Svart Aroma (CGWS-130B)
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Hvis du ikke skal kverne ekte espressofint, så er wilfa svart aroma bra. Mange av den i nærmeste familie, den bare funker. Litt problemer med statisk kaffe med kaffe fra enkelte produsenter, og så er ikke den innebygde timeren som justerer mengde ut ekstremt nøyaktig. Men for prisen så funker det kjempebra.
har Wilfa Svart Aroma anbefaler den! ikke av de dyreste, godt resultat og enkel og bruke og rengjøre.
Start med å se på Wilfa Svart Aroma, den er for de aller fleste det beste (og enkleste) valget. :) Edit: Presisering
I have a Wilfa Svart Aroma grinder. Had it for years and it still works perfectly and gets used every day. I absolutely love it.
I have the Wilfa Svart Aroma and I'm very happy with it. It can also grind quite fine for the occasional Moka Pot, but I drink primarily Aeropress and French Press.
This morning I woke up to the Wilfa WGCS-2 that I bought back 5 years ago as a student had stopped working on me. Now I'm faced with the choice of what to buy next and these are the options that I'm considering. I mostly brew pourovers but the occasional French presses and batch brews as well. My priorities are with a neat and relatively small grinder as I have a tiny kitchen and very limited counter space. I have had hand grinders in the past and have zero interest in one now. A Wilfa Uniform, for 250€ (shipped). I think this is the upper limit on what I'd be willing to pay. I'm questioning if the coffee will be that much better? It's of course cheaper than it was at launch pre-pandemic, and not the new Uniform Evo. It seems like most complaints I see are on build quality (at a 350€ launch price point) or the scale that's not included with mine. Fellow Opus, for 185€ - I like the look and size, people say good things about the coffee but complain about the workflow. I don't mind if it's plasticky, but will it get grinds all over my kitchen? Wilfa Aroma Svart for 150€. A minor upgrade on my old grinder, as they use the same burrs but a different motor. On the list but not something that exites me. Baratza Encore for 140€ (ESP for 170€). I find it a little ugly, and I'm not sure what, if any is the benefit of the ESP for my use cases. Am I missing any obvious options? Anything else I should consider to help make the right choice?
Wilfa svart aroma on itsellä ollut ja on ollut hyvä, mutta sillä ei taida saada tarpeeksi hienoa espressoon. En kyllä paljon alle kahdensadan menisi hinnassa.
Skulle skrive dette. Funker greit. God kost-nytte.
Love my Svart, but I suspect OP is in the US (budget given in dollars) so Wilfa not an option, unless things have changed recently.
Also what country are you in? I really like my Wilfa Svart as a solid and cheap grinder, but it's not an option for those of you outside Europe (or certainly wasn't last time I looked)
I've got a Wilfa Svart which is a good budget option, have a vague recollection they were (at least when I bought it a couple of years ago) hard to get or not available outside Europe though.
No doubt there are better grinders, buy my Wilfa Svart has served me well for 3 years.
2 for me. I use a Wilfa Svart day to day (morning Clever Dripper, maybe Aeropress, V60 or Kalita Wave during the day) but also have a Kingrinder P2 which iI'm currently dialling in for espresso (got it for Christmas) and it will also be my travel grinder.
Better is subjective and depends greatly on your usage. I make a 26g to 450ml Clever Dripper brew in the mornings, and my Kingrinder P2 would need 2 doses for that (\~16g max), the Hario Slim it replaced took several minutes to grind that much coffee and I only ever did it in winter during a power cut. I use a Wilfa Svart in the morning normally, and for filter coffee, the P2 is my espresso (milk drinks usually, I'm not much of an espresso drinker so don't need an expensive dedicated grinder for that) and travel grinder. Pretty much any decent burr grinder, manual or electric, is going to be an upgrade from a blade grinder though.
IME bean to cup machines aren't that great, in my case it was an Aeropress that showed me how much better my coffee could be. The issue was too little control over grind size and dose. These days I use a Wilfa Svart electric grinder and a Clever Dripper in the mornings. It's a good simple setup for me, I usually have a big morning cup. Having the electric grinder does make things a bit easier IMO.
Unless things have changed Wilfa don't sell outside of Europe so that might bot be an option for you, should have mentioned that.
Nothing to do with price or value, it’s just about quality and taste. You can buy coffee beans for three quid from the supermarket and grind them as you need them. They should give you a better taste than buying the same stuff pre-ground. The entry level for speciality coffee is going to be close to ten quid for 250 grams. If you do decide you want a grinder, I’d recommend the Wilfa Svart. It’s a small electric grinder. I’ve been using mine for getting on for a decade, and paid £100 with a bag of beans thrown in.