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Update: I finally chose the $200 grinder over the $400 one for my home setup
I went with the cheaper one thinking it'd be fine, but now my pour-overs taste way more bitter than before. Anyone have a good fix for this, or did I just learn a hard lesson?
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shane_hayes2mo ago
That's the classic "buy cheap, buy twice" trap. You see it everywhere from tools to kitchen gear. Sometimes the upfront savings just cost you more later.
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Read that cheaper burrs make more fines.
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harper9141mo ago
I actually gotta push back on that a little. In my experience the burr geometry and how well it's machined matters way more than the price tag. I've used some cheap hand grinders that produced really consistent grounds just because the burrs were cut well and the alignment was decent from the factory. And I've tried expensive electric grinders that still made a ton of fines because the burr design just wasn't great for that. So it's not always that simple.
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