electric ones.
@pmarin My brother-in-law does the most amazing coffee stuff. He has one similar to this, a special grinder but don’t remember what brand. Some digital scales a thermometer and a timer. The ground coffee is weighed on a scale. When using the machine, the coffee should ‘extract’ for a fixed number of seconds and should result in a certain quantity of liquid in the cup, also weighed by scale. If it doesn’t make enough or too much in that number of seconds, it means the grind wasn’t right or the beans were different. And the green raw beans are roasted every couple of days.
After the 15 minutes it takes to make one cup of some really amazing coffee, he will usually apologize for it being over-roasted or under-extracted. Or under-roasted and over-extracted.
I bought a non touch screen version 14 years ago. Still works great. Why does a coffee grinder need a touchscreen? Will it still work when the screen dies?
@givemeyoursoul I wouldn’t worry too much about the ‘screen’ itself it appears to just be a lit-up timer display and light-up button areas that are touch-sensitive instead of press buttons. Not really a ‘screen’ as you have in a phone or tablet. And not something that would ‘burn out’ but the more useless junk added, the more things that might go wrong.
@Parsnipjunkie Yup, those are good ideas. Or take it out to the front yard, but then you’d wake up the neighbors. And probably be expected to make coffee for them. ️
I bought one of these from Sidedeal and I HATE it. It is incredibly loud. I wear earplugs and wrap the whole thing in a towel and it is still loud. The grind is not remotely consistent. No matter how coarse you set it too, you’ll get a bunch of fine grinds in there so you get a lot of sediment in your coffee if you’re using something like a french press. Every single time I use this thing I consider just throwing it away.
Loudest kitchen appliance I’ve ever owned. Louder than probably all the saws and grinders in my shop, too. I’m glad “14 cups” is correct for my drip coffee maker because it doesn’t recall the last setting. Grinds well. I give it a C due to noise and bump to C- for not allowing a default or use last quantity selection in digital controls.
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Product: Cuisinart T10 Touchscreen Burr Coffee Grinder
Model: DBM-T10P1
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Burr! It’s cold outside.
@yakkoTDI Once again, get outta my head!
guess what this’ll make shitilly.
@alacrity weed?
@alacrity It will make the crushed ice for a frozen pour over margarita, though.
@mike808 at least once
Anyone have this?
@jmhsrv had the old version, and it was super frickin loud. I can’t imagine they made this one any quieter
@jmhsrv I also had the old one, it was trash. Super loud, and motor literally burned up, when it died it smelled like it was catching fire! Utter garbage.
Get the Oxo burr grinder https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/oxo-brew-coffee-grinder
or Baratza Encore
https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/baratza-encore-coffee-grinder
Both are excellent budget grinders
@jmhsrv @robson If you like darker beans, stay away from the Baratza, I’ve got 2 I use for door stops. If you’re willing to spend a little more, you’ll get a huge bump in quality. Also, go with a flat burr grinder, they work a ton better, and a lot quieter. I recommend an Urbanic 070s
@jmhsrv I have this exact one, and it’s great. Very loud but great.
My only complaint is that it doesn’t save the number of cups I choose, so every time I turn it on, I have to cycle through from 14 to 4 every time. Not a huge deal.
@jmhsrv I bought this the last time Meh sold it because I was using an Amazon foreign brand and this is a name brand with some cool features like the touch screen. This one had to be better just because of the brand I thought. Well, I’m a fucking idiot. This is loud as fuck, doesn’t create as much ground coffee per grind, and messy because it statically charges as it grinds, making coffee stick everywhere. I wouldn’t even give this away. I went back to my old Sboly branded burr grinder which runs circle around this, and has been running strong for 2 years now, other than needing to lightly tap on the bean hopper to help the beans slide down better because it could be a little steeper pitch.
@jmhsrv @robson “Budget” Heh
@EffinMojo shit
I bought this one because my current one creates so much static I have to use it outdoors
/image Aaron Burr
@awk
Errant Burr
I prefer to get my caffeine from good chocolate.
@Kidsandliz I do both.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@mehcuda67 I hate coffee… GOOD Chocolate and GOOD ice cream are my preferred junk foods.
Over 45,000 reviews
Holy moly
@jmhsrv they only have like a dozen different products lumped into that listing as various options.
/giphy dangling knowing vanilla
@jmhsrv
/giphy dangling knowing vanilla
@jmhsrv @yakkoTDI
/giphy dangling knowing vanilla
@jmhsrv @stinks He came prepared for that challenge.
@jmhsrv @stinks @yakkoTDI The kid’s hoping he gives up on it .
I’ll need to have Perry Mason investigate this before I’ll consider buying it!!
/image Raymond Burr
I have a cheaper (Not as Nice as this one) already. Works great but louder then a wood chipper. Im sure this one is good. Only has 45,000 reviews WTF.
What the heck, I’ve been meaning to get a new coffee grinder.
/giphy flexible-jokey-field
/showme bill burr holding a coffee grinder on a qvc TV stage
@mediocrebot From a hundred yards away I bet that looks like Bill Burr and a coffee grinder. Not bad.
Are Meh customers coffee connoisseurs? The deal may be in my price range, but the class of people are way above me.
@hchavers the real coffee snobs would laugh you out of their coffeehouse for this grinder. The minimum electric burr grinder they will accept is a Baratza Encore, and even then they’ll snicker behind your back.
@djslack @hchavers Not true, the Baratza is a very good grinder, and will do a much better job than this one…
@hchavers @robson my point was that’s the baby Baratza with the (gasp) plastic body. It will no doubt do a better job. Anything by Cuisinart, Krups, or the like isn’t serious coffee gear.
That said I’m fine with the Cuisinart and sometimes just load up on Cafe Bustelo, so I’m not that serious a coffee person.
@hchavers I bought one last time they were on, and I don’t hate it, but the amount of fines it makes when it grinds is unacceptable.
@hchavers I use a hand grinder! My hands are well ground up now!
Seriously, I do do it by hand, but only because electric ones are so noisy and I’m usually making mine either a) in the office where I don’t want to wake everyone up. or b) at home, where I don’t want to wake everyone up.
Takes a while to grind by hand, but it’s less time than it takes the water to get to correct coffee temperature in the kettle anyway.
I actually consider the daily grind theraputic.
@hchavers @OnionSoup
You mean everyone sleeps at work? I want a job there!!! (or do you work at home nights?).
Don’t need a grinder. Just came to say stellar writeup. Joe are talented!
I bought this from Amazon ~1 year ago. We’ve been very happy with it, still grinds coffee well.
I got the dbm-8 supreme grind from morningsave a little while back. As far as I know they would be very similar internally, only this one gets a fancy touch interface versus a sliding switch. It is pretty loud, so I don’t like to use it to make coffee if I’m up before everyone else. But it does a fine job grinding and the coffee is better when I do that.
It’s like 10 to 15% better, though. It’s not like moving up from instant coffee to ground coffee. So if you’re not the type to want to fidget with your processes and like having more gadgets, just stick with coffee someone else grinds for you.
This is a good price for a known quantity electric burr grinder. Even hand grinders under this price point can be hit or miss. Nicer coffee stuff is mostly expensive. About the only inexpensive coffee enthusiast product I’ve found is the Aeropress.
@djslack +1 for the Aeropress
In for one. Been using a Ninja Bullet blade grinder (“Oh the Horrors” screams everyone in Seattle!!! HaHa!) for years (decades?) So it’s not a snooty OXO or Baratza or Breville or similar. Looking forward to using it! Name brand and the price is right! Oh wait, there’s some no name “SHARDOR” Electric Burr Coffee Grinder on amazon for 10 bucks more, great, I’ll be up all night reading reviews . . . better make some coffee . . .
I used to use a manual burr grinder by Kyocera (Kyoto Ceramics) which was about $35. Grind for one cup takes about 2 minutes, and you can bob your head like Kevin Costner in ‘Dances with Wolves.’ Very zen, but not great if you’re making 4-6 cups…
Here’s an identical model: https://www.amazon.com/Hario-MSCS-2DTB-Skerton-Ceramic-Grinder/dp/B01LXZACFB
@MrNews I also have the Kyocera ceramic manual grinder. Been happily using it for 10 years and find no need to switch.
Fun fact: my first home CD player was also made by Kyocera - it had ceramic head guides.
@macromeh Unhappily, I seem to have misplaced mine. Searched the kitchen thoroughly, but no joy. Guess I’ll find it when we move…
They ONLY sell ground coffee near me and I’ve heard whole bean coffee tastes better. So while this looks pretty useful, I’m actually looking for a machine that does the opposite.
@hafner
/giphy i don’t know how to respond to that
@hafner when you find a machine that turns grinds into beans - you will never have to work again
I bought one of these the last time they were here (about a year ago). Decent grind quality but crazy loud and doesn’t remember the setting from use to use (irritating).
Overall a B-
@Apetz1 B- for a rating? That seems kind of mediocre for this website to sell.
@Apetz1 @yakkoTDI I ‘C’ what you did there. So in other words this is Meh.
But as I mentioned in another post I think all coffee grinders end up being quite loud. If there is a near-silent one haven’t found it yet. I am sensitive to load noises because I’ve had tinnitus most of my life, and yes I’ll admit that I have 3M ear protectors handy and use them when I vacuum or use almost any power tool and at times even a blender or coffee grinder.
Coffee grinder go BURRRRRRRRR
@Helmet0987 Did a search. Search failed. HOW ARE THERE NO MEMES FOR THIS?!?!?!?!
Coffee people:
I got one of these in my last bag of crap:
I’m finishing up the last of the Starbucks pumpkin spice I bought in September. Should I buy some whole beans and try it out or donate it? Will it make a difference or just a mess?
I’m a one cup a day drinker and it seems so big.
@sammydog01 was going to think of helpful advice but pretty much gave up hope at the ‘pumpkin spice’ coffee. One you put a flavored coffee in a grinder or any coffee maker, please don’t ever try to use it to serve actual coffee to coffee people. You can never get that out of there.
EDIT lucky BOC item though. Or was it an IRK?
@sammydog01 coffee is coffee. Yes fresh ground is better than preground. French press is better than drip. Regular drip is better than keurig. But if you like coffee and arn’t a coffee snob- it’s not as big a deal as most people make out.
I drink fresh ground, french press coffee in the morning as a way of relaxing. I’ll drink crappy keurig coffee in the afternoon and evening. Yes, my morning cup is better, but I like both.
You will most likely notice the difference between fresh ground and your regular cup, but honestly, it won’t shake your world (the coffee grinder might though). To me, the biggest enjoyment is the satisfaction of the “coffee ritual”, it’s soothing to me to grind the beans, prepare the press. Sure, it takes longer than a keurig, and yes, it tastes better too… but it’s really the process that I find most soothing. Granted, I hand grind mine, a loud electric motor blaring in my ear at 6am might be less soothing.
@OnionSoup @sammydog01 I think all coffee grinders are noisy by virtue of their action of grinding. Though I haven’t heard this one. When I used my Saeco machine with built-in grinder, I’d have to think if there was any person (Or cat) that might be disturbed by the sound. Unless your goal was to wake them up. And let them know it’s time to get out of bed and get your coffee beverage. At my brother-in-law’s house (See next post) the sound from his fancy expensive grinder isn’t extra-loud, but yes you can hear it even in a bedroom on the other side of the house with the door closed. I don’t think you can have quiet coffee unless you do manual drip with pre-ground coffee.
@pmarin BOC. I make coffee just for me (in case you thought I was offering).
@OnionSoup I guess I’ll make a few cups and then donate it if it’s not spectacular. I use a faux Keurig machine but with a refillable cup. Off to the store to find whole beans.
@sammydog01 this is the grinder I got. One of the challenges, especially with grocery store selection, is which beans am I gonna like? I need to find if any stores near me still have those dispense-your-own beans deals because I could build a sampler pack and experiment with different roasts easier than by the whole bag.
Anyway a tip about the grinder: it spits the ground coffee out kind of forcefully and some of it seems to static cling to everything in the bin. I give it a couple taps when I take it out to knock some down, then use what’s free in the bin, then use the brush/scoop that it came with to brush all that off the sides and lid and throw that stuff away. The part that sticks is usually very finely ground, probably finer than you were looking for.
@OnionSoup Can you recommend a hand grinder? (Or is yours a vintage model from Europe or something?) I think I’d like that better than these electric ones.
/image rocket espresso machine
@pmarin My brother-in-law does the most amazing coffee stuff. He has one similar to this, a special grinder but don’t remember what brand. Some digital scales a thermometer and a timer. The ground coffee is weighed on a scale. When using the machine, the coffee should ‘extract’ for a fixed number of seconds and should result in a certain quantity of liquid in the cup, also weighed by scale. If it doesn’t make enough or too much in that number of seconds, it means the grind wasn’t right or the beans were different. And the green raw beans are roasted every couple of days.
After the 15 minutes it takes to make one cup of some really amazing coffee, he will usually apologize for it being over-roasted or under-extracted. Or under-roasted and over-extracted.
@pmarin Coffee as a hobby.
Gorgeous machine, though.
Upgraded to this because of the touchscreen. In for 1.
/giphy tattered-proud-bark
I bought a non touch screen version 14 years ago. Still works great. Why does a coffee grinder need a touchscreen? Will it still work when the screen dies?
@givemeyoursoul I wouldn’t worry too much about the ‘screen’ itself it appears to just be a lit-up timer display and light-up button areas that are touch-sensitive instead of press buttons. Not really a ‘screen’ as you have in a phone or tablet. And not something that would ‘burn out’ but the more useless junk added, the more things that might go wrong.
For anyone concerned about how loud electric coffee grinders can be, there are 2 ways to easily make them much quieter.
@Parsnipjunkie Yup, those are good ideas. Or take it out to the front yard, but then you’d wake up the neighbors. And probably be expected to make coffee for them. ️
I bought one of these from Sidedeal and I HATE it. It is incredibly loud. I wear earplugs and wrap the whole thing in a towel and it is still loud. The grind is not remotely consistent. No matter how coarse you set it too, you’ll get a bunch of fine grinds in there so you get a lot of sediment in your coffee if you’re using something like a french press. Every single time I use this thing I consider just throwing it away.
Loudest kitchen appliance I’ve ever owned. Louder than probably all the saws and grinders in my shop, too. I’m glad “14 cups” is correct for my drip coffee maker because it doesn’t recall the last setting. Grinds well. I give it a C due to noise and bump to C- for not allowing a default or use last quantity selection in digital controls.
Would buy again at $20. $70 retail is a crime.
Just received the replacement for the one I bought here that seized up and melted.
Cuisenart did me well.