Timemore also has a few alternatives in-house: There’s the smaller “Nano”, meant for travel, and the popular Timemore Slim which, as the name indicates, is a slimmer, but more elongated version of C2. Not sure why this is happening, as the grinder almost exclusively touches my wooden countertop or wooden cutting board. A common problem with electric burr grinders is that they produce heat while grinding because the RPM (revolutions per minute) is so high. In coarser settings for French Press, it almost gets to one second per gram of coffee, which is absolutely fantastic as a manual coffee grinder.

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The TimeMore Chestnut C2 also takes quite a while to grind a dose for espresso although it’s not prohibitively long by any means.I will be disappointed when/if the finish starts chipping off of the more visible parts of the grinder. Another cool thing about joining the Comandante family of users is that you can easily share brewing recipes and specs with other coffee drinkers. It does have some protection from the silicone on the bottom, but it’s still more fragile than plastic or steel.

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However, the Jx still offers fantastic value for the money, and that’s why it remains my top pick in this article. Instead, they are better for sticking to the preferred grind settings for one person and one style of coffee. That should also help this hand grinder age a little more gracefully; burrs change over time, but a spring won’t lose tension that easily in a grinder (since it won’t undergo too much stress). Featuring the same 38-millimetre stainless steel conical burr set, dual bearing stability, and stepped grind adjustment that you'll find in any of their other high-quality hand grinders, the C2 incorporates PCTG plastic into the build where you would find some of the metal or wooden parts on other grinders.Although it has an espresso setting and produces fine enough grounds, there’s not much room for adjustment. Will has done everything in coffee from cafe manager, educator, and roaster, and he owns Color Wheel Coffee Roasters with his wife, Brianna. Sidenote: I should mention that my posts about Timemore are NOT sponsored and that I have paid for the product with my hard-earned cash.

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However, as a daily workhorse, I’d probably take the C2 due to the bigger capacity and increase in speed. Earlier this year, our Quality Control Coordinator travelled to Nicaragua on a sourcing trip to meet our Direct Trade partners, the Mierisch Family.By now, we have seen this design often, and it works perfectly fine for these pour over-centric home grinders. The grinds catch bin – all metal now – screws easily into the main grinder body and has a quality feel to it all. You want as few of these as possible for any brew method but again, with espresso these problems in a grinder will be amplified in the taste. The C40 MK3 is also more expensive than most of its competitors in the hand grinders’ premier league. I have been testing the grinder for a while now, and in this review, I’ll tell you what I think about Timemore’s claims.

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This is certainly a head-turner, and you’ll feel like you’ve levelled up in your home barista setup. Do you just want a ‘decent’ espresso without too much hassle, the TimeMore grinder can do this for you. While the Jx will be more than enough for most people, the K-Max is for the coffee geek who wants an end-game model. Keep in mind that the settings are not numbered and that the finer the grind, the less effective this coffee grinder is, especially with espresso settings.

What would a review of manual coffee grinders be without at least a mention of one of the ancient German classics? The hardness of the stainless steel burr grinder is HRC 55-58, which cuts the coffee beans swiftly and consistently. To my eyes, the color also looks like a slightly darker (and more awesome) shade of grey compared to the C2.