Burr grinders extract much more flavor from the coffee bean than electric blade type grinders. Plus the coffee just tastes, and smells better when you grind the beans by hand! ( If you love the smell of fresh ground coffee, try grinding some coffee around a campfire!) To grind your beans, a good old-fashioned coffee grinder will do as well as a modern electric version. To guarantee optimal flavor, it is important that the coffee mill is adjustable for different grades of grinding and that the coffee is not heated during grinding. Electric grinders, which slice the beans with blades rotating at high speeds, can make the powder much too hot, which is bad for the coffee taste.

I recently counted 26 websites offering the following: " We are pleased to offer this fine selection of hand crank coffee grinders. Imported woods from Germany & Switzerland are carefully machined to insure the smoothest possible finish"....Really unique! These flimsy imports weigh less than 2 lbs! When I was first looking for mills, I contacted these people. They offered to throw in the box for nothing if I bought the mill!

Compare my grinder with the famous Zassenhaus, while the Zass mill is outstanding, their box is pitiful!  Email me with your Zass model number for a quote to upgrade  to a 3/4"  solid hardwood box!