Kitchen & Housewares Braun KSM2-WH Aromatic Coffee Grinder, White
- A great coffee grinder-I just bought another!This is a great little grinder. I just purchased my second one for my boyfriends house, after having my current one for at least 10 years. It is simple to use, doesn't take up much space on the counter, and does a good job. I looked at others before buying the second one-they were more difficult to use, cost considerably more and were less space efficient.... so I went back to the old one and am glad I did.
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- Great grinder for the price with a couple drawbacks.This grinder is great for the price, which is very very low. I haven't had any problems with getting a fine enough grind for my coffeemaker (also a Braun) or fitting enough beans into the grinder to make a good cup of coffee. A couple tips:
The grinder seems to be tailored to Braun coffeemakers. If you have a coffeemaker with 6oz cups instead of 5 or one that does 12 cups instead of 10 max you could possibly have capacity issues.
The ground coffee seems to stick to the inside of the grinder body. I solved this by unplugging the entire unit, turning it upside down (with the lid on) and tapping it several times against my counter until all the grounds fell into the lid. I took the lid off then and poured that into the filter. It seems like a better method all around.
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- Great GrinderThis is the third Braun Coffee grinder I've owned. One had to be replaced after 20 years of rough service and I have another for camp!
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- I've owned the Braun KSM2 for 8 years now.... I requested a coffee grinder for my birthday in 2000 and received this model (which is listed 4 or 5 different times on Amazon).
The blades are sharp and have no problem grinding any quality bean. I've also used it to grind flax seeds beautifully, as well as almonds. My daughter dropped the clear plastic upper portion of the grinder in 2003 and a piece broke off, leaving a 'chip' in the plastic cup but we still continued to use it, just carefully pouring the coffee grounds out and avoiding that side.
The grounds, when ground fine (for espresso, etc.) do tend to congregate up around the tiny opening where the power button presses down to start the grind and if clogged, the button won't completely press down. However, in 8 years of owning this, I've only cleaned the tiny opening twice, which was as much work as using the tip of a knife to scribble back and forth and knock the grinds out. It took literally 2 seconds. And cleaning it twice in 8 years isn't bad.
The power cord wraps around the bottom which makes it look nicer on the counter. Overall a nice grinder.
We are looking for a new one now for two reasons; 1) it would be nice to have a grinder that doesn't have a broken cup (LOL) and 2. It's LOUD. About 6 years ago I regularly just learned to wrap a kitchen hand towel around it before pressing the button to muffle the sound and not wake the children in the early morning as I make coffee about an hour before they wake.
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- excellentI am glad being amazon customer, service is fast, accurate, reliable and safe. Thank you amazon
Of course Braun product is OK.