OT. WTB a coffee grinder

[aaron]

I know with 1000+ members it is worth a shot asking:
I am looking to buy a commercial grade Coffee grinder like a Rancilio or Mazzer and was wondering if there was anyone on this board who might work in that field that could hook me up? I'm looking to get out of this as cheaply as i can.
Any advice would be apprecited
Aaron

 

[jhale]

wow, how much coffee do you drink? :scratchch

maybe you can find a used one in one of the shops on bowery if no one here has one.

 

[Gmandese]

Try Restaurant Depot, in Maspeth, Queens. It's at 74 st and Grand Ave, just off the LIE. It takes up the whole block. You might need to open an account, though (wholesale only, I think.) But, they have EVERYTHING.Sorry, but I don't have the phone #

 

[aaron]

Jhale, I drink A LOT of coffee.
I really just posted here on the off chance that someone owned a restuarnt supply business or had a cafe that was closing. You never know.
The grinder i am looking at costs as much as a Calcium reactor so any price break i could get would be very welcome.

 

[bad coffee]

I just bought a melita grind and brew. Makes okay coffee. But it's a chop grinder, not a burr. Not bad for $60 from target.

Bed bath and beyond had a smaller burr grinder for $40.

B

 

[aaron]

Thanks for the tips BC but I went for a cheap domestic the first time around, Now i have a grinder that is held together with gafffer tape. This time i am going all metal, fully commercial, so that hopefully this will be the grinder they bury with me.

 

[ECFENCING]

Aaron;

Bodum makes a good burr grinder at a reasonable price. You should check out coffeegeek.com

Also was thinking of getting the Pasquini Livia 90 Capuccino Machine or the new bodum cappucino machine is a great deal and a work of art IMHO.

 

[jhale]

This time i am going all metal so that hopefully this will be the grinder they bury with me.

you sick puppy, this is going on your headstone :wink1:

 

[kimoyo]

Good stuff Aaron! I'm into coffee also, working around a bunch of Europeans in a lab while I was in school in Rochester, NY got me that way. Although I don't drink much anymore. I have a Mazzer grinder and Rancilio espresso machine but when I came back home my mom didn't share my enthusiasm, lol. So when I redo my room for my new skimmer I'm ordering I'm going to make a nice area to showcase the coffee stuff off also right next to my tank.

I got mine from http://www.wholelattelove.com/, they are actually located in Rochester so I just went and picked it up. But I didn't get a hook up or anything, cost more than my new skimmer. Talk about two expensive hobbies.

I even got one of those piston tampers. I could never get 30lbs of force right :lol:.

 

[kimoyo]

wow, how much coffee do you drink? :scratchch

You have no idea how deep this goes. This hobby has nothing on coffee addiction.

 

[kimoyo]

Aaron;

Bodum makes a good burr grinder at a reasonable price. You should check out coffeegeek.com

Also was thinking of getting the Pasquini Livia 90 Capuccino Machine or the new bodum cappucino machine is a great deal and a work of art IMHO.

Yeah, coffeegeek.com is a good site.

Pasquini livia 90, man talk about expensive. Auto or manual?

 

[jhale]

I've got some nice columbia supremo, anyone want to trade some frags for it?

mmmmmm coffee

darn, now i'm going to have to make some, you guys are a bad influence

 

[herman]

Iam currently at 20+ cups of coffee. I went out and got one of those fully automatic machines. Fill water tank, fill bean tank then just press buttons. Freakin thing froths the milk for a good cappucino. Worth every penny man!!! If you are looking for something for yourself they have entrylevel automatics for under 500 at bed bath and beyond.

 

[ECFENCING]

Paul

Manual. Really want a Technivorm auto drip machine as well. Supposedly the best out there and one of the few that brews coffee at the correct temp. The Mocca Master CD was the one I was looking at.

wholelattelove is a great site as well as sweetmaries (I think).


Right now I have a 14 year old Gaggia Classic machine. It still works great though but really like the look of the Pasquini but at $1500 I think I'll pass.

 

[aaron]

I am currently trying to convince my wife that we need to buy a Faema E61 Legend single group - my absolute dream machine and in the same price range as a car. I currently have an original Bezzera classic lever action manual machine which is good but its in need of a service.
Its good to see there are a few other coffee freaks out there, I dont feel so wierd now.

 

[jhale]

i think you need your own forum now

20 cups a day Herman, tell me that's not right?!

 

[aaron]

I thought Herman was looking a little twitchy the other night.

 

[gil716]

lol. nice to see some other coffee nutjobs here. wait till you try roasting your own beans. you'll never go back to store bought again.

 

[bad coffee]

<---- likes $1 deli coffee

B

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

.50 deli coffee is better LOL