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Buy it for life: Durable, Quality, Practical

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Bought this in 2008 and am still using it in 2023. It's compact, durable and has produced great coffee for me, nearly everyday, for the last 15 years. All you need is a kettle and good coffee beans. Add coffee, pour hot water, wait 1 minute then press the plunger to get your morning brew.

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[–] HeavyIguana@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've been interested in upgrading from ground coffee with a french press, to this with a grinder as the Aeropress is very affordable for what it does.

Only problem is I can't gauge what grinder to match with it, seems like grinders can cost hundreds of £/$/EuroDollars.

[–] redpanda@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hi, so I went from using an electric coffee/spice mill that gave wildly inconsistent results to a Hario Mini-Mill Plus and I'm very happy with it. This is a hand-wound ceramic burr grinder. I did a tonne of research before hand and one reason I picked this one is because having looked at some other options I couldn't at the time justify spending more than £100/$150 on the ones other people were recommending like the Baratza Encore, Timemore etc. I purchased the Hario as part of the V60 pour over kit for about £35 (actually cheaper than buying the grinder on it's own for some reason and meant I got an extra funnel and a bunch of filters). My experience with it so far is it is enjoyable to use, produces a great result for my stage in the coffee making journey, is light for travel-- if that's your thing-- and was way, WAY cheaper than other options. Granted my coffee habits have gone from instant freeze dried to jug machine to moka pot to Nanopresso to V60/Nanopresso, so the more experienced might have more objective info! Hope you find what you need.

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