“I purchased this grinder from Jet-black in 2012. 12 years on, still going strong, it has never skipped a beat whether grinding for espresso or drip coffee. What a legend.”
“Looks great and does the job although I found it dished out a clumpy grind. I read online and people recommend giving it a whirl with a cocktail stick which I tried and it seems to deliver a better extraction on the shot. No problems really although would be great without clumps!”
“I am not a grinder aficionado, but am a coffee geek and engineer. I bought this grinder to replace my Sunbeam conical burr grinder (EM0480) and the improvement the Rocky has made to my coffee (when paired with a Rancilio Miss Silvia) is incredible. A few of good points are below, using the EM0480 as a comparison:
- Much quieter than the EM0480, you can grind and carry on a conversation.
- The grind can be finer than the EM0480 without plugging up the portafilter basket
- The extraction is great, best improvement to my coffee so far
- Great machine and affordable at the lower end of the 'professional' spectrum (ie not the lower mass marketed consumer levels) Some in this rage are up to ~$2k
- Easier to clean
- Looks great and is very rugged but that means it's heavy. Not an issue if you don't take it hiking.
I suppose the last point is that this store had it at the best price I could find, even on the net. I'm a happy camper.”
