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The process of enjoying your daily cup of coffee starts with sorting and grading the beans, roasting them, grinding them and finally brewing them. Grinding the coffee beans influences the taste of the coffee greatly and today coffee grinders are a common kitchen gadget. They grind the roasted coffee beans into fine or coarse coffee grounds and the fineness of the grounds changes the flavour of the coffee.

If you love coffee, then a coffee grinder is the appliance for you! They are perfect for home use, simple to use and help improve the taste of your daily cup of coffee because they release the aroma from the coffee beans just before you brew them. You can even purchase coffee makers which come with a coffee grinder and a built-in timer

The earliest means to grind anything, including coffee, would have been the mortar and pestle. The coffee beans were placed in a bowl and the blunt end of a short stick (pestle) was used to crush them on the sides and bottom of the bowl (mortar). Coffee grinders probably came into existence around 1800 when other mechanical grinders for grinding grains and spices became available.

Today, you will find coffee grinders are available in a wide variety of colours, designs and price ranges. A blade grinder will chop the coffee beans using razor sharp blades that spin and grind the beans. A burr grinder has a range of settings so you can prepare espresso, drip coffee or even French coffee. A burr grinder produces less heat than a blade grinder so the taste of the coffee beans remains unchanged. Burr grinders pass the beans under (or in between) the burrs once and the beans are completely crushed. Burr grinders come in a plate shaped and conical shaped design. Blade grinders are the most commonly used home coffee grinders and are much more affordable, but Burr grinders are more often used more in commercial establishments.

If you are interested in antique coffee grinders, hand coffee grinders are available. They consist of wooden boxes with propeller blades, which are operated manually. Once the coffee beans are added, the ground coffee is collected in a drawer at the bottom of the grinder as you turn the propeller.

Whatever type of coffee grinder you choose, make sure that you’ve compared prices first. Whether your priority is cost, added taste or speed, there is a coffee grinder for you.