Compare the Best Coffee GrindersApril 2021

At its core, a coffee grinder is a small machine that take whole coffee beans and runs them through a grinder, providing fresh ground coffee for an excellent brew. While it’s definitely fine to use pre-ground coffee, coffee snobs generally agree that coffee tastes better when you use freshly-ground beans rather than pre-packaged grounds.

Grind Settings

Burr and disc coffee grinders have settings to change the size of the coffee grounds produced by the machine. This is important because different types of brewing methods favour different sizes of grinds - an espresso machine requires an extremely fine blend, whereas using a cafetiere requires far coarser grounds. Many will have pre-programmed settings to allow for easy selection, but will also allow manual adjustment.

For bladed grinders, it is more difficult to adjust the side of the grind, since the blades cannot be modified to cut coarser or finer. However you can gain an approximation of different grind sizes by grinding the beans for longer. As a good rule of thumb 8-10 seconds will give you a coarse grind, with 12-15 seconds giving a medium grind, and 15-20 for a fine grind.

With all types of grinder, you have to experiment a bit to find the perfect grind setting for the coffee you want to make. If you find too many ground leaking into the coffee, try a coarser grind. If you want a more intense flavour, try finer grounds.

Coffee Grinder Prices

In total we found 74 coffee grinders ranging from £6 to £800. The average price of a new coffee grinder is £106 and 80% of coffee grinders are priced between £18 and £254. The Baratza Forte is the most expensive coffee grinder that we found at £800, and the Kitchen Craft KCLXDWESP2P is the cheapest at only £7.

Coffee Grinder Brands - Price Range

Lelit coffee grinders start at £0 and their most expensive coffee grinder costs £489. The highest average coffee grinder price out of all brands is Lelit coffee grinders with an average price of £277.

Nemox coffee grinders start at £253 and their most expensive coffee grinder costs £253. The average price of Nemox coffee grinders is £253 which is the second highest average price of all coffee grinder brands.

The average price of Sage coffee grinders is £222 which is the third highest average price of all coffee grinder brands. Sage coffee grinders start at £0 and their most expensive coffee grinder costs £339.

Coffee Grinder Brands - Average Ratings

We have checked 33 expert reviews and 1,573 user reviews for coffee grinders and used this information to evaluate the average rating for each brand of coffee grinder.

Biggest Coffee Grinder Retailers

We found 45 current offers for coffee grinders from Amazon UK making it the biggest coffee grinder retailer. That is significantly bigger than the second biggest retailer, eBay for whom we found 36 current offers for coffee grinders. The third biggest retailer is Currys with 11 current coffee grinder offers.

When Are Most New Coffee Grinders Released?

We looked at the release dates for new coffee grinders over the last 3 years, but couldn't see any evident pattern. Three new coffee grinders were released in June 2020 making it the biggest month that year for new coffee grinder releases. In 2019 most new coffee grinders were released in March, with four new coffee grinders released that month. The biggest month in 2018 for new coffee grinder releases was June, with six new coffee grinders released that month.

How Fast Do Coffee Grinder Prices Drop After Release?

On average coffee grinders drop in price by 3% in the first 6 months after release.

If you are prepared to wait then you could save an average of £1 on a typical £53 new coffee grinder by waiting 6 months before buying.

Coffee Beans Capacity

'Coffee Bean Capacity' denotes the amount of coffee beans that the grinder can hold at once time.

Across the range of coffee grinders, the coffee beans capacity range from 12g to 700g. The coffee beans capacity of the majority of coffee grinders range from 10g to 70g. The Swan SF16020N, which is available at £0.00, has the biggest coffee beans capacity and is a 700g capacity coffee grinder. The Porlex Mini, which currently retails for £54.62, has the smallest coffee beans capacity and is a 20g capacity coffee grinder.

Grinding Mechanisms

'Grinding Mechanism' denotes the mechanism used to grind the coffee beans into fine particles.

We found 91 coffee grinders that are burr coffee grinders, which makes burr the most popular grinding mechanism amongst new coffee grinders. We found 60 coffee grinders that are blade coffee grinders, making this the second most common grinding mechanism amongst new coffee grinders.

Adjustable Grinder Settings

'Adjustable Grinder Settings' denotes whether you can adjust the settings on the coffee grinder to produce finer or coarser grinds.

Most new coffee grinders are coffee grinders with an adjustable grinder settings. 97 coffee grinders (64%) on Kagoo are coffee grinders with an adjustable grinder settings.

Which Are the Cheapest Retailers for Coffee Grinders?

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying coffee grinders. For each retailer it shows the total number of coffee grinders where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying coffee grinders. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was Amazon UK. 29 of their coffee grinder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Proportion of Coffee Grinders for Which Each Retailer is Cheapest?

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for coffee grinders by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of coffee grinder prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's coffee grinder prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was Amazon UK. 64.4% of their coffee grinder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.