Reddit mentions of Black & Decker CBM210 Stainless Steel Burr Coffee Mill/Grinder

Well, I just moved for the first time in 7 years... I had been getting coffee at my local shop EVERY morning since they opened over the 4 years ago.

So, I am relatively new to brewing my own coffee-- around 2 weeks actually. I went out and bought the stuff for Father's day.

My setup.

Black & Decker Grinder - Not great, but it really works. I got it at a local store new for $22.

[Chefman Water Kettle] - Fucking amazing and quick - $39.99 same local store.

[Boodum French Press 8cup] - I love this thing - $21 at Target.

Wooden spoon for stirring & hand painted mug.

Wanted to get some feedback on mysetup. Apparently the grinder is not amazing, but it seems to be working just fine for me on the coarser setting.

All I can tell you is avoid the shit out of this Don't tempted by its affordability. It isn't really a burr grinder. I don't really know what the fuck it is, but it isn't really adjustable and its impossible to clean well. Both my mom and my mother in law got one for me for christmas last year when they heard I wanted a burr grinder, and it was the cheapest one at Target.

I have this black and decker cheep burr grinder in a different house that I use occasionally for more than a year. It is better than a blade grinder and has not broken. I use it for pour over. It sprays some of the grinds in front of the container when I grind. I used it for french press a while ago and I don't remember that it was awful, there will be more small grains than with a better grinder.

Personally, I would go with a French press over the Aeropress, and if you don't want to hand-crank your beans, you can get a half decent burr grinder (it actually mills beans instead of chopping them like a blade "grinder") for not too much. For example, I got this Black & Decker at Target several years ago for around $25-30. Since they have only used ones (no thanks, I think?), it may be discontinued, but they list several others on the page in the $35-45 price range. In my opinion, you can skip the scale and pick it up later if you want one. So my checklist would be: French press, burr grinder (manual or electric), and a way to heat up water.

I had one of those! My cat kept breaking it though, and after several times replacing the upper glass piece, I finally got rid of it. I did, however, pick up this thing a couple of weeks ago. One thing that I've noticed with the siphon brewer is that you can vary your extraction a bit by playing around with the grind size and the steep time. I usually do a smaller grind (bigger than espresso, 5 clicks on my Virtuoso as opposed to 0 clicks for espresso), and steep for 60 seconds.

As for your grinder question, I had a couple of inexpensive burr grinders that did an ok job. This seems to be the one that people like on here, but I have never owned one. I have hand grinded coffee a few times, and it takes several minutes to grind enough for a couple cups. I have owned this, which wasn't great, but worked well for medium sized grinds. I also had one of these, which performed about the same as the black and decker, ok for medium sized grinds. If you aren't going to be doing espresso, then a cheap-o burr grinder will probably get you by, since you aren't going to care about getting a really fine grind, but will be concerned with having a nice even medium sized grind. But, that's just my two cents.

It looks like it uses the same burr as my $25 Black & Decker CBM210, which I don't use anymore. The video review shows the same issues I had with it, namely that the grinder generates a lot of tiny particles, and the static makes a horrible mess.

I'm a lot happer with my Hario Skerton, even though it takes manual effort and more time. The conical ceramic burr is a lot more consistent, even if it's hard to precisely adjust.