This is a 40 gram german hand grinder with stainless steel burr set. It's garnered some interest in the specialty coffee industry, but not all that much on the consumer side yet.
Not sure of release date, I've heard rumors that units have shipped, but wanted to start a traveling road show. The latest is that Able Brewing will be the exclusive US distribution for this and the estimate availability in about two weeks No money now but commitments needed.
I estimate $20 each, on the high side, but this is pure WAG (wild ass guess). Able also let me know it should retail for $150. This has now been pre-ordered, $16 will get you a week to try out this grinder and a 1 in 9 chance at winning the lottery and keeping this beauty. (I'll take myself out of the running) I'll start taking payment once this grinder ships.
I've got word that the pre-ordered grinders are shipping today/this week, and later on I got shipment confirmation from Able (9/30/13) so I'm opening this up for payments. Please send a paypal payment to yakster (at) gmail (dot) com for $16 with Comandante and your GCBC user name in the subject line, and if you make this a personal payment on PayPal and you have a bank account linked then neither of us will have to eat any PayPal fees. Payments are now complete.
I will take 9 other entrants and have a random number selected. That number is the winner and goes to the bottom of the list and gets to keep it. Others have the opportunity to play with the grinder for 7 days and then ship it to the next GCBC member. Each member is responsible for paying for shipping to the next on the list.
Who is in? The roster's now full, we're just waiting for this to ship, scheduled for the first week in October. I'll ask for payment when it ships or just prior and then use
www.random.org to select a winner once everyone's paid up and get this roadshow on the road.
The lottery has been run on
Random.org, I mapped all the entrants besides myself to numbers and the lucky member is ... Sonnyhad, congratulations Sonnyhad. Sonnyhad now moves to the bottom of the list and will retain the grinder and any bragging rites.
1.
Yakster -- Paid!2.
Sosha -- Paid!3.
Jbviau -- Paid! 4.
Mass. Wine Guy -- Paid!5.
Headchange4u -- Paid!6.
Bassguy -- Paid! -----
8.
Ray T -- Paid!9.
Milowebailey -- Paid!10.
ScareYourPassenger -- Paid!-----
Winner
7. Sonnyhad -- Paid! <---- Landed, journey complete!
