Comments on: La Pavoni La Moka Burr Grinders

By: Kaemon

Kaemon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:30:55 +0000

It is great for rough grinds but barely does an expresso grind. It looks nice but thats it.

By: Emiliana

Emiliana — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:11:07 +0000

For the price the grinder does a decent coarse grind. I haven’t used any other settings beyond the French Press grind. The timer is somewhat fidgety, there is a static problem with the cannister, and the bean reservoir should have a tighter seal. In the end, it grinds better that the industrial grinders that supermarkets never maintain well enough and it’s easy and quick to use. It’s part of my morning routine and for the price I couldn’t find a better electric burr grinder.

By: Aster

Aster — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:34:12 +0000

Cheap, grinds adequately. The moniker "La Moka" should've clued me in that this was a mediocre manufacturer's lame attempt to make a coffee grinder sound hip or trendy.

It grinds fairly well, but the two-piece plastic hopper for the grounds is awkward and tends to fall apart easily, spraying grounds all over the counter and the machine itself.

Also the dial used to select coarseness can be confusing. 9 is for coarse, 1 is for fine, but there is a left arrow ( <- ) and a right arrow ( -> ) each pointing away from the number, so that if you move the dial all the way to the right, you think you're choosing FINE since the word fine is at the right, but in actuality you're choosing COARSE even though it's on the opposite side. The fine grind is pretty fine, but coarse really isn't, there doesn't seem to be much difference between coarse and fine with this grinder despite your selection.

I regret this purchase.