The espresso culture in Europe is large and vibrant enough to support several corporations dedicated to the manufacture and sale of conical coffee grinders.
Bezzera BB005
With a bean hopper holding 250 grams and a grinding speed of 4 kilograms per hour, the Bezzera BB005 has the stainless steel body and design needed for cafeteria serving, while offering a compressed size that works for home kitchen. The BB005 also provides its users with the dosing timer and micrometric adjustments for the fineness of the grind expected from a modern coffee grinder. Employing 50-millimeter millstones for its burrs, grinding at a smooth speed of 900 RPM, the Bezzera machine is one of the best Italian coffee grinders available on the online market today.
Old Bodum
The Antigua coffee grinder sold by Bodum is intended for home use. It employs conical burs and also provides the user with various grind settings. Settings are selected by turning the bean hopper. The Antigua can grind coarse beans, for French press coffee, and also prepare a fine grind for espresso. Grind settings are incremental and can be set to any degree of fineness between the two extremes. The Antigua is available in either plastic or stainless steel designs, and the metal model features a clever hole in the grounds collector lid that allows you to pour your coffee into your coffee or espresso maker with little fuss and no mess. At 10 inches tall and low in price, Antigua is a true compact bargain.
Infinite Capresso
The Capresso Infinity is a beautiful coffee grinder from the Swiss company Jura-Capresso LLC. A Swiss engineered product, the Infinity is compact and easy to operate. The machine uses a system of conical strawberries to grind the grains. Since the blades tend to overheat the beans as they cut through them, burrs are considered to be a superior method of grinding. Infinity burs run at less than 450 RPM, a very low setting! With 16 settings for fineness of grind, the machine lacks the flexibility of many other machines, but as long as the machine produces the five basic grinds well, there’s little need for hundreds of variations. The Infinity is one of the rare machines that can produce a powdery Turkish grind. The Infinity is offered in stainless steel and black plastic models. It features an 8.8-grain hopper, 4-ounce capacity bean collector, and includes pulse grind and timers, all in a 6.1-pound package.
Saeco Titan
If you are looking for an inexpensive coffee grinder that is easy to use but still has some great features, then the Saeco Titan Conical Grinder may be the right choice for you. It has a very simple design with a transparent hopper at the top to store the beans, a gray body and a transparent box to collect the ground coffee. The conical grind means you get a good quality grind and you can adjust the coarseness with a choice of 12 settings. There is an automatic timer so you don’t need to constantly look at the machine and an automatic shut off. It means all you have to do is fill the bean hopper with up to 8 ounces of beans, set the coarseness, and turn it on. Both the bean hopper and the ground coffee container are removable, making the machine easy to use and clean. The ground coffee container is also anti-static, which means that it is much easier to get all the coffee out of it. The machine is smaller than some more expensive models, so it easily fits into any kitchen.
