I've been researching this for almost a week now. I need a burr grinder (currently using a blade grinding spice mill at home) and it makes me cry.
I thought for sure I could find a decent burr grinder for under $100 these days; with Krups and Braun and Bodum all getting in on the market... But from what I've been reading on CoffeeGeek and Home-Barista, I don't think I want any of these electric models. They seem to all be either too loud, too messy, inconsistent and they break easyily.
I really don't need to grind espresso - I don't make that at home, so I don't want to spend the kind of money on a Baratza Virtuoso, Maestro or even a Capresso.
So I've started looking at hand mills. Zassenhaus is pretty and old school looking, but I really don't like the idea of having to get the coffee out of a square wooden box (messy, residue, hard to clean). The Kyocera looks really hard to use and small volume. I saw a really scary video of someone using a Hario and it took like 2 whole minutes of grinding for one shot. Now I guess it would take less time to grind coarser for coffee, but still - I just cant see myself doing that first thing in the morning.
I'm very confused now.
Does anyone know, isn't there a burr grinder out there somewhere that's reasonably priced and well-designed?
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