The espresso culture in Europe is both large and vibrant enough to support several corporations dedicated to the manufacture and sale of conical burr coffee grinders.
Bezzera BB005
With a bean hopper that contains 250 grams and a grinding rate of 4 kilograms an hour, the Bezzera BB005 has the stainless steel body and design necessary to serve in a cafe, while also offering a compressed size that works for the home kitchen. The BB005 also provides its users with the dosage timer and micrometrical settings for fineness of grind that are to be expected in a modern coffee grinder. Employing 50-millimeter millstones for its burrs, grinding at a smooth 900 RPM, the Bezzera machine is one of the best Italian coffee grinders available in the online marketplace today.
Bodum Antigua
The Antigua coffee grinder sold by Bodum is intended for domestic use. It employs conical burrs, and it also provides the user with several grind settings. The settings are selected by giving the bean hopper a twist. The Antigua can grind beans coarsely, for French press coffee, and also prepare a fine grind for espresso. The grind settings are incremental, and can be set to any degree of fineness between the two extremes. The Antigua is available in models of plastic or stainless steel designs, and the metallic model features a nifty hole in the lid of the grounds catcher that allows you to pour your coffee into your coffee or espresso brewer with little fuss and no mess. At 10 inches of height and a low price, the Antigua is a real compact bargain.
Capresso Infinity
The Capresso Infinity is a beautiful coffee grinder from the Swiss company, Jura-Capresso LLC. A product of Swiss engineering, the Infinity is both compact and easy to operate. The machine employs a conical burr system for grinding the beans. Since blades tend to overheat the beans as they chopped them down, burrs are considered to be a superior method of grinding. The Infinity burrs operate 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 basic five grinds well, there is 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 bean hopper, a grounds catcher of 4 ounce capacity, and it includes timers and pulse grinding, all in a 6.1 pound package
Saeco Titan
If you are looking for a cheap coffee grinder that is simple to use but still has some great features then the Saeco Titan Conical burr grinder may be the right choice for you. It has a very simple design with a see through hopper on the top to hold the beans, a grey body and a see through box to collect the ground coffee. The conical burr grinder means that you get a good quality grind and you can adjust the coarseness with a choice of 12 settings. There is an automatic timer so that you do not need to constantly watch the machine and an automatic shut off. It means that all you have to do is to fill the bean hopper with up to 8oz of beans, set the coarseness and switch it on. The bean hopper and the container to hold the ground coffee are both removable which makes the machine easier to use and to clean. The container for the ground coffee is anti-static too which means that it is much easier to remove all of the coffee from it. The machine is smaller than some more expensive models so it will easily fit in any kitchen.
