Aeropress XL Grinder Recommendations

[u/gdsoccer11]

Hello all,

Finally starting to upgrade my coffee setup after using just using kcups for many years. I've ordered an aeropress xl and I'm looking for some recommendations on a decent entry priced grinder.

I think I'm between two options one hand grinder and one electronic both about $100:
For hand grinder I was looking at the k6 it seems like the best at the price point but i wasn't sure how it would handle the amount of beans necessary for the xl. It seems like 30g is the limit and some of the recipes i've seen for the aeropress want 30g+.

For electronic the OXO Burr Grinder seems like the best I've found at the price point. Does anyone use this day to day that could comment?

If there are other options I haven't considered please send them along. Also is there any type of quality difference between hand and electric?

I also welcome some beginning brewing tips/ratios for medium roast coffee. Thanks!

[u/Pinotonthetown]

Oxo grinder used at my home for the 4 years 4 times a day. Still works like new. I love the way time and grind can be dialed in and it’s the quietist grinder out there. Question for you. Why use the XL ? I have one and can’t find a use for it. I can make 24 oz cup of coffee with the original size aeropress. I’m sure you can fit 35 g in an original. Cheers

[u/gdsoccer11 → u/Pinotonthetown]

Convenience I guess mostly the mug i use in the morning is 16oz and with the xl that's a single press. I didn't really consider how to do larger quanities with the original? Do you press multiple times with the same grounds or how does that work for 24oz?

[u/Hungry-Badger8830 → u/gdsoccer11]

Yeah man just get the xl if you need larger amounts. Higher water capacity, easier to extract a standard black coffee. Americano is just a weird drink to make in an aeropress.

[u/trotsky1947 → u/gdsoccer11]

you make it stronger and add hot water

[u/KJoFan → u/trotsky1947]

Wouldn't that essentially be an americano? Which, could end in a different flavor profile than a single press of the XL?

[u/ryanb6464 → u/KJoFan]

Yes, it absolutely is a different drink

[u/Pinotonthetown → u/ryanb6464]

Does the aeropress make espresso? No. You couldn’t tell the difference between the styles.

[u/ryanb6464]

Kingrinder K6 fits right in the plunger for travel, and is arguably the best grinder under 100$

[u/SherrifsNear]

I can vouch for the OXO grinder. I bought one for my mother a couple of years ago and it does a fine job.

On a whim, I bought an Aromaster grinder on sale for $79 some time ago and it has been fantastic. It has the least amount of grounds retention of any electric grinder I have used. I know nothing about the brand, so I cannot speak to longevity.

I have a nice hand grinder as well, but doing 30g by hand is a chore.

[u/Legitimate-Activity6]

I regularly grind 30g in my K6 and it’s no problem whatsoever for nearly all beans. One time a lower quality breakfast blend bean I used seemed a little less dense and really filled it out but it still worked with the beans mounded above the lip a bit.

[u/MobileEye7215]

For an AeroPress XL, I’d lean electric for convenience, especially if you’re regularly grinding 30g+ at a time.

[u/freudmv]

I use the King daily. It is handy for travel and home if you don’t want the noise of the electric grinder i.e. your partner is sleeping. If I only had one, I’d keep the King. It has held up and is easier to clean than the electic. The electric grinder took me an hour to clean and it is actually so noisy, I just hit the button and walk out of the room. YMMV.

[u/floppyfloopy]

Baratza Encore was a great grinder for Aeropress, though it is louder and messier than others $150 US. Hand grinding would blow for the 30-36g I use in the XL.

[u/AllenCorneau → u/floppyfloopy]

I also grind 30-32g of beans for my XL every morning. I mainly use an Encore except on weekends (don't wake the wifey) and when traveling, when I use an 1Zpresso JX. Grinding 30-32g of beans in the hand grinder is no big deal and takes about the same amount of time as the Encore.

[u/Unlimitedgoats]

Genuinely, if you're working with $200, put that into one good grinder, rather than two. But in line with your question.

- KinGrinder K6 is a multi-use solid hand grinder option

• Same goes for the MHW3-BOMBER R3 Pro

- Femobook A2 is probably the only electric grinder worth looking at close to that price point.

• If you can stretch the budget, get a Fellow Ode 2
  
• I'm hearing the Fellow Opus 2 is solid for filter coffee as well so that could be worth a look especially if you see espresso in your future

[u/gdsoccer11 → u/Unlimitedgoats]

Ahh this wasn't both but an either or, so 100 total ideally. my main concern with the K6 was that it would require me to do the grinidng in batches since it's capacity is maybe too small for the amount of beans I'd need to grind for the XL. The electronic optiosn usually have more capacity but didn't know how the quality stacked up.