$30 Vs. $300 Vs. $3000 Coffee Grinder | Worth It?

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

What do you think? Is it worth paying $3,000 for a coffee grinder for your house? Let us know!

[@bangzoom8180]

Owned a Baratza Virtuoso 586 for 7 years...great grinder and customer support. Ordered the Ode to step up the coffee habit.😎

[@robojimtv]

Maybe but not the EK43

[@stepheneckart1416]

If I had more money then I knew what to do with then yeah lol

[@johnmpifer]

Ordered Ode Gen 1 for $159 (sale on Amazon today). My first “good” grinder! I’m excited! I’ve actually been using one of those $30 Mr. Coffee burr grinders identical to the one in your video, lol. I’ve had two of them! The Mr. Coffee is decent, as you say, but produces a lot of fines, which I think muddies the flavor and makes it harsher tasting than it should be.

[@curtsoloff4519]

I can cast a vote for Ode, as I've owned mine since it first became available. Maintenance can be a little finicky sometimes, but the results have been outstanding. In hindsight, $300 wasn't much to spend considering how much coffee I brew. It seemed like a big investment initially but has been completely worth the price.

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

It really is a great grinder for the price!

[@lambwriter]

I loved everything about this video! The humor, the information, and how you delivered all of it. Nice laid back way to geek-out and have some fun. Big Fan

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@trailguy]

So in theory you could classify the grounds in a strainer and put the biggest under hot water first, then the mediums, then the finest and the extraction should be even? Still there’s ideal ground size for various types of brewing. I make cold brew. I like it to be 3/4 medium roast and 1/4 dark. I start the steeping of the medium 16 hours before straining and four hours later I add the dark grounds so they brew for 12. Anyway, I recently saw a nifty set of cards that can be used to sort grain sizes. I’m wondering if it’s worth using that instead of getting an insanely expensive grinder.

[@marketingoutin8394]

Really enjoy the video! Like the potato part, great example. I think $3,000 ginder is overspend for home use, it's better for the coffeee shop .

[@robojimtv]

If you wanna spend 3000 there are better home options than the EK43 though.

[@johnmpifer]

Great review and comparison also, BTW. I appreciate your style - more of a “regular dude who likes coffee”. You may be a connoisseur, but you don’t come off that way. Are you from the Chicago area by chance? Liked and subscribed.

[@egmluvr]

I have the $700 Eureka Mignon Specialita for espresso. I still want that EK43, although I have aspirations of starting a coffee cart.

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

Nice! The Eureka is a great grinder.

[@mattgaston5023]

What’s your opinion on a gods $300 grinder for espresso and pour over?

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

It’ll be difficult to find a grinder that can do both well for that price. The Baratza Sette is probably the cheapest I’d recommend going for an all-in-one grinder though!

[@gerryhouska2859]

I will stick with my ROK.

[@TheJamesMReid]

The potato analogy is genius. I do think an Ode is my speed. Or maybe something slightly higher quality like a DF64

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

Highly recommend the ode! I don’t have any personal experience with a DF64 yet, but it definitely looks like a nice option as well.

[@TheJamesMReid]

@@HomeGroundsCoffee does your ode have stock burrs or an upgraded set?

[@asdf12347109]

00:12:40 Dollar store James Hoffmann 😂

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

That’s the nicest thing anyones ever said to me. Thank you.

[@valeriebassett3107]

I think the large grinder was a waste of time to show; there are other grinders I would have liked to have seen and gotten you option on.

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

For sure! We’ll definitely feature other grinders in the future, I just had access to an EK43 so figured I’d show it.

[@asdf12347109]

There is value in testing the extremes, that was the point of this video

[@kevinbinder6306]

In a word NO

[@Hawk-tq8tc]

Did you even watch it?

[@jimshen0308]

@@Hawk-tq8tc Also in a word No...the person probably didn't watch it

[@kevinbinder6306]

I did watch the video including who sponsored him and his question was would you spend 3000 dollars for a coffee grinder to use at home and I said no

[@larsthorwald3338]

You'd be more credible without the tats.

[@HomeGroundsCoffee]

Thanks, I’ll get them removed.

[@KylenBlom]

I'd never trust someone who reviews coffee if they didn't have tattoos, Lars. What a dumb thing to say, Lars. Last I checked, at least men still have control over what happens to their body, Lars. Keep up the good work Steve, Lars will be Karen.