I know it’s nothing fancy but the Mr. Coffee Coffee Grinder With Chamber Maid Cleaning System is my pride and joy. It was my first coffee grinder and it really brought my coffee drinking experience to the next level. If you’ve never had coffee from freshly ground beans, go out today and buy a grinder and a pound of coffee beans. It’s worth the investment.
About the IDS77 Coffee Grinder:
- Electric coffee grinder grinds 4 to 12 cups for precision brewing.
- 3 grind settings; wide upper collar; flip-top lid for mess-free filling and emptying.
- Chamber Maid cleaning system; bowl scraper dislodges coffee from grinding area.
- Removable, dishwasher-safe grinding chamber; cord storage (please see below for my opinion on the cord).
This coffee grinder is very simple to use, assuming you follow the instructions. I’m too cool to read the instructions so my first attempt came out of rough, but once I broke down and read the instructions, it worked perfectly. The result was quality freshly ground beans that smelled as good as the coffee they made tasted.
The only thing I didn’t like about this coffee grinder is that the cord is way too short. It sounds kind of petty, but the cord is only a feet long. They say the extremely short cord is “provided to reduce hazards resulting from a person or pet tripping over a longer cord.” Serious, I’ve been dealing with power cards for thirty years, give me a full length power cord so I’m not stuck grinding y coffee against a wall.
But the price was right, only twenty bucks from Amazon and with their free shipping (I have their Amazon Prime because I spend way too much money there), it was a deal that I couldn’t pass up. Buy the Mr. Coffee Coffee Grinder via Amazon.
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Hi Mike I love the blog and actually have a question as opposed to a comment. Can you recommend any commercial grade Ice Coffee Machines that would be more for business use than personal?
I can’t really recommend any, but you can bet that I’m going to look into it.
This was not my first coffee grinder, and as such I can really appreciate the beauty of it. Being able to set the quantity and consistency makes it so much easier to use than the simpler grinders that leave the stopping point at your discretion. For a blade grinder, I don’t think you can do much better than this. You’re right about the chord though, it is SO short! I tugged on it for a while, thinking it was retractable (like my last, cheeper grinder). They say it’s for safety but we both know: They saved a lot of money in materials by cropping that tail.
Now, if we’re really serious about our beans Mike… I think we’re supposed to switch to a burr grinder. That’s what all the hipsters use.
I keep hearing about burr grinders, I saw a few that I want, but my current coffee grinder a couple months ago and it just started seeing some serious action, I thought I’d get some use out of it first…unless that short cord drives me insane first.
I’ve completely gotten over the cord — drove me nuts for a while, but had it not been for this post I’d not have thought of it in some time.
I’m pretty happy with this grinder, but may switch to a burr sooner rather than later. I use my french press almost exclusively, and burr grinders leave less powdery sediment after the grind (as I understand it).
Not that I really mind a layer of mud on the bottom of my cup…
I think if I had a good place on my kitchen counter for it, I wouldn’t be bothered by it, but it does drive me insane when I’m dealing with the coffee maker, george foreman, radio and whatever else might be on my counter.
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