expired Sunbeam Coffee Grinder EM0480 $98 at BigW
This was posted 9 months 2 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Just saw this in store @ Kuraby QLD - good price for a good grinder (I've had mine for 5 years now and is still grinding well).
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Not really familiar with the aeropress but IMHO grinder is more important than the machine, even a high end machine is going to make crap coffee if the grind isn't right too course or too fine. Conical burr grinders like this one are the best for ensuring consistent grind i.e. each particle is the same size, this is important and is also why you should avoid the chop style grinders.
Hi dkmvs_com,
The short answer is YES, and it would work well! If I see one I will also buy one for my Aeropress.
The long answer..
I have an Aeropress and I have experimented a bit with grinders for several months. Unlike espresso ANY grind will work with the Aeropress but they will change the taste of the coffee A LOT!
A finer grind will be MUCH stronger through the Aeropress, and it will also be very difficult to push the coffee/plunger through the filter paper. I real fine grind takes a fair amount of force to get the coffee/water through. But this will give you strong coffee.
A coarse grind will result is coffee with far less strength (NOTE: I did NOT say weak!). It'll also go through the filter papaer e.t.c. much easier.
The only other thing to mention is that based on the taste you get from a grind, you might also adjust the amount of coffee (or water) you use each time. It's a balancing act.
I don't have this grinder, but I see no reason why you would not be able to achieve a consistent grind to suite your taste.
If you want to experiment with your areopress have a look here
http://worldaeropresschampionship.wordpress.com/recipes/
Thanks OP. I'm going to get one of these.
Now I have to work out what is a good quality plunger to get for it. I've just learnt that a French Press is just another name for a Coffee Plunger.
Anyone have any recommendations (stainless steel v glass, double wall v single wall, …)?
+6 votesGood price for a proper (conical burr) coffee grinder.
But if you want a REAL bargain - maybe you don't drink coffee every day - how does $30 sound?http://www.bigw.com.au/home-garden/small-appliances/coffee-m...
That also is a conical burr, same brand, just hand-held, and amazingly cheap.
bargdebarg on 19/08/2012 - 23:43 ¶I concur. Excellent! I wasn't prepared to spend $98 on a coffee grinder (not to mention I am too lazy to go to a bricks and mortar) when I am the only coffee drinker in my house, but $30? S**t yeah! Bought a digital meat thermometer to push it over $50, resulting in free shipping.
+1 voteheatseeker424 on 19/08/2012 - 23:51 ¶Any idea how long this will go for? Staff sale on this weekend so Woolworths Limited employees get 10% off. ;)
Had this grinder a few years now and that is a bargain for anyone wanting to get a half decent conical burr grinder.
Great consistent grind, particulatly on the regular same beans each week.
Certainly shows when you get crap beans.
Only negative is it's a little noisy.
2true2btrue on 20/08/2012 - 01:46 ¶Will it be able to grind beans to absolute powder, I mean flour-like powder? I am a a Turkish coffee drinker. Thanks in advance.
+1 voteWell my Samsung EM0360 will, i think. I use a french press plunger, and for that it requires a coarse grind, and i have it on setting 17, it goes bewteen 5 and 25 or something like that.
Well 17 is pretty fine, and the difference between 25 and 17 is definately noticeable.
I reckon the finest setting will be flour like powder.- 2true2btrue on 20/08/2012 - 02:55 ¶
Thanks Josh, but I still really like to hear about the EM0480 too.
I'm coming in late here, but I have an EM0480. If it's not grinding fine enough for how you like, you just ring up sunbeam, and they will send you some washers/spacers. They raise the level of the lower burr so that it can grind finer. I was grinding on 1 or 2 (out of a range of 1-25, 1 being finest) before the washers. After installing both of them, I am now grinding on about 17. This is for regular espresso machine. If you wound it down to 10 or so with both washers, you'll get flour and maybe need to unclog the grinder occasionally! ;) although it's easy to pull apart to clean, no tools required, simple instructions. (although you will need a small spanner/socket to put the washers on that one time if on the off chance it's not fine enough for you).
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Can't say I've experienced Turkish coffee.
Guess it would, as mentioned by someone below, I've had it so fine when tamped down normally, not even really hard, the machine can't push the water through. On the 1-25 setting I'm on 8 to get a perfect grind that tamps down just right and extracts nicely. If I go finer than about another 2 or 3 settings it's getting towards powder. I'd be too worried about damaging the grinder going too fine.From what I've seen of friends with the same grinder, the number setting will be different to another machine and their beans. You just learn what settings work for your machine and beans.
See also others posts below everyone on different settings. If you go down this path and have a half decent machine too, you'll start to realise with fresh beans what crap Vitoria, insert other big name brand coffee here,… etc is out of a packet! Fresh beans 2-3 weeks from roasting/purchase is my limit for them to go in the bin now.Take a look at all the forums on coffeesnobs.com if you're into coffee. Fanatstic amount of info in the forums.
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I've got the Samsung Grindmaster EM0360, the one for $30
I bought 2 from a Big W 1-Day Deal offer back in March, i paid $25 each, with free delivery. Bargain.
Gave one to Mum for mother's day.It's great, beacause it's a bargain stick mixer, as well as the grinder.
It grinds really well, and fast. I've only used it for grinding coffee, but you can use it for nuts and seeds too (although i've heard it's not as good with them).
It's been posted before here, at various times…
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/62298 - (see bottom post for reference of $25 price)
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/72535Grinder in appliance cupboard with coffee machine.
Cool, dark place. All good.
Don't really consider less than a week in the hopper 'storing' them. ;)
My theory is that if I fill the hopper each time then it is only opened twice for my 500g bag of beans to only be opened once to use the whole lot inside of two weeks.
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I have used mine with both a Rancilio Silvia and Sunbeam EM6910 - 15 is about right for the Sunbeam but I needed to reduce it to around 12 for the Silva. I've also noticed that different beans need different settings as well e.g. Vitoria coffee from supermarket needs to be ground finer than beans from Baybeans, I think this may have something to do with how fresh the beans are.
benallthetime on 20/08/2012 - 15:49 ¶Thanks very much - picked one up at Rockdale Big W this arvo. There were about 4 left on the shelf.
I only drink a few coffees a week. I wonder if this is overkill? oh well on my way there now.
Update :
Just grabbed the second last one from Melbourne Cbd QV location. The last one looked like the box has been opened a few times but all there. btw They didn't have the handheld in store
I was hoping to spot a handheld Sunbeam Grindmaster EM0360 to have a look, but couldn't see any in store.
I bought one of the EM0480's from Livingston (Canning Vale), WA. There were four more on the shelf, the "CHA-CHING" sale price labelled as $98, the end of sale appears to be 07/10/2012.
Given it a couple of tries so far and it's working well straight out of the box on a 12 setting. Can't seem to avoid a bit of mess while grinding straight into the filter basket/portafilter/("group handle"? says the manual), but there's an included plastic nozzle to try and direct that flow a little.
chiefbodge on 21/08/2012 - 01:29 ¶There were about 4 boxes left at cumberland park (SA) today. Price on shelf was $198 - scanned at $98. Awesome grinder! thanks OP :D
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that is a bargain, they usually sell for $100 second hand on gumtree