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The silver portion of the finish is paint, not stainless steel.The lights are meaningless.essentially timers.Cord retractor is great.
I use this grinder for grinding spices. I am sure it would work equally as well for grinding coffee. It works like a charm and is easy to clean. Great product.
Varying the amount of beans does not improve this. In fact, all the grinds are uneven.
The first was an old Braun that worked well for years until I lost it during a move. This is the second grinder I have owned.
I was further disappointed when I noticed, particularly with coarse-medium grinds, many of the beans are unground or ground unevenly. I purchased this grinder because of the seemingly easy to use feature for making coarse, medium, and fine grinds.
I was somewhat disappointed when I realized that the difference was only in the duration of the grinding. What I usually get is a mix of really finely ground beans with really course grinds, regardless of how long I grind it.
I give this two stars for lack of precision.
The DeLonghi DCG39 Electric Grinder, 2.36-Ounce Capacity is ***the*** best coffee bean grinder I have ever used (and I have had quite the collection of them). The settings are easy to use and precise, and it's attractive looking, too. I liked it so much that I bought one as part of a wedding gift, too. I will buy more as gifts in the future, for my coffee-snob friends and family.
And if I try to tip the grounds into the lid first, they tend to overflow and make a worse mess. Several beans were unground and sitting at the top of the grinder untouched when the coarse light was lit.
But unfortunately it doesn't work for the type of brewing we do. I wanted to like this grinder - it just looks so nice on the counter.
But for some reason the oily beans end up being groud for a longer period of time so what is supposed to be a coarse grind looks more like a medium to find grind (and lots of coffee dust in the resulting brew). We use a coffee press and use French roast beans, which tend to be very oily.
I first tested the grinder with regular roast beans and thought it did outstanding. It's also a challenge to get all the grounds into the coffee pot - not impossible, but the base is very wide and I have to be mindful how I tip the grounds into the coffeemaker.
It's back to our trust basic Krups until I can find a grinder that'll do a better job with the beans we use.
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