Manual Coffee Grinder - HEIHOX Hand with Adjustable Conical Stainless Steel Burr Mill, Capacity 30g Portable Mill Faster Grinding Efficiency Espresso to Coarse for Office, Home, Camping

This is the first review I’ve left photos - coffee is important! First off, the people who waxed lyrical about the box it came in? Umm…is the box going to grind your coffee? Rhetorical question. Second, we have had a year to use this grinder - I ordered it late 2021. So it’s been tested. It’s holding up like a champ. I’m not a super fussy coffee person that I have to do everything to the nth degree. So - first off as you can see from the dinged up edge my husband likes bang it on the counter - still works fine. It’s sturdy! Next, it may depend on the year or supplier, but some of the photos show a gold colored nut/grind adjust on the bottom. As you can see ours is not. It’s stainless and turns quite easily. I also included a picture of a very fine grind (which I will explain below) but no others. Someone else posted nice pics of 20 and 30 click grinds. Also I took a picture of the inside to illustrate the cross bar in it. I never fill it past that with beans to grind. Finally, a pic of Japanese side instructions on parts as it showed the parts more clearly. If you decide to take it apart, do so slowly and lay the pieces out carefully so you know what order they go back in. It is not easy to put back together, but not impossible. You will say many bad words in the process. I have found the supplied little brush and blowing in it sufficient enough to keep it clean. Next - the person who complained about the rubber grip sliding? Well yes it will. If you can’t figure out how to simply push it back up then you also shouldn’t attempt to change a lightbulb. Next - the grind adjuster. Just like anything else you screw - righty tighty, lefty loosey. It is also marked fine or coarse and the direction. Your start point is when you tighten the nut until it can’t turn anymore. Then start turning it click by click. You hear an audible click to let you know how coarse or fine your grind is. The more clicks, the coarser the grind. Fewer clicks is finer. After using awhile your setting may change. I find myself having to add one more click than I did when it was new. But that’s probably because I sometimes grind very fine with just a few clicks. (6) It is not powder, but it’s pretty darn fine. I do this when I eat it. Eat?!?! Yes indeed. I will put this almost powder grind into ice cream or milk shakes - yum. What’s important here is the quality of the coffee and if it’s fresh ground like you can do with this each time. I buy peaberry Kona coffee. It’s kinda like the champagne of coffee. 100% peaberry Kona which grinds great in this. Awesome coffee - Cherry Hill Estate. Because of the coffee I buy I don’t need to use much coffee for drinking - 2 TBLS will make 3 cups at 30 to 31 clicks in our French press. I do not know what setting you would use for a pour over. Like most French presses you generally want a coarser grind - Your mileage may vary on your personal taste. Then you want to make sure you wet, have dissolution, and dissolve. We put coffee from the grinder right into our press, pour in water and make sure to stir for about 45 seconds. The stirring is important. Wait until your coffee has sunk (the grind from this grinder works great here) then let it sit for 6-8 minutes. No - that’s not too long. Don’t do the 3 minute thing. No. We find very little sludge from the Heliox setting we use making French press with that recipe. This grinder is not plastic - it’s metal which I think is superior. Last I looked I looked at a good professional machine it didn’t use plastic. This is a great price for a well made item. Plus, even though it’s a functional item it is very nice looking - looks great sitting out on your counter.

This is my first foray into the world of making espresso at home and the first coffee grinder I ever used or owned. What impressed me immediately was the quality. beautifully designed, but with care and exceptional build quality for a sub - $100 coffee grinder. It’s solid - I don’t see plastic anywhere unless you count the rubberized grip sleeve on the exterior which I think looks very high end. Fit and finish are superior. The handle has a really nice wooden knob with as smooth oil rubbed looking finish attached by a metal bushing that’s firmly pressed into the wood. Not flimsy air loose at all and it turns nicely in your hand. The crack is attached to a metal cover plate and fits firmly into the grinder shaft and it does not come off while grinding. The burr setting has around 30-35 clicks I think? It has stops so it helps you set the grind size accurately once you find the setting you like. The selector has a little bit of okay forward or backward but gives you a definite click. I found it a little challenging to load the beans but I’m a first timer so that’s just my inexperience with it. The collector cup feels solid and it screws into the grinder and threads very smoothly with no wobble. It feels precision made across the board. It delivers a very uniform grind. I think I found the perfect grind size for my espresso at 15 clicks. It looked like something professionally ground from a coffee shop!! It also resulted in a great espresso for my morning latte. I think in its price range this grinder is top tier and for a beginner, and maybe even a seasoned home barista, this is a very nice grinder. Unfortunately I have used no other grinders to compare it to, but my testimonial as a first timer newbie will hopefully help you decide on this one if you’re thinking about purchasing it. It’s well worth the money I spent!

I was expecting a lot from this as I was jumping price points from a $15 grinder to $50. It beat my expectations- I was impressed.The packaging is giftable- similar to an iPhone style box. It is heavy duty. Feels so solid and of good quality. It is actually very nice looking- I want to leave it out on the counter. The matte finish makes it look expensive.Now to the functionality: the top handle comes off to put the beans in, but it is a very simple pop off and on (perhaps magnetic?). The handle is very comfortable to turn and grinding is very smooth- no hang ups. It is also a very speedy process. Wow what a difference a nice price of equipment makes in how smooth and quick this process is.Next is the ability to adjust the grind size. There is a definite click which is nice to track how many clicks forward or backward (though there are not any numbers, you would have to know how many clicks you want to move it. And that’s only if you change it between 2 frequently). For me, I spent a few minutes when I first got it to grind a few beans and adjust, repeat - until I found my perfect setting. I’m including pics of the finest and the most course.One thing I noticed when I tasted my first cup- (with the same kind of beans I used the day before).... was how much better the flavor was! I am sold that a burr grinder makes a difference.