New grinder from the folks behind the HG-One (and a new website)

[jaredw]

Details can be found here. I am super excited for this grinder. My super jolly has served me well but i have been really looking for a grinder that caters to single dosing. While the hg-one peaked my interest. I am not really one for hand grinding in the morning.

[jaredw]

Oh and it looks like the price will be 3200USD.

[mcoccia]

I was interested but not at that price.

[jaredw]

I was interested but not at that price.

Yup! I was expecting around 2k which i would have been happy to pay. This is approaching 5k once you import and pay all fees etc. I could get a robur and a ek43 for that price.

[TC]

https://youtu.be/dik_wnOE4dk

[SniffCoffee]

Looks fantastic but for that price...ouch!

As a lucky early adopter of the HG-One, I got it when the Aussie $ was nice and strong...but this one...sigh...

[jaredw]

Looks fantastic but for that price...ouch!

As a lucky early adopter of the HG-One, I got it when the Aussie $ was nice and strong...but this one...sigh...

Looks like the hg-one price has increased as well. How do you find the hg-one compared to electric grinders? How hard is it to grind first thing in the morning?

[tobeanornottobean]

I can't speak from experience, but judging by how I feel most mornings, I'd say it's plenty hard enough. Particularly in the half an hour I allow to make coffee and get ready before I fly out the doorski.

[pyrmontboy200]

Details can be found here. I am super excited for this grinder. My super jolly has served me well but i have been really looking for a grinder that caters to single dosing. While the hg-one peaked my interest. I am not really one for hand grinding in the morning.

Is that a telescope or a coffee grinder ?

[SniffCoffee]

Looks like the hg-one price has increased as well. How do you find the hg-one compared to electric grinders? How hard is it to grind first thing in the morning?

Not hard at all. I'm using a small doserless electric grinder at the moment and to fill the portafilter and deal with the clumping means it probably takes longer than using the HG-one. I got one of the early 71mm burr editions mainly because it was apparenlty easier to grinder than the 84mm burr ones, but I doubt they're much harder to use.

Sometimes the HG-One gets a little staticky by which I mean the grinds stick to the funnel even after I've given the beans a quick mist of water before grinding them.

But frankly the HG-One is much more convenient and just as fast as a small electric grinder. I think the grind is definitely better too.

[Dimal]

As a piece of elegant engineering and design, it is quite interesting but that's about all...

Mal.

[habahabanero]

Is that a telescope or a coffee grinder ?

Don't know about telescope, I suspect if I stuck on the bench in the lab it would take most people a while to work out it wasn't a new microscope. Don't think the resemblance is incidental though.

[kyeba]

I guess they've priced it accordingly because they know single dosers will go nuts for a grinder aimed at them

[jaredw]

I guess they've priced it accordingly because they know single dosers will go nuts for a grinder aimed at them

The general attitude so far seems to be "not for that price". Certainly has out priced me.

[SniffCoffee]

I'm also surprised that they haven't used the EK43 burrs which apparently are 'the bomb' for flat burrs?