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Hi everyone.
I've had a burning question in my mind in the way of hand grinders. Despite the shortcomings of having to make something small with moving parts that need to be consistently well aligned for the grinding process, the prospect of getting coffee that is 'just-as-good' while away from the big machines at home is still such a plus. That, and of course the satisfaction with a morning ritual involving a much more tactile element.
My main interest of late is the rosco. I've owned the hario slim + skerton, the kyocera c50 and most recently the lido 2. Needless to say only the lido 2 has been adequate, but i still find myself wanting.
Im interested to find something on the particle size distribution curve for the lido and rosco and see how they compare. Theroetically they seem to have the right innards to produce just about 'perfect' (as perfect as a commercial grinder would anyway) alignment and particle size variation but nothing concrete in terms of evidence. \
From a personal use experience there seems to be days when grinding for filter on the lido 2 i find fairly large sized chunks mixed with a large amount of medium sized particles which gets me wondering about whether the grinder really is well-algined or still losing some of it and spitting out some irregulars. I know this could just be the grind setting and that the chewing process of the burrs will always make variations in size, and the larger i go the more this variatioin will be evident because bean particles will always be different in size, but it still cant give me what my kony at home can.
So if anyone has any insight to share on the rosco (or the lido for the matter) i'd love to hear your thoughts.
Of course the elephant in the room here is the pharos - but really, there comes a point when it is just difficult to accept that it is something i can use as a portable grinder, and the pharos seems to tip that scale a little bit. That, and of course the whale of the HG one (though both seem to be excellent grinders - just ones you would leave at home instead)
cheers
tim
I've had a burning question in my mind in the way of hand grinders. Despite the shortcomings of having to make something small with moving parts that need to be consistently well aligned for the grinding process, the prospect of getting coffee that is 'just-as-good' while away from the big machines at home is still such a plus. That, and of course the satisfaction with a morning ritual involving a much more tactile element.
My main interest of late is the rosco. I've owned the hario slim + skerton, the kyocera c50 and most recently the lido 2. Needless to say only the lido 2 has been adequate, but i still find myself wanting.
Im interested to find something on the particle size distribution curve for the lido and rosco and see how they compare. Theroetically they seem to have the right innards to produce just about 'perfect' (as perfect as a commercial grinder would anyway) alignment and particle size variation but nothing concrete in terms of evidence. \
From a personal use experience there seems to be days when grinding for filter on the lido 2 i find fairly large sized chunks mixed with a large amount of medium sized particles which gets me wondering about whether the grinder really is well-algined or still losing some of it and spitting out some irregulars. I know this could just be the grind setting and that the chewing process of the burrs will always make variations in size, and the larger i go the more this variatioin will be evident because bean particles will always be different in size, but it still cant give me what my kony at home can.
So if anyone has any insight to share on the rosco (or the lido for the matter) i'd love to hear your thoughts.
Of course the elephant in the room here is the pharos - but really, there comes a point when it is just difficult to accept that it is something i can use as a portable grinder, and the pharos seems to tip that scale a little bit. That, and of course the whale of the HG one (though both seem to be excellent grinders - just ones you would leave at home instead)
cheers
tim
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