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Customer
Reviews
Customer Review #1
"An
excellent purchase that I've been using for a
couple of weeks. After reading conflicting
reviews of other burr grinders, at Amazon and
other coffee websites, I decided not to spend a
fortune and instead take a chance on this Lello
Ariete based on positive reviews of other Lello
products. I really lucked out on this one, as
it has well exceeded my expectations.
It grinds very well, from coarse to super fine,
and does not spew grounds out when you open and
pour. It does not generate static electricity,
and I do not need to cleanup anything after
I've used it. The machine grinds at low rpm,
and though not quiet, isn't super loud.
Overall, the design functions well and the
tapered plastic catch bin makes it easy to pour
the grounds into a small french press without
spilling and without needing a funnel. The lack
of static also means that all the grounds leave
the plastic bin with gentle tapping, and do not
stick on the inside. For 30 bucks this is all
pretty miraculous. I've only been using it for
a couple of weeks, so can say nothing about
longevity.
It does an excellent coarse grind for the
french press (Bodum), which is my favorite way
to make a great cup of strong coffee. I do not
like drip methods, which almost always leave a
long lingering sour aftertaste of paper.
I've also tried the Bialetti Brikka stovetop
espresso maker. Following to the letter its
instructions, the coffee always seems to boil
in the top chamber, no matter how low a flame I
use or how quickly I get it off the stove when
coffee starts coming out the top. If you like
strong, burnt tasting coffee, this is the
machine for you.
I enjoy an occasional espresso, but do not like
to drive myself nuts, so I don't own a finicky
espresso machine. But I recently bought an
Aerobie Aeropress (about 26 bucks) that makes a
very good espresso or a smooth, strong
coffee...worth checking out, as it is simple to
use and consistent in results."
- Actual review from
Amazon.com
Customer Review #2
"Overall, this isn't
a bad grinder for the money. It does the job,
and my espresso tastes good. So far it seems to
be doing better each time we use it (we've only
had it for a week), so maybe it needs a bit
more running in. Here's the pros/cons we've
found so far:
Pros:
* Big hopper holds heaps of coffee beans
* Grind is very consistant
Cons:
* Ohhhh the noise. Lets be fair - all grinders
are noisy, but when the beans are going through
the burrs, the machine makes a high pitched
kind of squealing noise - like a pig having
it's tail run over. We leave our kitchen once
we've turned it on.
* The grind isn't quite fine enough. We use the
grinds in our Saeco home espresso machine, and
I have to tamp the coffee *really* hard to
compensate; otherwise the espresso comes out
tasting very watered down.
* The collecting bin to catch the grind is
terribly designed. Firstly, there's a heap of
static electricity in there, so the grind
sticks to all the edges. Secondly, the bin has
a lid on it, and when you take it off, all the
grind that's "stuck" to the lid goes
everywhere. Finally, it's an awkward shape, so
unless you grind a ton of beans to fill it up,
getting the grind out is a very messy
operation.
Like I said, for 30 bucks it's not a bad buy,
but if you're after a better investment and
have a big more dough to blow, get the Delonghi
KG100 (sold in the USA as the Starbucks Barista
Burr Grinder)."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
Customer Review #3
"Thi s coffee
grinder has it all- a large bean storage area,
a number of choices for the fineness of the
grind,a neat system for selecting the number of
cups in the batch you grind. All it lacks is a
muffler.It is LOUD. If nobody is sleeping when
you grind,they probably won't be alarmed."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
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