It grinds, it seems to be of sufficient durability and it takes maybe 4 minutes of turning the crank to get enough for a moderately strong 20 oz. mug of coffee.
The crank is a bit hard to get used to but it does work.
It comes apart rather easily, but pay attention to how all the little parts fit together before you dismantle it! There are NO reassembly instructions.
The grinder is ceramic which is good and bad. Good because its durable; bad because you get coffee embedded in the pours that cannot be cleaned out. Maybe bleach it, but then again maybe not.
Works well
It grinds, it seems to be of sufficient durability and it takes maybe 4 minutes of turning the crank to get enough for a moderately strong 20 oz. mug of coffee. The crank is a bit hard to get used to but it does work. It comes apart rather easily, but pay attention to how all the little parts fit together before you dismantle it! There are NO reassembly instructions. The grinder is ceramic which is good and bad. Good because its durable; bad because you get coffee embedded in the pours that cannot be cleaned out. Maybe bleach it, but then again maybe not.