Electric Coffee Grinders and Manual Coffee Grinders Compared
For decades, coffee was sold in sealed cans and came pre ground. Of course it always wasn’t this way, because in much earlier times our ancestors purchased unground beans and of course, ground them themselves. Canned pre-ground beans were considered a convenience of the modern age, until someone discovered that fresh ground beans produced better tasting coffee.
A Step Back in Time
So, back to the home coffee grinder people went and where the arrived at, for the most part, was at their kitchen counters with an electric coffee grinder. However; some people stayed in the time machine longer than others and what they ended up with at their kitchen counters is what is known as the antique coffee grinder.
The Electric Coffee Grinder
Basically, there are a few major differences between the two styles of coffee grinders. Of course, the electric coffee maker operates with a motor that uses spinning blades to reduce the beans to ground coffee. Mechanically they function much like a miniature food blender.
The Antique coffee Grinder
The antique coffee grinder is not actually an antique, but rather a replica with an old fashioned look. However; they rely on the same mechanical system that older coffee grinders incorporated in them a century earlier. Its a metal wheel or a cone that is spun by a crank handle that does the actual grinding work.
It Sure looks Fun!
Sure it looks fun and for many people it is, but for someone who has a job to get to in the morning, antique coffee grinders can get old real quick. Also, because they are crank operated they can’t be loaded and programmed to grind the coffee automatically in the morning like an electric coffee grinder can.
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