Cleaned up an antique coffee grinder
https://i.postimg.cc/SRsqP621/manual-grinds.jpg
It was in pretty good shape to begin with, but I cleaned it and ground some coffee and it worked great! The top nut adjusts the granule size and made it pretty fine when I tightened it.
Any of you have an older grinder that you enjoy using or tips for using them?
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I’ve used a manual grinder like this for years and years. They’re built like tanks.
Good on ya for keeping a treasure alive
My aunt has this exact same thing and uses it as a pepper grinder
I bought an old 1950s/1960s Armin Trosser hand grinder from ebay a while ago and use it every day. Works great and looks lovely in my opinion
I tried one almost new (a “new vintage” from Zassenhaus that sells new for 80€!) and it was so miserable that I couldn’t believe it: grind setting changed while spinning and not smooth at all. Metal burrs, but unusable…
What kind of burr/grinding mechanism is inside this? Does it use a ceramic burr or steel or no burrs but some other kind of thing?
https://i.postimg.cc/R0mqL1H5/IMG-0022.jpg
It looks like a cast iron burr that fans out over a dome shape
Well that is pretty cool. Thanks!
This is really cool! How long does it take to grind?
I've only tried it the one time so far but doing at a moderate pace that wasnt making me sweat and the finest granule setting was about one minute for 15g.
That’s not too shabby! What a cool thing
I have a few and it can take time depending on how much obviously, but I’ve one that I removed the handle on and replaced with a drill bit. So for laughs when someone complains, I toss it in there and grab the ol power drill lol
This is the raddest thing I’ve seen this week 😍
Is it exhausting to grind coffee ?
I'm asking because I also have a vintage coffee grinder and it's definitely a workout
Hmm the beans don't normally get stuck and there really isn't a ton of resistance, so I wouldn't call it strenuous. It feels like maybe the amount of forced to scrub a dish kind of hard. It's not difficult, but the time it takes can be tiring if grinding a whole pot.