Which is the most beautiful grinder?

by **Carrotious** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:22 pm

I would like to get peoples idea of simply which grinder, of all those available, regardless of performance, although performance notes are welcome, they find esthetically the most pleasing...

...split from Which grinder for a microcimbali? by moderator...

by **zin1953** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:35 pm

Carrotious wrote: . . . which grinder, of all those available, regardless of performance . . . they find esthetically the most pleasing...

Ummmm, OK. I cannot quite get my head around the idea that aesthetics take a backseat to performance, unless of course -- this being the day after the Academy Awards® were announced -- you're designing a set for a movie or static display for a museum . . . particularly when, as they say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

by **lsjms** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:39 pm

If it's all about looks it has to be a vintage hand grinder. I do not think the two grinders in Which grinder for a microcimbali? do the Micro justice.
I do not think you can have one, but this is one of the sexiest grinders I have ever seen, Cimbali too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21971447@N04/3021525991/

by **yakster** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:41 pm

You can dress up a grinder with a hand-blown glass hopper, like those on http://www.artazza.com, or you can go with a beautiful, vintage hand-crafted wooden hand grinder, but if your thinking of upgrading to an espresso machine, you might consider a matching grinder with the same styling if beauty is more important then performance.

Ah, I see your original post got split, you've now got a Microcimbali, you might consider this restored Olympia Mocca on Orphan Espresso or find one on eBay as it has red panels and might be a good match, looks wise.

by **SwingT** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:46 pm

I find those that grind the best the most beautiful

by **mivanitsky** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:39 pm

A Robur-E is beautiful... much like the Death Star!

The Kony-E is prettier, and fits in a kitchen better.

The Elektra Nino is beautiful, when photographed correctly.

The Pro-M is stylish, and well-suited to modern decor.

The Vario is attractive and unobtrusive.

The Anfim SC is made attractive only by the old DRM grinders.

Anything with is a doser is fugly, IMHO, but one must use the tool which is best suited for the task!

I have mixed feelings about custom glass bean holders. Some of them attempt to make a coffee grinder look like an old lamp that one might find at an estate sale in the midwest. I really like the idea of better glass designs, though. For me, something modern and tempered, as I tend to occasionally drop the things!

mike

by **workinghard** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:49 pm

A built in grinder. Hands down. Grinders are ugly, messy, and dusty. Some are a little exotic initially, but after use they are all ugly.

by **Mayhem** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:23 pm

I find the La Marzocco Vulcano to be quite lovely. The original more-so than the upcoming remake, though the latter isn't bad either.

by **Bluecold** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:31 pm

What did i win?

by **Carrotious** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:41 pm

Haha that really is the daddy of all grinders...


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