Cuisinart - Programmable Conical Burr Mill

The Cuisinart isn't bad at all for the price. Its the best cheapest one. If you are wanting to upgrade, unless your into super clean low body coffee I might stay away from the timemore. The fellow ode gen 2 is cheaper better built, better workflow and most people will enjoy the coffee from the fellow ode better. Hope this helps!

My lovely husband got me a Cuisinart automatic burr and grind machine almost 5 years ago, for my first Mother’s Day, and the grinder has just given up the ghost - just in time for Daylight Saving Time to end 😅. I drink a couple of cups of strong dark roast every morning, and also love the occasional latte or cappuccino when out, but would definitely drink them more often if I had a setup at home. My husband has offered to get me a new machine for my birthday/Christmas, and we are wondering if there’s a highly rated machine under $700 that can do all the things I want- built in grinder, good quality drip coffee, and so lattes and cappuccinos. I don’t like the pods because of all the trash they produce, but I am aware there are recyclable versions. Any suggestions? He was looking at a Ninja but the coffee expert video we watched on YouTube gave it a poor review for the drip coffee quality. Do I need to suck it up and make room for two machines on my kitchen counter?

For the love of God please dont get the cuisinart burr grinder ive just used it for the first time out of the box and is hands down the biggest pile of scrap ive ever seen

Thanks for refreshing my memory with a classic JH. Small nitpick: it is a real burr grinder, it’s just such poor quality that it’s worse than pre-ground. Edit: **Probably** worse than pre-ground

I had a Cuisinart grinder for almost 2 years. It made passable French press and auto drip coffee but once you get something like an Ode (Gen 2) with nice burrs, you definitely notice the difference in the cup. Either go hand grinder to save money, or save money to get a better grinder overall. There are lots of good options for good prices.

If that’s you, no super palate like Hoffman and the coffee gurus here on Reddit, then I believe the cuisinart will serve you just fine.  Whatever you choose, just enjoy it. 

Yes. The C2 would be far better cup quality than this cuisinart.  But I understand not wanting to hand grind everything, especially batch brews. 

The entire reason I agreed with your post. I threw in the convenience factor because OP is clearly looking for less of an arm workout just to have coffee, especially with hand grinding light roasts as with light roasts you may as well be grinding gravel. 😁 I know that because I grind light roasts with my 1Zpresso J-Max.

You seem to think we are arguing even though I am agreeing with you. Interesting take, I guess.

No one said it was an answer. If the OP decides it is an answer to their needs, then that is for the OP to decide. I express no downsides to the hand grinder. I only express what grinding a light roast is like. But you can continue to have the argument no one is having.

I got a Cuisinart burr grinder for less than $50. So far so good

This is the one I bought as well

Just looking at it, I can see it's got the same internal design as the burr grinder Cuisinart has been making for decades now. It's better than a blade grinder, but it's on the lowest quality rung of electric burr grinders. The cheapest baratza is significantly better.

Of course electric grinders offer convenience. This particular one is a waste of money imo, because it's just that bad. Nobody is suggesting OP should never get any electric grinder.

You send a nice light roast through one of these Cuisinart grinders, it'll spit out fines and sadness. I'd prefer the tired arm

Not exactly arguing. You're, in part, expressing the downsides of using a hand grinder, which I don't contest. I contend that this particular grinder is not an answer to those downsides because of its own poor performance.

Don’t do it. Cuisinart is one step above pre-ground (yes, blade grinders are one step below pre-ground). Keep saving up to the $250 mark if you want a motorized grinder (see recent review of ‘cheap’ grinders).

I've got the Cuisinart burr grinder and i like it. I grind on the coarsest setting and it's working well for me. I've tried various beans, but i keep going back to Dunkin donuts original. Love this stuff!

Depends on your hand grinder, but from past experience, Cuisinart makes terrible grinders.

The C2 is much more consistent than the Cuisinart. The question you need to answer is this: is the downgrade in your cup quality worth the relaxed workflow?