Originally posted by level3ninja
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that people have picked up on that we are just trying to get a better brew in the mornings and and that in our situation we will have to compromise. Probably the most important factors for us are size of grinder (storage space used), ease of use (time/ease to grind meaning we will use it) and quality of grind (good for 25g hits for our moka pot) and durability (handle travel including eg. corregated roads, we can wrap if needed).RE: optimising bean storage and freshness once opened (no freezer space for beans). I think this is our likely approach from what I have heard, do these approaches sound reasonable (daily temperatures will vary greatly but we usually avoid extreme heat/cold pretty well) ?
- The small plastic containers we travel with hold about 200g of coffee beens, therefore we vacuum seal bags around this size for 4-8 weeks at a time to keep in our storage (likely provide good cushioning), after that we source rooasters as opportunities present. Once a vacuum sealed bag of beans is open it will be in the plastic container for a about a week before we open another (can be in fridge most of the time if this helps)
- Approach 1, but with larger vaccum sealed bags of about 400-500g (might be easier to work with). Once opened stored in 1 plastic 200g container and remaining left in open bag sealed wrapped up with rubber band and kept in fridge. Original sealed bag opened for about 2 weeks as beans and freshly ground daily.
RE: Shortlisted grinder units looks like a choice of 3 so far, I will list them by smallest size first and I suspect it may be the reverse order of ease of use. Please let me know if I am missing anything or any others I should be considering?
- Precision Hand Grinder (new kid on the block, I have found somewhere I can have a play with one of these and it can likely handle a drill if needed occasionally). As there is not much information around about these it would be great to hear others experiences)
- Gefu Lorenzo (looks good and has been around for while, largely available and seems to have a 5 yr warranty, no drill likely)
- Lido models (best in class, no drill likely, wasn't looking to spend this much consider used model)

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