Quiet coffee grinder???

The Capresso Infinity is pretty quiet. It has a geared-down set of conical burrs that do a nice, even job, although they probably cannot be set fine enough for a good espresso machine. More ground coffee remains in the Capresso grinding chamber and exit chute than I would prefer to see, but on the other hand it's pretty easy to get at those areas to clean them out. It's probably as good a grinder as you can get for less than $100.

A couple of weeks ago Amazon had a KitchenAid "Pro" grinder on sale for $99, as I recall, a good discount. That's also supposed to be a good grinder, with flat burrs that are billed as adjustable down to standard espresso grind requirements. I've heard that it's not as quiet as the Capresso, although it probably beats your Bodum.

If you're just doing drip, the Bodum whirly-blade grinder is the best of the bunch, imo, producing a consistent, fine grind of about 50g of beans in about 40 seconds, without too much fuss, noise or cleanup hassle. Bob

We got a Bezzera bb004 that is arguably comparable to the Rocky, much better looking, and as quiet as any I know of. The nature of grinding hard coffee beans is necessarily going to generate some noise.

Of course the Mazzer grinders are very quiet. This is one of many professional features you get for your money.

John

yetanotherBob wrote:

Thanks, but at $500 US, I don't think I crave quiet that much!

My Bodum cost about $70!

Alan Moorman

I got a Kitchenaid "pro grinder" at Costco for $100. It usually sells for $200. It's a horizontal grinder, though I don't think it's conical[I haven't looked inside yet]. It's very quiet. It doesn't wake the little woman. It grinds a very uniform expresso grind. The only possible bitch is that once you turn it on, you have to manually turn it off. At the same time, it grinds quickly. After throwing out 4 self destructing grinders, I'm for the first time in years grinding happily.

Kent