Wasted $80 on a fancy coffee grinder that was a total flop

I bought that ceramic burr hand grinder everyone raves about and after three weeks the handle snapped off. Now I'm back to using my old $20 blade grinder from the grocery store. Has anyone else had bad luck with those expensive manual grinders?

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alicecooper3mo ago

Oh man, that's rough. I had almost the exact same thing happen with mine. Got all excited about the "perfect grind consistency" and then the plastic adjustment dial just gave up on life after a month. Now I'm back to my old blade grinder that sounds like a dying lawnmower and gives me a mix of powder and whole beans. At least that one cost me twelve bucks and has outlived three relationships. I guess I'm just not fancy enough for manual grinding. My forearms clearly lack the necessary artisan coffee shop certification.

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harris.uma3mo ago

Read somewhere that those plastic parts are actually designed to fail. They want you to buy a whole new grinder or upgrade to a metal one. My old blade grinder sounds like it's going to take off into space but at least it's got no plastic junk to break.

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