Make your choice between blade coffee grinder and burr coffee grinder is not that hard, you just need to know the differences and what you want,  for example, what type of brewer you intent to use, blade grinder can only be used for automatic-drip coffee maker and burr grinder is good for espresso machines, French press or Turkish.

Let us look into more details.

The Price is something you should consider when buying a grinder

Let us back to the reality, whatever we buy, the factor which may not be the first one but definitely the most important one is the PRICE. Generally speaking, you can get a blade grinder at the price as low as $20, but you have to pay at least $80 for a burr.

The flavor is the next thing you want to consider

When you brew your coffee, you know that the extraction rate of the coffee grounds depends on the size of the granules. When the granules in a given amount of coffee are uniform in size, they will help extract flavor at almost same rate during the brewing process. The burr grinder can do much better than blade ones when it comes to uniformity due to the separation between the grinding surfaces. Coffee beans are fed between them and crushed into uniform grind particles when one of the burrs rotates while the other is stationary.

blade grinderOn the contrary, by chopping the beans, the blade grinder is unable to cut the beans into consistently sized pieces or grounds. The result will be relatively large pieces mixed with small pieces. When brewed, the big granules will be grossly remained under extracted when the smaller granules will add to the bitterness of the brew as a result of over extraction.

Besides, the blade also tend to burn the coffee grounds due to the high heat produced during the grinding process which will add bitterness.

Space should also be considered

The burr is much bigger than the blade, so assess your counter space when you make your choice. Generally a burr can be 14.6 x 9.6 x 7.8 inches when a blade is 3.5 x 3 x 6.8 inches.

Want to grind spices

If you want to grind spices, the blade grinder is your only choice, the burr grinder can not handle this task.

In one word, if you are not coffee addiction, want to grind your coffee beans in a fast and easy way, sometimes grind spices and clean can be done very easily, blade coffee grinder is always your best choice. If you are a really coffee lover, and want to advanced coffee flavor, then go for burr coffee grinder.

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9 Responses to How to Make Your Choice Between Blade Grinder and Burr Grinder

  1. Mark says:

    The guide is just too simple, not very clearly and detailed.

  2. Maggi says:

    Hi, thanks for sharing this great information with us, it helped me a lot as i am just going to buy one, and your post help me.

  3. jon says:

    I fully agree with your opinion.

  4. Graig says:

    Very nice article. Thanks for the great tips!

  5. Tama says:

    Thank you on your help, I now know how to choose grinders.

  6. Neil says:

    An interesting discussion is worth comment. I think that you should write more on this topic, it might not be a taboo subject but generally people are not enough to speak on such topics. To the next. Cheers

  7. lisa says:

    i don’t mind flavor much, so i think i want to choose blade grinder, thanks for the info.

  8. Brent says:

    so we should choose burr grinder if we want our coffee taste good enough?

  9. Thomas says:

    I do understand what you are talking about the benifits of burr grinder, however, i am still fan of blade grinder, i used to have a burr, but it is very difficult to clean, and i like to the blade anyway, it is more natural way.

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