Spent $40 on a manual coffee grinder and it changed my morning routine

I bought a hand crank grinder after my electric one broke, thinking it would be a pain. It takes a minute longer, but the coffee tastes way better and the quiet start is actually nice. Anyone have other simple kitchen swaps that worked out?

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seanperry8d ago

Forty bucks for a hand grinder seems steep for a minute of extra work. I get the quiet part, but the taste difference is probably in your head. My old blade grinder makes coffee just fine and it was ten dollars. Sometimes we overthink these simple tasks.

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william_barnes8d ago

Totally get where you're coming from, but this feels like the whole "good enough" trap. We do it with kitchen knives, phone chargers, all sorts of stuff. Settling for the cheaper tool that kinda works, but then you never actually enjoy the process or the result as much. The blade grinder makes uneven dust that brews bitter and weak at the same time, it's a real thing!