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Blade Grinder Disguised as a Burr Grinder
Pros
Brushed stainless steel finish. Has a hopper on top and cord storage underneath.
Cons
No better than a blade grinder, but twice the price.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Use your blender instead.
I bought this grinder for only $10 (!), but I wish I could get my money back.
The packaging boasts precision milling system crushes beans for more uniform results. I have found the opposite to be true. (Should you care? Check wikipedia.org Coffee Preparation.)
Black and Decker customer service insists there is a burr grinder inside, but the CBM205 yields an uneven grind no better than a spinning blade. You get coffee-wasting large chunks combined with a fine coffee dust which sticks to the plastic receptacle and plugs up paper filters.
The power button is hard to push and hold--probably to make it safer. As a result, my elderly mother can't use it. When I use it, it takes two hands--one to push the button and the other to hold the unit in place--during the entire process of smashing the beans.
The plastic receptacle has an opening that is too small to dispense the coffee. Or you can remove the lid and have an opening that is too large to funnel the coffee into its next home. Also, the plastic is prone to collecting a static electric charge. This makes the the coffee grounds jump all over and creates quite a mess when you try to shake them out. (Anyone remember spilling toner while refilling old copy machines?)
The packaging boasts precision milling system crushes beans for more uniform results. I have found the opposite to be true. (Should you care? Check wikipedia.org Coffee Preparation.)
Black and Decker customer service insists there is a burr grinder inside, but the CBM205 yields an uneven grind no better than a spinning blade. You get coffee-wasting large chunks combined with a fine coffee dust which sticks to the plastic receptacle and plugs up paper filters.
The power button is hard to push and hold--probably to make it safer. As a result, my elderly mother can't use it. When I use it, it takes two hands--one to push the button and the other to hold the unit in place--during the entire process of smashing the beans.
The plastic receptacle has an opening that is too small to dispense the coffee. Or you can remove the lid and have an opening that is too large to funnel the coffee into its next home. Also, the plastic is prone to collecting a static electric charge. This makes the the coffee grounds jump all over and creates quite a mess when you try to shake them out. (Anyone remember spilling toner while refilling old copy machines?)
