still-- unless you want to spring for a professional quality/adjustable blade grinder-- this one is an excellent choice.
i have only used it to grind noncoffee items, primarily flax seeds and rose hips.
i bought a second bowl so that i could grind spices in the same machine, and i think the coffee grinder works better on spices and seeds (such as flax) than it does on coffee.
it is persnickity with other seeds besides coffee, such as flax and sesame.
anyone giving this one 5 stars either is not a coffee connoisseur or must have used a very old grinder in the past.
it does its spices and coffee seeds very well.but only thing is the container is not detachable so diffcult in taking out the ground thing from it.
i'm not a coffee drinker, so i actually use this for grinding whole spices and flax seeds.it works very well on spices and flax seeds, so i sould think it would be great for coffee also~
i grind everything from coffee beans to flax seed and it does a wonderful job on each.
just read many of the reviews and i am puzzled.....i have had no problems with messiness, and i grind all sorts of stuff in it...coffee beans, flaxseed, spices.
for a coffee connoisseur i only give it three stars.
i also advice this coffee grinder to make 'powdered sugar' from 'granulated sugar' and to grind whole flax seeds, too.
a little over 6 months ago we read about the benefits of grinding flaxseed and eating it with cereal, and decided to try it.
i ground up some flax seed & found it super-easy to use (a no-brainer), quick, and yielding an even fine grind.
i use my new one for grinding flax seed.
but this also works great for flax seeds!
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