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La Pavoni PA-Burr Coffee Grinder, White
The PA-BURR series of semi – professional grinders offer you the experts chosen method of grinding. Beans are introduced to the grinding chamber a few at a time and ground between two ring burrs, ensuring a consistent, even grind. La Pavoni grinders automatically dial-in the exact amount of coffee required, from 1 to 12 cups and adjust to espresso, coarse and drip settings. Available in 2 finishes, white or black.
Made of sturdy ABS plastic they feature 19 grind settings, a 1/4 lb capacity hopper and removable burrs for cleaning. 130 watt motor, 110 volts, UL listed. 1 Year warranty. Please note: the espresso grind from this grider is appropriate for espresso machines with pressurized filters or filter handles. Not recommended for commercial or semi-commercial espresso makers or La Pavoni lever machines.
Grind coffee with the ease and accuracy of a professional with this coffee grinder by La Pavoni. The bean chamber conveniently holds 4 ounces of coffee (enough for 18 cups) so you won’t need to keep refilling it when brewing for a large group. The fineness selector on the left side of the unit has 19–count ‘em, 19–settings, from coarse to extra fine. Happily, this precision machine doesn’t leave much room for human error. Set the amount of coffee you are going to grind for the number of cups desired, and an automatic portion timer will hold you to the proper grind time, switching itself off when finished. This heavy-duty grinder grinds slowly with burrs instead of a blade so there’s no heat buildup, thereby ensuring those flavorful oils you know and love remain intact. –Jane DePaolo
La Pavoni PA-Burr Coffee Grinder, White Features:
- Grinds coffee beans with powerful burr action for drip coffee
- 18 grind levels
- Hopper holds up to 1/4 pound of beans
- Dial allows cup settings from 1 to 12
- Hand wash or wipe clean
La Pavoni PA-Burr Coffee Grinder, White Reviews
Only scores in looks…
I was really looking forward to this LaPavoni grinder so when it turned out to be a dud it was a big disapointment to me.
My previous grinder worked fine for a for a few years. Maybe the best thing about that machine was it didn’t over-promisse — the only thing you could adjust was the coarseness of the grind, and that worked fine. It’s only shortcoming was you had to hold the ON button for the duration of the grinding process, but since that was was usually less than a minute it wasn’t too annoying.
The La Pavoni promisses to grind the “right amount per cup” and has a setting for that but unfortunately that is totally ficticious! It’s “fine to coarse” grind scale is equally ridiculous, all it manages to produce is coffee ground medium fine to dust fine. It also somehow manages to spray ground coffee on the counter. In brief, it irritates me each and every morning!! I can get there without buying a grinder.
No Good for Course Grind (French Press)
“The” reason I bought this grinder was for course ground for my French press. This grinder mixes in finely ground coffee with the course grind. I get accumulation of fine ground at top corner of the collection bin, on top of the coursely ground coffee. This makes icky coffee using a Fr. press. Whereas coffee ground in a store results in properly course ground coffee for my press.
Pavoni tech support (in New York – not Italy) (okay he had a NY Italian accent and tried to be helpful), tried to convince me the problem was my choice of coffee (i.e. large coffee retailer whose roasting makes their beans too oily. I tried some other brands but same problem. The grinder clearly shoots out finely ground coffee mixed in with the course grind. Cleaning the blades, etc. did not help. This gringer is a No-Go for use with French press.
Great unit for the price! Much better then the blade grinders.
If you expect this unit to work as well as a $200 burr grinder, don’t waste your money. However, If you are currently using a blade type coffee grinder and would like to dramatically improve the flavor of your home ground coffee beans, then this unit might be a good chose for you. I didn’t want to spend the $100 plus for a grinder. Frankly, I wasn’t convinced that a blade grinder versus a burr grinder would make a difference in the way the end coffee would taste. When my blade grinder finally died, I decided I wanted to test this theory that a burr grinder produced a better tasting cup of coffee with the same beans I was using in my blade grinder. You will read from many sources on the web that the blade grinders will over heat the beans during the grind, and this is the reason you get an off or bitter flavor. Well, I would feel the ground beans right after blade grinding and I could feel any heat buildup. They weren’t even warm. So how could this cause any off flavor?
Well, I ordered the La Pavoni PA-BURR grinder. As soon as I got it I had to try it out. I placed the grind adjustment about in the middle of the range. I put in the quantity of beans that I needed. Next, I set the grind timer for the number of cups worth of bean I wanted ground and started the grinder. All went well. After making coffee with the same beans I used in my old blade grinder, I was totally shocked that I could truly tell a difference in the flavor! Not just a minor flavor change, but a WOW type of improvement. I’m hooked! A burr grinder does make a flavor improvement, though I don’t buy the theory that it is due to the blade type grinder over heating the beans. I think it has to due more with some of the bean being pulverized so fine that this causes the off flavor, though I really don’t know why.
I have to tell you that I did have one disaster with the La Pavoni PA. After my first use I decided to clean the burr grinder out with a brush. I found the burr grinder comes apart by turning the top burr a few degrees, which unlocks it allowing it to be lifted out. I found it easy to brush out and pretty uneventful, until my next grind! Somehow I didn’t get the burr locked back in place. This caused the grinder to lift the burr out and the beans grind was a mix of all sizes from unground beans to power, not to mention the mess everywhere. So, if you use this grinder and remove the burr at some point, make sure you turn it fully and tightly back in the lock position.
Pros: Very good grind and consistent grind size. Very little dust. The price for what you get. Very easy to use. Noise level is acceptable. The unit looks good. Much better tasting coffee compared to a blade grinder.
Cons: The cup to grind timer doesn’t match with its markings. Makes a mess if you don’t get the burr grinder seated and locked. There is a little bit of grinding dust that can get on my kitchen counter. Not really anymore then my old blade grinder.
Conclusion, I am really enjoying this new grinder. If it were to fail in the future, I might be willing to purchase a higher dollar burr grinder now that I know that it does make a difference in flavor. I have had this unit for a month now and really like it. It truly hit the price value point for me.
Good grinder for the money
This is far from a perfect burr grinder, but it’s really worth the money compared to the inexpensive Krups blade grinder I used to use. The grinds seem to be a lot more consistant. It can get a little messy, but it’s a small price to pay. If you must have perfection spend the few hundred bucks, but if you want an ample grinder this one is it.
Great value coffee grinder
This is a great burr coffee grinder for the money. It runs quiet and the motor is sufficiently powerful. The basket, grind settings and the push button start are all very convenient to use.
Prior to this purchase, I had bought 2 other burr-type grinders that did not come close to the performance of the LaPavoni, but cost the same. Their motors were too small (one burned out after only a month), the basket and controls were not as convenient and they were very NOISY!
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