Pietro Flat Burr Hand Grinder ??

JHCCoffee

Anyone come across this? Does it seem like a worthwhile purchase to cover the flat side of things, for those of us that have conical grinding well covered with an electrical (powdered) grinder (aka an NZ) and can’t afford 2 electrical grinders of quality.

Also my wife would strenuously object to yet one more grinder on our limited counter space.

Just musing, as my NZ is arriving in a day or two, and I will need to play with it for afew months before I consider anything else.

Pietro

Any other flat burr and counter space friendly alternatives at this price point?

DavecUK

JHCCoffee It looks an interesting hand grinder. Might well be worth a punt!

I’ve not really seen anything similar at that price point. It’s not cheap though, so it needs to be a considered purchase . I’d perhaps find a review where you can see it in action.

MWJB

More of a hand powered bench grinder than a hand grinder.

It doesn’t seem to exist yet, just looks like a concept. It’s not calling out to me, I’m not keen on hand grinders that need pinning to a work surface to grind, it’s as much effort to stop them skidding about as it is to grind, the handle looks short too, I can’t see any mention of gearing (which might be nice).

InfamousTuba

Heys scientific has a prototype design for their grinder the mikros one which has hybrid burrs and a interesting grind size adjustment. It does look like it will be on the expensive end

Heys Scientific (instagram link)

lancehedrick

I have used this. It is not the easiest to grind. Grinds decently on the knee or held down on a table but definitely needs some force to hold it in place. Not the most pleasant grinding experience. The “mp” burrs aren’t really anything special to be honest.

tompoland

@lancehedrick that was my first question when I saw it some months ago.

Reminds me a bit of the Orphan Pharos in terms of the degree of difficulty in using it. Without question, the most difficult grinder I’ve ever used. This one is probably not as difficult but I still find myself asking “why?”.

That said, I wish them every success and applaud their boldness is coming up with a very different design concept.

Platypus

From reading peoples experience of this grinder with the brew burrs it seems to be very encouraging and some even mention that results can get close to the top end brew focused grinders.
Has anyone have any real life experience with it on this forum?

BrendaninBrooklyn

Not difficult w/ brew burrs; I’ve not tried the espresso burrs yet. I have arthritis and am 70. Not difficult. In cup is excellent with Chemex and Press Pot so far; I’ve not yet tried the other brewing devices on-hand but will get around to doing so over the summer.

Platypus

Great to hear your getting good results @BrendaninBrooklyn
Thanks for the update, it does appear to be a very capable brew grinder.

BrendaninBrooklyn

I have a range of grinders and will be adding a Niche Duo soon, just so I can try different burrs and different coffees and eventually have coffee preferences as firmly defined as my wine & ale preferences are. The Pietro appealed as an inexpensive, very small footprint means of trying very high clarity burrs. In a year when I’ve experimented enough I may reduce the number of grinders here; meanwhile I’m delighted to have the Pietro.