Hunt Bros Grinder

Hunt Brothers Coffee Grinder

Anyone tried one of these yet? My Sis is getting me an Aeropress for 15th birthday (well a 1 and a 5 are involved any way...) and I thought I'd try a hand grinder to go with it. A couple of people pointed me to the Hunt Bros as a reasonably priced and good quality grinder.

Cheers
I have not tried one but it does look like a lovely bit of kit, quite tempted myself!
 
Hunt Brothers Coffee Grinder

Anyone tried one of these yet? My Sis is getting me an Aeropress for 15th birthday (well a 1 and a 5 are involved any way...) and I thought I'd try a hand grinder to go with it. A couple of people pointed me to the Hunt Bros as a reasonably priced and good quality grinder.

Cheers
Looks like a winner. Ceramic burr grinders are great. I use a Hario Skerton hand grinder every morning and combined with an Aeroress makes wonderful coffee. Yours benefits from being all steel and if dropped won't shatter like my partially glass one. Excellant choice - enjoy it.
 
The Aeropress is a great bit of kit. I'm not sure that it deserves all the hipster plaudits as I find the coffee it makes indistinguishable from that made in a cafetière. The great thing about the Aeropress is that it's a lot quicker than a cafetiere and much easier to clean (puck of grounds straight in the bin, no mucking about digging them out of a cafetiere).

I'll be interested to see how you find the grinder - it looks great.
 
Mea Culpa!

So it's arrived and been in use. Fairly light all steel outer construction some plastic in the internals. Comes with very simple instructions, the bag and a spare plastic thingy? No clue in the documentation as to what the plastic thingy is but I think it's the bit that the cone burr goes on and the spindle runs through. There's a how to disassemble/reassemble video on Youtube that should confirm that.

Coarseness is adjusted by turning a little wheel on the spindle directly below the burr, inside the grounds hopper. There's a click when you turn it which presumably is to denote a certain grade but no way of telling what that is without getting grinding.
The hopper and the cap are just press fit with the latter being a looser fit than the former. The handle just slots over the hexagonal end of the spindle, nothing to hold it in place, though that wasn't a problem in use. In action it turns relatively easily and doesn't take a prohibitive amount of time to grind a dose. Grains seemed much more even than usual when spread out and didn't cling and clump as much. Fortunately the setting was appropriate for the coffee maker at work, we use a Coffeeduck in a Senseo of some kind. Filling the grinder with beans produced enough for three 'shots' through it.

Definite improvement in flavour discerned by all participants. All noted the coffee wasn't as bitter and had a 'fuller' flavour. We are using Lavazza Rossa beans at the moment (as they were £7 a Kilo in Costco) We buy our own at work (they provide tea and instant etc.) so as long as it has a kick we just go for the beans on offer. The usual grinder is a square DeLonghi burr thing I think ~£50 last year which work bought for we who have expensive tastes.
 
Mea Culpa!

So it's arrived and been in use. Fairly light all steel outer construction some plastic in the internals. Comes with very simple instructions, the bag and a spare plastic thingy? No clue in the documentation as to what the plastic thingy is but I think it's the bit that the cone burr goes on and the spindle runs through. There's a how to disassemble/reassemble video on Youtube that should confirm that.

Coarseness is adjusted by turning a little wheel on the spindle directly below the burr, inside the grounds hopper. There's a click when you turn it which presumably is to denote a certain grade but no way of telling what that is without getting grinding.
The hopper and the cap are just press fit with the latter being a looser fit than the former. The handle just slots over the hexagonal end of the spindle, nothing to hold it in place, though that wasn't a problem in use. In action it turns relatively easily and doesn't take a prohibitive amount of time to grind a dose. Grains seemed much more even than usual when spread out and didn't cling and clump as much. Fortunately the setting was appropriate for the coffee maker at work, we use a Coffeeduck in a Senseo of some kind. Filling the grinder with beans produced enough for three 'shots' through it.

Definite improvement in flavour discerned by all participants. All noted the coffee wasn't as bitter and had a 'fuller' flavour. We are using Lavazza Rossa beans at the moment (as they were £7 a Kilo in Costco) We buy our own at work (they provide tea and instant etc.) so as long as it has a kick we just go for the beans on offer. The usual grinder is a square DeLonghi burr thing I think ~£50 last year which work bought for we who have expensive tastes.
What would you give it out if ten for build quality ect, would you recommend this A at all, B strongly, C buy at all costs.
Thank you :)
 
The Aeropress is a great bit of kit. I'm not sure that it deserves all the hipster plaudits as I find the coffee it makes indistinguishable from that made in a cafetière. The great thing about the Aeropress is that it's a lot quicker than a cafetiere and much easier to clean (puck of grounds straight in the bin, no mucking about digging them out of a cafetiere).

I'll be interested to see how you find the grinder - it looks great.
Stupid me. At first I though your word cafetiere was referring to what is called here in Spain as a cafetera, or stovetop moka pot. Although they make decent coffee, in no way would they be confused with Aeropress made coffee. Then I turned to the fountain of my total knowledge, Google Search, and discovered that a cafetiere is also called a French Press. a horse of a different color. French Press make wonderful coffee and look good to boot.
 
Stupid me. At first I though your word cafetiere was referring to what is called here in Spain as a cafetera, or stovetop moka pot. Although they make decent coffee, in no way would they be confused with Aeropress made coffee. Then I turned to the fountain of my total knowledge, Google Search, and discovered that a cafetiere is also called a French Press. a horse of a different color. French Press make wonderful coffee and look good to boot.
I only recently found out that it was called a French Press and it was quite literally yesterday when I first saw the stovetop Espresso maker being called a Moka pot
 
What would you give it out if ten for build quality ect, would you recommend this A at all, B strongly, C buy at all costs.
Thank you :)
Hard to say with nothing really to compare it to except one of those wooden counter top ones with metal burrs.
Build quality? seems fine for what it is, reasonable finish and good tolerances.
Changes I'd make - I'd make the top cap deeper so the friction fit would be stronger, I'd maybe put a ball detent on the hex to hold the handle on. I'm experimenting with a couple of marks on the wheel and burrs to see if a coarseness scale would be practical because that'd be nice as well.

As to recommend it? again, I don't really have anything to compare it to but it seems well made, functional and a reasonable price from a known company. It's made to fit in the Aeropress and should cope with camping and hiking etc.
Whether it's appreciably better than a £8 Porlex copy or appreciably worse than a genuine Porlex I can't say but it's better than either of the electric burr grinders I use regularly.
 
Hard to say with nothing really to compare it to except one of those wooden counter top ones with metal burrs.
Build quality? seems fine for what it is, reasonable finish and good tolerances.
Changes I'd make - I'd make the top cap deeper so the friction fit would be stronger, I'd maybe put a ball detent on the hex to hold the handle on. I'm experimenting with a couple of marks on the wheel and burrs to see if a coarseness scale would be practical because that'd be nice as well.

As to recommend it? again, I don't really have anything to compare it to but it seems well made, functional and a reasonable price from a known company. It's made to fit in the Aeropress and should cope with camping and hiking etc.
Whether it's appreciably better than a £8 Porlex copy or appreciably worse than a genuine Porlex I can't say but it's better than either of the electric burr grinders I use regularly.
Thankyou very much for your comprehensive answer. I am tempted and feel happier now you have given me your thoughts.
 
Mea Culpa!

So it's arrived and been in use. Fairly light all steel outer construction some plastic in the internals. Comes with very simple instructions, the bag and a spare plastic thingy? No clue in the documentation as to what the plastic thingy is but I think it's the bit that the cone burr goes on and the spindle runs through. There's a how to disassemble/reassemble video on Youtube that should confirm that.

Coarseness is adjusted by turning a little wheel on the spindle directly below the burr, inside the grounds hopper. There's a click when you turn it which presumably is to denote a certain grade but no way of telling what that is without getting grinding.
The hopper and the cap are just press fit with the latter being a looser fit than the former. The handle just slots over the hexagonal end of the spindle, nothing to hold it in place, though that wasn't a problem in use. In action it turns relatively easily and doesn't take a prohibitive amount of time to grind a dose. Grains seemed much more even than usual when spread out and didn't cling and clump as much. Fortunately the setting was appropriate for the coffee maker at work, we use a Coffeeduck in a Senseo of some kind. Filling the grinder with beans produced enough for three 'shots' through it.

Definite improvement in flavour discerned by all participants. All noted the coffee wasn't as bitter and had a 'fuller' flavour. We are using Lavazza Rossa beans at the moment (as they were £7 a Kilo in Costco) We buy our own at work (they provide tea and instant etc.) so as long as it has a kick we just go for the beans on offer. The usual grinder is a square DeLonghi burr thing I think ~£50 last year which work bought for we who have expensive tastes.
Sounds like you hit the jackpot. Glad it improves the taste of the coffee - that's what it's all about.
 
Been using a rhino hand grinder for 2 years now, daily, at the taste is much better. I got a little sad and started to weight the beans first!!! Apparently you can weight the water in the French press or aero press for improved consistancy! You might start to notice when the beans get older. Defo better fresh. home roasting is the next flavour step apparently. Cheers
 
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