"Vox Humana" > wrote
> Some people
> claim that burr grinders are superior because they don't heat the beans
> while grinding them. Cooks Illustrated did a comparison and found that
the
> cheap blade grinders produced a better flavored coffee than the burr
> grinders. You have to take anything that CI does with a grain of salt,
but
> it does show that the preference for one type of grinder over another is
> subjective.

They only tested cheap burr grinders. My grinder probably weighs the total
of all those grinders. A good burr grinder shaves the beans to a uniform
size. It is also adjustable for all types of coffee brewing methods.
That said, if I didn't make espresso my grinder would be overkill.

-Hound