Green Coffee Buying Club
Coffee Discussion boards => Hardware & Equipment => Topic started by: mriversinco on September 25, 2018, 07:54:25 AM
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So, I have a unique thing going on and am looking for a grinder to use, and I was hoping some of you would have ideas for a grinder..
I'm a middle school teacher, and the special education teacher down the hall has a very low group of emotionally impaired kids. She has bought a couple of keurigs and she was hoping to teach her students some life skills by selling coffee to people in school. Once I heard this, I volunteered to provide her better coffee to use for her program, charging her my cost of the beans.
I currently have a Breville Smart Grinder. While this has worked fine for me, it struggles with larger quantities. I'd like to get a grinder for school so she may use it in her classroom. I think we're going to be doing at most a couple of pounds a week, and only grind for a drip type (keurig for now) machine.
I don't really want to go full bore commercial (i.e.expensive), so was wondering what options there are for this scenario?
Thanks!!!
Mike
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Any ideas on your budget, i.e. what's the max you'd spend?
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There's no limit. It's something I'm going to do to help out kids so I'd rather not grab a 3K Mahlkonig, but the price is pretty open. Maybe up to a grand if needed.....
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I assume they'll be making drip coffee?
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I picked up a used espresso grinder when a local coffee shop went under, years back. It's a workhorse, and only gets used for grinding for drip, for the rare customer I agree to grind for. I'd suggest looking at craigslist in your area - the grinder doesn't need to be in good enough condition for espresso, just functioning.
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I think in this case, simple is good. How about something like this?
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I think in this case, simple is good. How about something like this?
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPLesRvSq4i0mu7wquWi3pd4WuAAR2JpbG-2vY1klzuZuulTsm)
I have the Dual Hopper version of this grinder, bought it used for like $150. Such a good grinder.