I mostly drink pre-ground but when I grind it myself I use Baratza Virtuoso grinder.
This exactly, except Ibuse a DeWalt. I have found that the brand power tool used has little effect on the taste and extraction, however.
Alton Brown did that with a pepper grinder.
So .. hell yeah!👍
I thought this was a meme until I read the description XD
I use the Lagom Mini which has been great
I found a shitty little electric grinder on the side of the road in Massachusetts a decade ago. Still using it, it's great.
Edit: it's a Proctor-Silex with the little plastic dome so maybe a bit bougie
That timemore hand crank one, I drove it with a drill a couple of months ago for fun but I don't want to ruin the hex shaft if it slips.
- The Skerton is a terrible grinder regardless of how you power it.
- You might be able to modify a good hand grinder in a like manner but good hand grinders take far less time to grind than a Skerton does. What takes 2 or 3 minutes in a Skerton takes less than a minute in a good 1Zpresso, Kinu, Timemore, Kingrinder or similar.
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The skerton was (is?) A good entry level grinder that will give you very decent results especially for immersion-type brews. It's what I started on and what I still use for on the go use cases. I haven't looked at entry level hand grinders in a while so I guess some developments have happened since I got mine. (Based on a comparison video from james hoffman at the time)
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God yes, I tried a friend's 1zpresso and the difference in both grind speed and effort is noticable.
- Not sure it was ever a good entry level grinder. 20 years ago it was pretty much the only entry level burr hand grinder that wasn't an old school box style. That was before the Pro version which is sold now that uses many of the modifications that users created to try to make the Skerton perform better. I had one for years and it almost drove me out of home grinding. Luckily better hand grinders came along which while more expensive were substantially better. Now we are in a golden era for good hand grinders at very accessible prices.
I've been using a LIDO 2 for a few years, but am considering the move to 1zpresso...
At home for espresso I use a Varia vs3 gen2 with the second best burrs (bestness being ranked by price) it's a single dose grinder with good reviews
At work for a plunger (French press) I use a hario skerton, without a drill
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