I will be moving from a field office to the corporate office in the near future. Unfortunately I don't think I will be allowed to bring my office espresso setup (VBM and Cimbali Max) to the corporate office. Their coffee machine is one of those drop in packet instant swill dispensers and is absolutely horrid. So I am taking my French press along, maybe eventually I can sneak my big kit in.
The problem I am left with is grinding. All of my grinders are rather large and produce an equally large noise when grinding up beans, so I decided to break down and look for a hand mill. Some of the grinders on eBay are going for ridiculous amounts and the few I have seen have some ugly looking burrs. A new Zass is going for $80 which is still darn steep for $12 worth of metal and $2 worth of wood. I got to digging around looking for other options when I came across
Cuda Kitchen they have new old fashioned hand mills made by La Pavoni and for very reasonable prices so I ponied up and purchased one. Since it will be for French press and maybe vac pot if I can sneak that in the office at some point I was not worried about the burr set. I will update the post with some thoughts after it arrives and I get a chance to try it out which will probably be December given my current travel schedule. But I thought I would drop a line just in case someone is looking for a hand mill at a reasonable price.