Hario Mini Slim+ Ceramic Coffee Mill

Ticked off a lot of the marks I was looking for:1. Good materials (the plastic bits feel quite sturdy, not your standard cheap plastic)2. Easy to take apart and maintain/clean3. Gives relatively consistent grinds to brew a decent cup of coffee4. Grinds 25g in a manageable amount of time (a few minutes)5. Won't wake up the whole house.The bonus is that it's slim and easy to travel with, although that wasn't one of my original intentions for purchasing this product. The grinds are more consistent that what you'd get from a blade grinder (even accounting for tricks like shaking the blade grinder periodically to re-distribute the bean chunks), although it takes a little bit of elbow grease. I work an office job and definitely don't mind a little bit of a workout. In terms of doing a set of burpees or something of similar intensity, grinding some coffee beans with this is not nearly as bad. It won't be able to get you all of the notes labeled on your specialty coffee, but the taste of the coffee is better than your average blade-ground brew (all other variables like beans and brew method held constant). Some tricks I've learned:1) To help stabilize the outer ceramic burr, I put some rubber bands around it to keep it in place. It helped the grind consistency a lot, although you will still get some fines and some bigger chunks. It's not going to be on par with a good electric burr grinder that costs over $100.2) If you have shrimpy arms like me and can't hold the mill steady while grinding with just your hands alone, sit down and place it between your legs to hold it still while grinding. The work becomes a lot easier and the grinds will be more consistent without that extra motion from trying to keep it still with just your hands.3) Keep in mind that lighter roasts will be a bit harder to grind.Overall, considering the price of burr grinders in general, this is a good value, and even if I decide to upgrade to an electric burr grinder at some point in the future, I'll still have this around for the days when a manual grinder is necessary.

I did exhaustive research before I purchased my new coffee grinder. I had a Mr. Coffee electric burr mill grinder for a few years, and it worked great for the price point. But eventually a seal was compromised inside allowing grounds to fall into the interior. I looked at electric & manual models, and tons of reviews to land on this.The Hario is easy peasy. And to frame it out for you - I actually used a mortar and pestle to grind my beans for my single 12 oz cup each morning. (I tried pre-ground, but I had been spoiled with fresh grind. I was willing to work for it.) You are going to need to crank it -yes, and it will take time which will depend on what size grounds you need for your method. I do 3.5 Tbsp of medium coarse for my French press and I finish grinding before the kettle is ready. If you only make a small amount of coffee each day, this grinder is perfect and does a fantastic job. I also love it for travel & camping - easy, quiet, & very compact.I have found that the capacity allows for no more than 4 level Tbsp of beans to be ground at a time.Definitely money well spent.

Good Enough and Quick -- As the song says, "There, I said it again." Grinding coffee with this thing or anything like it is a lot of work, but it feels good. I would never rely on this for daily grinding of more than a cup or two at a time. I can't imagine women would love this thing. Setting it down on the counter is no way to go. I'm no weakling, but this thing is not the easiest to hold on to when you're really cranking on it. I choose to hold it so the bottom edge is resting firmly against my sternum near my solar plexus, and then hold onto its waisted cylindrical shape as high as I can -- up near the handle -- don't cut or scratch yourself with the handle! I wish I could put it in a bench vise and really go to town with it -- yah, sure, you betcha! Anyway, it does a nice job, it adjusts quite nicely, and it is a handsome and durable unit. I think someone is making a good profit at the price it seems to sell, but evidently the demand is there, as they seem to leap off the retailers' shelves briskly, so the market is telling you the value is there vs alternatives. If you're in early times and just starting to dip your foot into grinding, go ahead and get this one. Later, once you're addicted to good coffee, you can always buy a good electric burr grinder that will take you through hell and back. But this little Hario you should always keep for small experimental tasks, and for travel, so I think it is an excellent choice. Just know what you're getting into with these small hand grinders -- they all take the same effort and time to grind up (to fracture predictably and fairly uniformly) these surprisingly hard, tough roasted coffee beans. This Hario is a good one, possibly the standard of the small, ceramic burr hand grinders. I'd buy it again, but only if I lost this one or wore it out (unlikely), as i certainly don't need two . . . yet, that I can think of . . . wait, one in each car, in each camping pack? Hmmm . . . Cheers!

Totally sufficient making 1 to 2 cups of coffee at a timeGrind - deffinitely good for people getting started down the specialty coffee rabbit hole. Not perfect, but pretty darn consistent. Not ideal for proper espresso or super coarse grinds. But good at everything in between.Use - easy to use. Pretty intuitive. Takes a little trial and error to get your ideal grind size but that goes with everything. Fits in the hands niceTravel - It’s plastic so it’s light weight but it might. E easy to break. But small enough to fit in a bag to keep safe. The handle doesn’t nest with it but again super small to fit in a bag.Cleaning - not great but no worse than any other grinder. It’s a ceramic burr so I let it dry completely before reconstruction.I looked at dozens of grinders and some way more expensive than this, but pulled the trigger on this one with no regrets. Happy with the purchase because it gets the job done really well

This is GREAT! manual grinder and substantial improvement over the previous version. The precision grind, the new, crank and octagon bolt. I use my grinder every day and if you enjoy making a fresh brew and appreciate the process of making a precision cup of coffee this is for you.NOTE: this is not meant to grind more then what you would need for 2 cups off coffee based on a V60 recipe. You could grind enough for two aeropress shots. If you need to grind more than you should consider buying the next size up or go electric.I give it a 5 star for everything but for Traveling. It's plastic and if you don't pack properly you could easily break or crack the outer casing of the grinder.This is a perfect grinder for the person willing to go through the process of making a fresh cup of coffee 1 by 1. Honestly encourage you to make it a routine for yourself. I can grind the coffee, heat the water, and make my pour over in about 7 mins start to finish.