Most of us gave our opinion. If we did care we wouldn't be on this site.

Whale wrote:If I may ask, where did you get that price from?

The video linked on this thread starts with that price printed on it, but I don't know if that makes it true.

As for the looks, I think Mahlkonig makes some of the best looking grinders on the market. I've used the K30 and twin, but never owned one, but I much prefer the looks of the K30, the twin, or this grinder, to the huge Mazzers or Macaps (brands I have owned). If this turns out to be a "titan" in cup quality and build quality I'd argue it was easily the best looking titan for a home setting.

da gino wrote:If this turns out to be a "titan" in cup quality and build quality I'd argue it was easily the best looking titan for a home setting.

I think I have to agree.



For my tastes, of course.

da gino wrote:The video linked on this thread starts with that price printed on it, but I don't know if that makes it true.

As for the looks, I think Mahlkonig makes some of the best looking grinders on the market. I've used the K30 and twin, but never owned one, but I much prefer the looks of the K30, the twin, or this grinder, to the huge Mazzers or Macaps (brands I have owned). If this turns out to be a "titan" in cup quality and build quality I'd argue it was easily the best looking titan for a home setting.

Sorry and thanks. For some reason when I first looked at this thread the video was no working so I had not seen it. I hade seen the ProM on the Mahlkonig site only, where there is no price.

The legion of people thinking that it actually looks good is growing!

Oton, is this your setup? Looks very good! When did you get a K30?

From the Canadian distributor I got that it might be available in America in spring next year at the earliest. Start saving!

Nice colour coordination, Oton!

The K30 Vario is a good looking grinder and stepless, but I'm afraid I can't see what the fuss is about with the Mahlkonigs. They're just 65mm flat burr grinders turning at 1400 rpm. As far as I'm aware grind retention is no better than the Super Jolly. If was going to spend that much more money, I would want something that makes a bigger difference in the cup.....

People seem to think that K30 would be inferior to large conicals. Why is that?

Whale wrote:Oton, is this your setup? Looks very good! When did you get a K30?

michaelbenis wrote:Nice colour coordination, Oton!

Thank you guys. I'm with the K30 for about 4 months. You can see more pics of my setup HERE if you want.

akallio wrote:People seem to think that K30 would be inferior to large conicals. Why is that?

Because it has the same specs as a super Jolly and every other standard Italian bar grinder -- 64mm flat burrs, 1/3 to 1/2 HP motor, 1700 rpm. Mahlkoenig may know things about burr design the Italian makers don't; for instance, the little Vario does amazingly well for its size. But just looking at a spec sheet, it's hard to see what the fuss is.

The various K grinders have been fixtures at the BGA booths for the last few SCAA conventions. The first year they were used, the baristas pretty much rejected them as useless; but more recently, they've become objects of desire, much more so than any standard Italian bar grinder. So it's fairly clear that they've done some productive fine tuning.

I personally have no experience with them; but so far I've never seen any flat burr that has the sheer bulletproof and idiot proof consistency of the big conicals.