Theres no doubt the Mazzer Mini does the bare minimum you want from a grinder - grind coffee beans well - but so little thought has gone into anything beyond that. So bad is the doser, its like theyve set out to conspire against us.
First the sweep. Unless you modify the blades with tape or something, you will always have a layer of unswept grounds left on your doser floor. So easy to fix, but they couldnt be bothered.
Next the forks. Youll be tempted to keep them to tap on, but otherwise all they do is get in the road of your distribution and serve as a rack to gather spilled grounds. The sooner you lose them the better.
Then the spill tray. If you have the plastic one, its already broken. The newer metal one, like the forks, just adds to your cleaning ritual, without catching enough to be useful. Again, the sooner you lose it the better.
Up above in the doser theres a little finger guard. Itll stop you from getting into the chute to brush out stale grounds. Youll need to lose that as well.
Speaking of which, brush all you like, youll never get the top of those vanes clean again.
Next up, the throw to the left. Youll soon learn the faster you tug that lever, the further your grounds wind up under your machine, or whatevers to the left of your grinder. You might try disassembling your doser and adding a little funnel. It will help a bit, when its not getting clogged.
And finally but of course foremost, the sheer volume of mess thrown in all directions. Mazzer has cleverly curved the front, and indented the forks zone, so nothing youll find on planet Earth will fit flush against it to catch the grounds. Your destiny is to sweep the surrounding square meter of bench furiously after every coffee. Itll keep you awake at night. But youll never solve it.
Italians, eh? Just be thankful they dont make planes.
First the sweep. Unless you modify the blades with tape or something, you will always have a layer of unswept grounds left on your doser floor. So easy to fix, but they couldnt be bothered.
Next the forks. Youll be tempted to keep them to tap on, but otherwise all they do is get in the road of your distribution and serve as a rack to gather spilled grounds. The sooner you lose them the better.
Then the spill tray. If you have the plastic one, its already broken. The newer metal one, like the forks, just adds to your cleaning ritual, without catching enough to be useful. Again, the sooner you lose it the better.
Up above in the doser theres a little finger guard. Itll stop you from getting into the chute to brush out stale grounds. Youll need to lose that as well.
Speaking of which, brush all you like, youll never get the top of those vanes clean again.
Next up, the throw to the left. Youll soon learn the faster you tug that lever, the further your grounds wind up under your machine, or whatevers to the left of your grinder. You might try disassembling your doser and adding a little funnel. It will help a bit, when its not getting clogged.
And finally but of course foremost, the sheer volume of mess thrown in all directions. Mazzer has cleverly curved the front, and indented the forks zone, so nothing youll find on planet Earth will fit flush against it to catch the grounds. Your destiny is to sweep the surrounding square meter of bench furiously after every coffee. Itll keep you awake at night. But youll never solve it.
Italians, eh? Just be thankful they dont make planes.


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