Capresso Infinity Conical Burr Grinders
by Jura-Capresso
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Capresso Infinity Conical Burr Grinders
Customer Review: A great grinder!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Capresso Infinity burr grinder is a great machine. It is quiet (to a degree and relative to other grinders). It grinds quickly and is easy to use and clean.Customer Review: I didn't think a grinder could make a difference...
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW! I was wrong. Coffee tastes so much better with this grinder. Making coffee is easier. Less mess. Quicker coffee making. A GREAT purchase.Customer Review: If you've never had one of these you don't know what your missing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Extremely high quality. Grinds those beans to perfection EVERY time. It's quiet, goes to work like a pro, and super simple cleanup.Customer Review: excellent grinder
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using my Capresso Grinder for about two years now. Zero problems. Best grinder I've ever owned.Customer Review: Great machine topped by a fragile hopper.
Summary: 4 Stars
Wow, is your first response when you pick up the base. It is a heavy, serious machine. Unfortunately, and Capresso does this with ALL of their products, the clear plastic parts are made of the crappiest, most fragile plastic I've seen since the cheap plastic toys of my youth. Where do they even find a supplier for such crappy plastic in this modern age? Anyone who's tried to get a product out of a throw-away package knows what I mean--plastics can be like iron--ever tried to break anything made of polycarbonate? Fighter jet canopies are made of polycarbonate, but also almost anything I buy, expensive or cheap, is made of really tough plastics... why not these parts? Later note: The bin that collects the ground coffee seems pretty sturdy (we'll see).
Why that matters: The hopper is not just where you dump the beans, you also turn it to select the grind.
Here's something dumb I did: I didn't quite get how the hopper goes on, I lined up the dot (as the instructions said) and turned it the right way but it didn't want to go into place, so (stupid me!) I reached inside and turned it via the small cone inside (seemed easier to line it up that way) and SNAP! That cone was attached by thin brittle legs and one broke off... now just two of these legs hold the cone.
As for the grinder. Again, WOW. I had been using a Capresso grinder for 15 years. It still works great but it's noisy and I just wanted the slower grinding that this model does. This is a serious piece of machinery. The three-prong cord is like what you'd see on a heavy-duty electric yard maintenance device, such as an edger. It works great and really does seem to keep the ground coffee from sticking to the sides of the (again) cheap plastic bin. I'd say the noise volume is less than half what it was on my earlier Capresso. You could probably talk at a normal volume over this one... the old one drove people out of the room or you stopped talking until it was done.
It is only (for reasons that I fail to understand and simply stun me) the clear plastic parts (hopper and bin) that are bad. I still expect that by being careful, I'll get a long life out of those parts. The receiving bin on my old Capresso was the same crappy plastic and, chipped and cracked, it still functions. At some time, in say 5 years, you WILL drop the hopper or the bin. I suggest ordering replacements ahead of time (about $5.00 for the hopper).
I do want to conclude on a positive note about the grinder itself. It is certainly the best I've seen. It makes a satisfying sound when grinding like it is all business and under no strain whatsoever. I have the stainless steel model.