 Capresso 56505 Conical Burr Grinder |
| Review Date: January 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Hughes, Mims, FL USA |
Ease of use: 10/10 Simple controls; grind size and time. What more do you need?
Appearance: 9/10 Would have preferred black, but the metal frame version doesn't come in black.
Construction: 10/10 Solid cast metal frame, not sheet metal or plastic. High torque, low speed motor for best grinding action without heating up.
Capacity: I only use it for 1 or 2 cups at a time, but it can hold/grind about 1/4 lb of beans.
Clean up: I've been using it daily for over a month with no cleaning required. The kit did include "cleaning beans" for when it needs it though.
Noise: 9/10 I was expecting less noise based on other reviews, but it isn't loud enough to be a problem and it works fast enough to minimize any inconvenience.
Overall Satisfaction 10/10 for functional aspects! All else is inconsequential.
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Easy to clean!
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| Review Date: April 19, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Gardell, Fairfax, Vt. USA |
| I bought this grinder as a present for my husband. It's heavy duty and non-moving on the counter, easy to take apart for cleaning and quiet! It does a fantastic job of even grinding at all of the grind settings we typically use. The coffee has never tasted better! |
Excellent grinder, but not even remotely easy to clean; will return, if possible
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| Review Date: May 25, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Aaron Cohen, Sausalito, CA USA |
I can't believe other reviewers are claiming this thing is easy to clean.
I do notice that there's a "cleaning kit" - the white container - displayed with the unit in the main photo for this product, but I certainly didn't receive it with this grinder. Maybe that - whatever it is - makes cleaning easier; dunno.
My espresso-making experience with this device is that I put in 2 scoops of espresso beans, fire it up on the the finest of the Fine settings (not the Extra Fine, just the Fine), and only 1 scoop comes out the other end no matter how long I leave it running.
I then open it to start cleaning it - because I want my missing scoop and because the directions state that it should be cleaned thoroughly after every use, especially if oily beans are used (and my beans are very oily) - and upon removing the top burr discover that the missing scoop of grinds is still in the grinding chamber.
So, I then use the pathetically minuscule brush to push as much of it down the chute into the bin as I can manage - which takes 3-4 minutes. Only then can I make my espresso, which tastes fantastic due to the well-ground coffee ... but afterwards I proceed to phase 2 of the cleaning process.
To get the remainder of the *loose* grounds out, I turn the thing over atop my sink. Not very elegant, but efficient. However, since my beans are oily, that doesn't actually suffice, so I go back in for a second assault with the tiny brush. This is where the real fun begins.
The base of the grinding chamber has 8 ~1cm-high pegs around the periphery that get in the way of the brush and must be cleaned, plus there's a ~30mm circular gap between the edge of the main plastic base of the grinding chamber and another plastic base below it (talk about a lame, pointless design!!). Getting grounds out of the grinding chamber and that tiny space while dodging around the pegs is miserable, and takes another 5 minutes.
By comparison, my crummy blade grinder takes about 1 minute to thoroughly clean after every use.
Oh, and the silliest part of the whole process - which is so annoying that I have to laugh at it - is that the part of the bottom burr assembly that sticks out above the top burr assembly has a ~1.5cm space above the screw that is exactly the size of a coffee bean, and every time I run beans through the unit, 1 bean gets stuck in that hole, so I have to tilt the machine at nearly 90-degrees to knock it out.
One might ask: why don't I grind a lot of beans and thereby reduce the time wasted cleaning? Because, in my experience, ground coffee doesn't last very long, even if well sealed. Plus, the directions for this unit actually state that one should not grind more beans than one intends to use in a day, for the same reason as I've learned from experience.
Upshot: if I can return this, I will, and I'm going to do a lot more research before selecting a replacement grinder. |
Good Grinder - Burrs Not Replaceable
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| Review Date: July 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Chuck Matthews, |
All of Capresso's grinders are good grinders and do a great job, until the burrs dull, then you're out of luck.
Capresso refuses to sell anything but the upper burr ring. They will not sell the lower burr. When your burrs dull, you have no option but to throw the grinder away. Capresso may have a refurbed unit to sell you but their price is about what they go for new.
Just be warned that a normally replaceable part is not replaceable part on any of Capresso's burr grinders. The saddest part is that there is no reason to not sell the lower burr, except to force you to buy a new grinder. |
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