DeLonghi Stainless Steel Burr Coffee Grinder with Grind Selector and Quantity Control

Quiet and perfect grinds

I had a Cuisinart conical burr grinder. MISTAKE. Like others’ experiences, mine just quit after a short while. I was hesitant to buy an electric burr grinder after my Cuisinart experience. For a while I ground using a mini food chopper, then got a Mr. Coffee blade grinder. Mr. Coffee had a number of cups and fineness control both of which were essentially useless. Manually grinding and monitoring were more effective. I thought I’d try my luck and look for an electric burr grinder again. I saw the DeLonghi KG89 and decided to take a chance. It is much quieter than the Cuisinart. In fact, quieter than the Mr. Coffee blade grinder. I filled the upper container, set the number of cups and fineness, and started it. It ground the beans perfectly. I measured the output. It was exactly what I would have measured out from ground coffee. Hoping that it lasts longer than the Cuisinart. But, so far, two thumbs up.

Works great, no problems.

After returning the Capresso 560 Infinity that I had purchased from Amazon (didn’t like the controls, or lack of same) I ordered this DeLonghi instead. Not knowing much about these grinders, I didn’t know what I was missing until I got the DeLonghi. There are two settings – one for number of cups and one for fineness of the grind. You set those two controls, put your beans in, and press the on button. That’s it. It’s not terribly noisy (any electric grinder will be loud), it’s not messy as some reviews said, and as an extra bonus, it’s a nice looking little machine. I make filter-cone-type drip coffee and I set the grind on exactly halfway between course and fine the first time I used it. I found it was not quite what I wanted so the second time I used it, I set it two notches toward fine and the coffee was perfect. This machine is not a conical burr grinder, but maybe I’m not a purist enough to notice that as a problem. It’s easy to use, looks nice and makes good ground coffee. What…

It’s OK, but it has some major flaws

When new this thing works pretty good. The only criticism is that the receptacle for the grounds is very static-y and hard to get all the grounds out of. I finally just gave up and leave a layer of dust in there, and so most of the coffee grounds come out easier. When you pull the receptacle out of the grinder it “poops” some grounds on the counter, EVERY time, so I have got in the habit of picking the whole dang thing up and holding it over the sink when I pull out the grounds.

The grind size selector is very flimsy and often jams. I have to struggle with my large hands to get the little grinder attachment out, clean it, reinstall it (not easy) and then manually adjust it so I don’t break the knob (I can feel the linkage inside bending as if it’s going to break if I don’t). With the delicious, oily French roast I use this thing requires frequent cleaning or it just jams up.

I would rate it 2 start but the good thing is with those simple work-arounds and…

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