De'Longhi - KG79

I got a De’longhi KG79 burr grinder from Amazon for less than £40 the other year and it’s been great.

The 'perfect' coffee grinder for espresso can be mad money. They would use a conical burr method to grind. But, you can get very good results with machines between 100 and 200 euro, and pretty good results for ones under 100 euro. deLonghi KC79/KC89 give rather good results for espresso (maybe not as good as a 800 euro machine), and really excellent for filter coffee and other non-espresso coffee. DID Electrical, Harvey Normans etc sell them. Ultimately, if the espresso machine is not 110% then one wouldn't notice the difference between a 50 to 90 euro grinder and one costing over 700 euro.

I switched to beans in the last year. I buy a few kg at a time, so the price is lower and quality better then buying ground coffee. I tried a hand grinder, quality was fine but I use a filter machine so I got bored of sitting and grinding coffee every day so I got a £50 DeLonghi burr grinder which is great. A lot of cheap grinders are actually choppers rather than a burr grinder, I was really pleased to find a burr grinder from an actual brand for that cheap - so many grinders are £200+

Seriously it’s so fast. Takes no time at all. Have had my grinder for over a decade. Still works great (delonghi)