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Conical burr coffe grinders, American made
On 8/24/2015 4:28 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:20:05 +1000, Xeno >
> wrote:
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>> On 25/08/2015 6:24 AM, MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>>> On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 3:14:26 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:04:58 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23-Aug-2015, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 7:18:53 PM UTC-7, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>>> I suddenly found myself in need of a good American made conical burr
>>>>>>> coffee grinder!! My old Black and Decker (now all made in China,
>>>>>>> thanks MalWart! :-( ) shot craps this evening and the backup duplicate
>>>>>>> unit I unboxed failed to work!! (Cheap Chinese CRAP!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been Googling for American made conical burr coffee grinders, and
>>>>>>> find a lot that way, but one I was looking at closely said Made in
>>>>>>> Taiwan, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone have any good ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The bulk of these were American made:
>>>>>> http://www.oldcoffeegrinders.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> So was the vintage Kitchenaid A-9 I bought 15 years ago on eBay. Hobart
>>>>> manufactured, circa 1950. Still going strong; but, if I had to replace it,
>>>>> it would be with another vintage A-9. Based upon reviews and comments I've
>>>>> seen, the Kitchenaid re-issue of a few years ago, was a pale imitation.
>>>>
>>>> Thatls because KitchenAid, made by Hobart, is now made in CHINA!! Just
>>>> like everythbing else. Yes I'm a baker, and I know the history and
>>>> quality of the Hobart brand of old. KitchenAid too.
>>>>
>>>> I will check out Ebay and see what they have. Thanks!
>>>>
>>> Listen to the voices in your head. You are worthless. Someone else
>>> already bought the ones on eBay because they hate China more than you
>>> do. It's your fault. The Chinese are laughing at you. The coffee is
>>> poison. You have to drink tea instead, and the tea is from China.
>>
>> The best tea is from Sri Lanka. Chinese tea is an acquired taste.
>> Japanese green tea, the high quality stuff anyway, is excellent.
>
> No difference between any tea and pond water... leaves fall in a pond
> and make tea... Confucious say snapping turtle tea is best.
>
LOL!
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