Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(20 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A decent little grinder,
July 8, 2004 L. L (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Delonghi DCG49 Burr Coffee Grinder (Kitchen)
I ran out and bought this when my Mr. Coffee burr grinder died so I wouldn't have to use the blade grinder. It's a nice livable sound level. I could actually grind coffee for morning without fearing to wake anyone else in the house. It makes excellent tasting coffee. I had no problems with static. The only drawbacks are that you have to hold the button down and it has to be taken apart and well cleaned with a brush almost every time. Makes good coffee though. Much better than a blade grinder and you have to hold the button on those as well.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
coffee grinds everywhere,
November 25, 2003 S. A. Sasaki "Hapa Mom" (Honolulu) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Delonghi DCG49 Burr Coffee Grinder (Kitchen)
Pros:
-looks cool
-it's a burr grinderCons:
-takes at least four times longer than a conventional grinder
-grains are not very uniform (big bits throughout)
-messy: the bottom compartment has a plastic lid that you open before you dump the grinds into your filter. You have to tug the lid a bit, and more than once the coffee grinds have spilled to the nether regions of my kitchen. Grinds tend to stick to the lid and within the compartment. The oils from the beans make the grinds harder to empty.
-you gotta shake it some: the beans have to feed into the blades, but there isn't enough of a slope for the beans to slide smoothly. You have to shake the grinder often, otherwise the beans just stay put while the blades continue to whirl thin air.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
look elsewhere,
December 10, 2005 Antony Stefan "yebonow" (sarasota, fl) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Delonghi DCG49 Burr Coffee Grinder (Kitchen)
i bought this grinder three months ago for espresso bean grinding. this grinder is a triumph of appearance over function:
1. the coffee bin must be fully filled with beans each time you want to grind a single serving, because the shape of the bin does not allow for small quantities of beans to adequately feed into the grinder.
2. the chute where the ground coffee dispenses into the container clogs easily and often. you have to tap the machine on the countertop to keep the grounds moving.
3. the coffee grounds form a nice static electric charge against the plastic container. they adhere to the inside of the container, and entertainly enough will collectively spring out of the container if it is tapped or bumped after grinding.
4. i used it up to four occasions per week, and after three months it no longer functions at all. after having learned to work through all of its quirks and oddities, it broke on me.
