To get a perfect cup of coffee, it is necessary to grind the coffee beans into coffee powder. Therefore, the coffee grinder is an indispensable tool in every coffee lover's home.
Historical records show that in 800 AD, Ethiopians found a lot of coffee and fell in love with this kind of drink. At that time, they chose some stone shaped or wooden shaped things, and even crushed coffee beans with mortar and pestle in some places.
The first coffee machine was introduced in Greece around 1350 BC. They proposed the idea of a coffee grinder, which is a machine used to crush coffee beans into fine powder. With the development of technology, many impressive and advanced coffee grinders have emerged.
In this issue, let's first get to know the burr coffee grinder and the blade coffee grinder.
1. Burr grinding is mainly used in automatic coffee making system.
They use different working metal parts inside the equipment and measure the current spacing between them, thus providing you with a method to control the consistency of coffee powder size. Burr grinders use two serrated plates that swing to crush each bean and are designed to spit out coffee grounds only after crushing them to the proper size.
Burr grinders are usually made of ceramic or steel.
The steel burr grinder is affordable and has good performance, but its service life may not be long. Ceramic burrs are usually used in manual burr grinders and have a longer service life, although they are expensive.
All burr grinders allow you to adjust the distance between the burrs to change the size of the coffee powder. Whether you use AeroPress, coffee drip or old-fashioned coffee pot, you will have the perfect coffee every time.
You can purchase a two in one coffee grinder and immediately start brewing coffee. These coffee grinders will always use a burr grinder.
They are automated, powerful, and provide a consistent end product almost every time. In addition, when using the burr grinder, there is no blade. You can use tablets or white rice powder to clean the system on the grinder.
2. Blade grinder is usually a manual coffee grinder system.
Blade grinder, sometimes called propeller grinder, is usually cheaper and is an ideal choice for beginners or people who are not ready to engage in self grinding coffee life.
It sets a certain distance between the internal surfaces, and uses one or two blades to cut your coffee beans. The blade vibrates like a propeller on an airplane, and the beans are shaken in a grinder and randomly sliced into thin slices.
Therefore, the blade grinder is not very consistent, which may affect the taste of coffee.
It is estimated that newcomers who are new to coffee will not notice this difference. However, if you are ready to improve your production level, the burr grinder is a better choice.
The blade grinder provides you with a hands-on way to grind coffee, which is most suitable for use in the coffee press.
Blade grinders usually require more maintenance than burr grinders.
Because the blade grinder usually needs to be sharpened according to the frequency of use and thorough cleaning to prevent excessive accumulation of organics and oil, this must be done manually.
