Epica Electric Coffee Grinder & Spice Grinder -Stainless Steel Blades and Removable Grinding Cup for Easy Pouring- Strongest Motor on the Market For Fastest and Most Efficient Grinding …

Conclusion: Results can be as good as a good medium priced burr grinder and waaay better than the cheap ones ...when using the proper tecnique. I'll get to that in a minute. I am a coffee aficionado. Have been roasting and grinding our coffee for several years and in the process have tried several types and brands of grinders. How coffee beans are ground has a serious impact on the flavor of the brew.About the grinder: Uncomonly powerful, very sharp blades, thus making grinding times quite brief without raising the temperature of the beans - something cheap burr grinders are guilty of. Much quieter than the Magic Bullet. Easy to clean stainless steel cup. Besides coffee beans, your imagination is about the limit of what you can grind with the Epica Grinder. Among many uses, I use it to grind coarse salt from the Mediterranean so it can be easily poured from a common salt shaker. Freshly ground Cinnamon sticks make for aromatic and flavorful condiment, etc.After 5 months of daily use and constant experimenting, I found that there is a "right" and a "wrong" way to use it. Also, the amount of beans on the cup will also affect the results. A small load (4 cups or less) will produce uneven grinds. Large quantities (8 cups or more) will also not give you the 'perfect' grind due to extended grinding time that will inevitably turn part of the beans into fine powder regardless of tecnique. I found that best results are obtained when using SIX (6) cups of beans at a time.And without further ado, here are the results of my extended techniques evaluation:WRONG: Holding the button down for ONE continous period until all beans are ground. You will up with an uneven grind that goes from 'espresso powder' to a 'fine' size. You also run heating the beansNOT BEST BUT ACCEPTABLE: Using short blasts to allow the beans to drop to the bottom of the cup. You will inevitably end up with some fine powder and chunks of unground beans.BEST: (Again, this works flawlessly with beans enough for 6 cups of coffee)a) Blast for exactly 2 seconds (i.e. Mississipi One, Mississipi two) and STOP.b) Grab the grinder and shake it SIDE-TO-SIDE vigorously.c) Tap it gently on the counter 2 or 3 times as you put it down.d) Blast it again for another 2 secondse) Repeat (b) and (c) above (i.e. shake vigorously and gently tap on counter).f) Blast it again FOR FOUR (4) SECONDS without interruption.g) You are done!The above works to perfection with auto percolators such as any of the Cuisinart, etc. Other methods require an adjustment to the technique but you should be able to duplicate the results. For espresso just use a continuous blast while shaking the grinder on the counter.Hope this helps. Here is to great coffee!

I have owned many, many different grinders, from cheap no-name to relatively expensive ones, from blade grinders to manual ones and spice mortars. I bought an Epica grinder a year ago, and ever since it's been the only grinder I really use for spices (apart from a small pestle and mortar for saffron, which would be a waste to grind in the Epica).Not only the Epica is powerful enough to pulverize anything, including hard spices like annatto and fenugreek seeds, it's by far the easiest to clean and to dose spices out of thanks to the removable cup. The size/shape of the cup and the small ridges also help get every part ground as finely as you need. Removable cups also mean I can quickly grind spices for a meal, say harissa for meat followed by cardamom/mace/cinnamon for dessert. Harissa is such a strong spice that any other grinder would have real trouble getting cleaned well enough to grind a subtler spice right after. With the Epica, you can either use 2 cups, or quickly wash and dry the one cup to remove any odor.After more than a year of use, one of the cups failed with a piece breaking off (the part that couples with the motor at the bottom of the cup). I emailed the company asking for help, and I got a prompt email followed by a new cup (free) just a few days later. Perella is truly a company that stands behind their product and they really mean it when they say "2 years warranty".I just wish they sold the grinder with 2 cups as an option. The grinder is very well priced for the features, but an additional cup costs more than half the price of a new grinder ($8+6 shipping, as of this writing). If the cup were available when buying the grinder, it would be much more cost effective. I believe that everybody would benefit from 2 cups, to keep flavors separate. Competitors with removable cups do offer kits with multiple cupsAll in all, truly a great product and a bargain at the current price

The media could not be loaded.  This is the perfect coffee grinder!! I avoided buying a new one for the longest time because all of mine ended up dying or being such a hassle. I love that the cup comes out so you can just pick it up and dump out the coffee into your coffee maker or french press.. This makes it so easy to clean, and much easier to use. I used to have the one where you had to unplug it and pick up the entire grinder to dump it, which got annoying. After having that one-piece kind, I tried getting a hand-grinder, but that was way too much work if you're just trying to grind up a quick batch before work. I love that with the epica grinder, if you wanted to grind something other than coffee, you can easily wash the cup without worrying about keeping the electrical components dry. I'm a big fan, and definitely recommend this coffee grinder.Update: it did burn out after 11 months of use so I am buying a second one. I wish they would have a safety mechanism to shut itself off before it overheats, so once it cools down it will work again. I think the threshold for overheating got more sensitive overtime. It was slightly overfilled one time, ran for maybe ten seconds twice, then it stopped working and never worked again (directions say you can run for 20 seconds straight and up to 60 seconds total before it needs to be cooled down).So, word of advice: be very gentle and overly cautious, don’t fill at all over the line: better to be obviously under it, and make sure to feel the sides to make sure it’s not hot.Second update: We have been pretty cautious now on this second one, and it has lasted us so far for at least another several months. Still love the great design and good shape for storage. We use it to make cold brew at home all the time!

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS. BROKE 2 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS RECEIVED. REALLY BAD DEAL