Compare the Best Coffee GrindersJanuary 2020

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 73 coffee grinders ranging from £6 to £806. On average, a new coffee grinder costs £86 and 80% of coffee grinders are priced between £16 and £179. The Baratza Forte is the most expensive coffee grinder that we found at £806, and the Kitchen Craft KCLXDWESP2P is the cheapest at only £7.

Coffee Grinder Brands - Price Range

The highest average coffee grinder price out of all brands is Baratza coffee grinders with an average price of £293. Baratza coffee grinders range in price from £0 to £806.

Sage coffee grinders range in price from £130 to £155, and the second highest average coffee grinder price out of all brands is Sage coffee grinders with an average price of £145.

The third highest average coffee grinder price out of all brands is Wilfa coffee grinders with an average price of £120. Wilfa coffee grinders start at £120 and their most expensive coffee grinder costs £120.

Coffee Grinder Brands - Average Ratings

We have analysed 23 expert reviews and 973 user reviews for coffee grinders and used these reviews to determine the average rating for each brand of coffee grinder.

Biggest Coffee Grinder Retailers

We found 60 current offers for coffee grinders from eBay making it the biggest coffee grinder retailer. That is over 3 times bigger than the second biggest retailer, Amazon UK for whom we found 19 current offers for coffee grinders. The third biggest retailer is AO with 5 current coffee grinder offers.

When Are Most New Coffee Grinders Released?

We couldn't see any noticeable pattern in the release dates for new coffee grinders over the last 3 years. The biggest month last year for new coffee grinder releases was March, with four new coffee grinders released that month. In 2018 most new coffee grinders were released in June, with six new coffee grinders released that month. Five new coffee grinders were released in July 2017 making it the biggest month that year for new coffee grinder releases.

How Fast Do Coffee Grinder Prices Drop After Release?

On average, in the first 6 months after release, coffee grinders drop in price by 2%.

If you are prepared to wait then you could save an average of £1 on a typical £44 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.

The coffee beans capacity of coffee grinders range from 12g to 700g. The coffee beans capacity of the majority of coffee grinders range from 10g to 70g. The coffee grinder with the biggest coffee beans capacity is the Swan SF16020N, which is a 700g capacity coffee grinder and currently retails for £0.00. The Porlex Mini, which currently retails for £45.93, 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.

Amongst new coffee grinders, the most frequently found grinding mechanism is burr. We found 87 coffee grinders that are burr coffee grinders. We found 56 coffee grinders that are blade coffee grinders, making blade 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. 92 out of 143 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 eBay. 44 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 eBay. 73.3% of their coffee grinder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.