Let me tell you right off the bat – this Breville coffee grinder is expensive! As is often the case with Breville products, you will probably look at the price think “What?!” and want to look at something else. But there is a reason for those high prices. Breville produces commercial-grade products, and markets them to the general population at a price that may seem high to you, but is much lower than commercial products. So if you look at it that way in terms of value for your money, then Breville products are very reasonably priced. And this Breville coffee grinder is no different.

The Breville BCG450XL is a conical burr grinder with a variety of adjustable grind settings. You can use coarsely ground coffee made for perculator coffee makers, or you can grind ultra-fine coffee for things like Turkish coffee (into which you want the fine grinds to seap. Unlike cheaper grinders, the BCG450XL Breville grinder grinds consistently and evenly, which creates a good consistent coffee flavour. Conical burrs with their slow speed of motion also maintain more of the coffee bean’s flavour than fast-moving metal blades.

This is also quite a quiet unit, so you won’t have to blow your eardrums out to make a pot of coffee. This is also a very durable machine, and most customers report this machine lasts a long time without malfunction.

This is a great grinder, even at its retail price of $100-150.

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The Baratza 8-oz Maestro Plus Coffee Grinder is based on the best-selling Maestro grinder, but as the “plus” would imply, it is a new and improved version of the Maestro with some added features.

It is a conical burr grinder, the highest quality type of grinder that makes less noise and rarely gets clogged, even when grinding coffees with special flavours and oils added. The Maestro Plus demands a premium price over other coffee makers, but its high quality more than pays for the money.

Some of the special features of the new Maestro Plus are its 60 second timer and a pulse button (a touch button that you hold down to keep the grinder moving for as long as you want without using the timer), a heavily weighted base so that the unit is steady while grinding, and 40 different grind settings so that you can make grinds suitable for any kind of coffee maker or brewing method.

It is clean without grinds spilling, and the coffee grinds are uniform in size and consistency. The Baratza Maestro Plus Coffee Grinder is a top-end unit, and if you love to spoil yourself with coffee you’ll love using this exciting grinder.

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