Just about time to upgrade my grinder.
I'm contemplating a Mazzer Mini, the question is will I notice much of a difference changing from my much loved Rocky doser to the Mazzer?
So guess I should ask if the Mazzer will produce a more consistent, finer grind with less clumping than the Rocky.
Thoughts please.

bennett wrote on May 13^th, 2010, 7:19pm:

Thanks for your thoughts, have done quite a bit of research, obviously there are better grinders than the Mazzer however $800 delivered is as high as I'm prepared to go.
Of course I'm open to other suggestions within my budgetary constraints.

I haven't used a Rocky but I think it's fair to say my big, stepped Faema MPN commercial would leave the Rocky for dead? - the only big clump it ever saw was me.

Faema now replaced by a Mazzer M. No contest, Mazzer wins. So I would imagine a very noticeable difference between the Mazzer and the Rocky.

Don

G'day Jon....

Best advice really mate, (if it is both practical and feasible to do so) is to grab a bag of freshly roasted coffee (about which you are very familiar), your Rocky and then trundle off to the Coffee Barun and do a direct comparison.

When I upgraded from the Rocky, I went up to a commercial 64mm machine and the improved quality in the espresso pours was quite marked. My Rocky was bog standard though, no mod's to the Burr Carrier threads, etc.

There're a lot of anecdotal claims to be found at all the likely websites, that the jump from the Rocky to the Mazzer Mini is quite noticeable in the cup but unless you really know and trust the people making these claims, it really just comes down to making the jump and living with the decision. As others have mentioned above, don't leave the Compak K3 'T' or 'E' out of the equation either. These are probably the best value grinder around at this burr size.

All the best mate....

Mal.

Just noticed the new Mazzer's have a tamper attached to the front, looks like they can be easily removed, is this correct?

Shame you're not in Adelaide Jon. I don't have a MM but I do have a K3 & Anfim Best which are in the same ballpark which you would have been free to play with.  I also have a Gino Rossi commercial grinder for comparison's sake.

Have you considered the K3 Elite WBC?  May want to check with Talk Coffee & other sponsors regarding price.  It doesn't have annoying tamper at the front.  I have the older version; even if you remove the tamper there's still a big clump of metal blocking your view of the group handle.

Caffeine Junky wrote on May 14^th, 2010, 9:48pm:

Thanks for the kind offer CJ, distance means I'm going to have to make the decision based on online research.
The Mazzer looks to be smaller than the Compak and because of limited bench space for me smaller is better.
Not sure I know quite what you mean (big clump of metal blocking view of group handle) I assume this is with reference to the Compak.

Cheers,

Jon.

Jon. wrote on May 14^th, 2010, 11:41pm:


Picture says a thousand words.  Notice the different shapes of the doser chambers.  That bulge at the front of the old/standard version really blocks your view of the group handle when it's sitting on the forks.

Sorry to chime in on your thread Jon, but im going through a simmilar thing atm, is the Mazzer really worth forking out double the price of the Rocky, ie, is it really twice as good?

N.B it will be accompanying a La Pavoni Leva professional.

Cheers,
Kotaro

Edited:

GregWormald wrote on May 16^th, 2010, 4:20pm:


Greg, since my last post, i have done a whole lot of research, and have indeed decided that it is worth the extra bit of cash.  

So, I've pulled the trigger, ordered a Mazzer Mini from the very helpful Roger at Supreme roasters.
Now the wait begins, I'm hoping to have it on the bench by the end of next week, we'll see.