Hario MSS-1B 1-Piece Coffee Mini Mill Slim Grinder

I deliberately delayed this review for a few weeks so I could give a view from some experience. I enjoy good coffee, but top quality equipment like grinders and espresso machines are expensive pieces of kit. I had been using a cheap burr grinder but the grind was coarse and uneven. The Hario was a revelation. The quality of the build seems good, the plastic parts seem good quality and will hopefully last a while, and when they eventually do wear out replacing the mill won't break the bank. It's easy to adjust the grind and I can get a nice even moderately fine grind for my Aeropress if I tighten the adjuster nut until it's locked, and dial back 3 or 4 clicks - that reliably gives me the grind I want. The finer you grind, the longer it takes, it takes me about as long to grind enough beans for one cup of coffee as it does for the kettle to boil. I've been meaning to have a go to see if it will grind fine enough for a Turkish coffee, but haven't got round to it yet. The handle is comfortable in the hand and easy to turn, and it's much quieter than an electric grinder, I can get up early and brew up and not wake anybody. The mill is easy to strip down and reassemble for cleaning, you just need to take note of the order of the parts, although it's mostly pretty obvious. There's something rather satisfying about grinding coffee beans by hand as well - part of the joy of brewing coffee for me is the ritual, and this is a little bit more ritual. The Hario is not the answer if you're brewing up a big batch of coffee for guests or a dinner party, but for making a coffee for one or two it's just the job. I'm very pleased with it.

I've used this mill daily for just over two months. It's very nice to be able to hand grind my own coffee, I can't use an electric mill due to noise issues, this is quiet. The grinding sensation can also be quite relaxing! Grinding size is is easy and simple to adjust. I can grind for two cups and leave half the ground coffee in the receptacle until I want to use it. -I use a somewhat fine grind setting, as I find using the finest setting takes far too long for me to grind for a single cup. Grinding two cups' worth can be a bit tiring on this setting, but doesn't take more then a couple of minutes. Tip; I give the grinder a light tap after finishing grinding to displace any grounds that have not fallen out of the mill, -otherwise they often end up on the counter-top. The general build construction seems good, the handle is sturdy and I have not been worried about breaking the grinder. Cleaning the receptacle has been easy, although I haven't tried cleaning the mill itself. The handle detaches effortlessly to allow the mill cap to be removed, the receptacle screw-action feels sturdy. The grinder can be stored very easily (I'm a student- space is a premium!) and doesn't take up much space. - Detaching the handle reduces the grinder's profile for storage. I'm unsure how bean size would affect the grinding, but the mill processes small beans very well (5mm?). I can't come up with any faults for the product. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase and would recommend the product. Delivery from Japan Syndrome was very slow, but arrived within a month.

I've been using this product for a few days now and in the main have found it to be excellent. I bought this to use at work to grind beans for an AeroPress and it produces a lovely consistent grind. I've been using 5-6 clicks back from finest/fully clockwise. To adjust the grind, unscrew the grinder/coffee bean hopper from the plastic grinds compartment below and on the underside of the grinder you'll see a wing-like nut that you can adjust with a click at each setting - clockwise for finer, anticlockwise for coarser. Ensure you have the handle attached and hold it steady whilst adjusting to keep the mechanism still. I tend to find that 17g of beans (which give me enough for a double shot) come up to just about level with the top of the 4 dividers inside the hopper, so I don't really need to carry scales around with me either. Compared to an electric grinder it may seem slow, but I think there are certain things in life we shouldn't need to speed up and this is one of them. Clearly if you ran a coffee shop, this wouldn't work for you, but for a home enthusiast it's great. Also, the slower grind will produce less heat and combined with the ceramic burrs will ensure there's no other tastes creeping in there. My only real criticism is that the plastic/perspex container that your grinds fall into tends to not let all the grinds fall out when you try to tip them into your brewing device of choice. I've read that it may be static attracting them to the container. I imagine a coarser grind may not suffer from this as much. I've just bought a Hario Skerton for home and that has a glass container for the grinds, so shouldn't suffer from this. It's still early days for me, but so far, so good. I'll update once I've been using it a bit longer. For the money you can't go wrong with this really. Buy one!

After a months use, of making 2 coffees a day I haven't tired of manually grinding and have been charmed enough by this to buy a second - one to leave on an espresso grind, one on a french press grind, and to write a more detailed dedicated review on my blog with both French Press and Espresso grinds, timing, photos and a lot more detail if you are interested, but I've done a full summary here. [...] Shipped directly from Japan it can take a while to arrive, but very pleasantly surprised with the quality at the price. It is really compact, which means it perfectly fits in a shelf, the handle just clicks off - so it uses almost no footprint in the kitchen. Beans go in the top (securely enough), and the cup at the bottom collects everything neatly and has approximate graduations which you quickly become able to judge how much to do with minimum effort and coffee wasted. The main thing people warn about manual grinders is they take a lot of turning. Exactly how much is not very clear from many reviews. So for the amount of coffee I need to grind for one double espresso in my machine, on the finest setting for this grinder, it takes me 2m 25s, ensuring a nice smooth action to get the best grind. At this speed this leaves my arm tired, (like whipping cream manually), but me not out of breath, although slightly more awake. On the finest setting (click positions not infinitely adjustable) the grind is very very nice. Very even, and good texture. Much better than my previous electric burr grinder. Stands up to and improves on the grind of some premium mail order ground coffee I was back to backing it with. Practically (and I think this might be a winner for me) It is much, much quieter than an electric. My work means I regularly leave at 05:00 and putting the electric grinder on wasn't fair on my better half, or the baby. Whilst not silent, this noise is definitely not an issue for anyone outside the room - I just need to budget 2 minutes of grinding rather than 20s. Lastly the intangibles. I really liked doing the coffee this way. I felt involved, it's a nice hands on object, it made a measurable difference to the quality of the coffee, and it really didn't cost very much.

Didn't know what I was looking for when I first started looking at coffee grinders, found these reviews very helpful. After a short while narrowed the choice down to this one and it's slightly bigger brother 'Hario Medium Glass Hand Coffee Grinder' So what is the difference? well this one has a cap on the chamber which receives the coffee beans, so the beans stay in there (the other one doesn't have a cover but not having tried it not sure whether they jump out or not when you get near to the bottom, it's just what I read on other reviews). This one only grinds enough coffee beans for 2 cups at a time, that's all I wanted, nothing larger, it has marks on the side of the bottom clear chamber for 1 cup and 2 cups. The ceramic burrs I read are the best to grind the coffee beans, these are normally found in bigger more expensive electric machines. Both these have the ceramic burrs, the good thing about this one is that it is so easy to change the setting from a fine grind to a coarse grind, the other one I read needed a little taking apart to alter then put back together. You can but this grinder for just over £10, the only thing that hikes the cost up is the dear postage as these seem to get shipped over from Japan, so overall £17'ish but still a good price for this grinder, I am well please as it is well made and is a sturdy piece of kit. One thing, other reviews say that this is good because it is made in Japan, when you look at the packaging/literature it actually says made in China, but this does not mean that it is not a good griner, Go for it and buy one and you will not regret it.

I have always blitzed my coffee beans in an electric grinder, but as I have learnt more about coffee brewing I was keen to get a proper ceramic burr grinder. It makes a big difference. The mill arrived promptly from Japan and it's great. My observations are: It is built very well, but it is made in China (it said so on a sticky label on the bottom) and not Japan. I thought I should mention that as other reviewers (reviewing a while ago) seem to have bought ones made in Japan. But still, I don't think it makes a blind bit of difference if the quality control is good, which it clearly is as my little mill is flawless. The pieces go together perfectly and it is satisfying to use. It takes a lot longer than I had expected to grind the beans. Several minutes at a steady pace. But I don't mind. There are no rubber feet, so it will slip and slide on a worktop. A non-slip mat (I am just using a cork placemat) will solve that. As I think other people have said, if you are going to regularly switch between different coarsenesses, then this will be fiddly as you will have to count the number of clicks of the turny nut between your favourite settings and then remember them! The English bits of the instructions are perfectly adequate and most people would probably work it out without even looking at the instructions anyway. Overall, I get a fantastic, even grind with a lovely aroma which makes for a lovely mug of coffee.

This is a fairly portable grinder that grinds consistently and smoothly - at least, for now. What is worrying me is that I can clearly see scoring and wear on the central shaft where the handle has been turned - this is not long after use and it feels like it is going to continue until it just strips away and becomes useless. Why isn't the material harder when this is a known and common issue after use? Using a pentagonal nut and shaft is just silly, it is clearly that way so you are stuck when it messes up. The stepper is useful but hard to gauge accurately and the steps are too big - if you're thinking of using this for espresso, forget trying to get the perfect grind size, you'll have to get close then adjust by coffee dose, this is just not that accurate for fine-tuning. I also find it is difficult to know where exactly you are on the grind scale - the general convention is to count the clicks from the tighest setting, but the tightest setting is ambiguous - it always feels like if you really squeeze you could drive it in one more step, but you're never sure if that's too far or you are just being precious. Therefore the recommended click numbers are not that useful if you're off by a bit. The plastic base tends to stick with static from time to time so I usually loosen up the remaining grinds with a small paintbrush. When it is all working, it does a great job and I have pulled some brilliant espresso shots from it as well as great Aeropress brew - but it just feels like Hario is not willing to make the changes required to really take this to the next level, and I find that disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I am glad I got it and it has been working well, but there are days where after cleaning I've 'lost' my desired setting and I end up wasting a lot of coffee trying to get it right. This could easily be avoided.

AN EXCELLENT BUY. I have made approx. 30-40 cups of coffee, using Columbian and Continental beans, and I am highly satisfied with it. It is compact, well designed, and easy to use. My first few grindings made a good cup ot coffee, but the powder was very coarse, so I screwd up the adjusting screw until it was set to very fine powder, and the results are excellent now. The insturctions were easy to follow, and the grinder is so easy to clean. No need to wash it; just give the container a good blow-out after use. A big plus' is that setting up the grinder and putting it away after use is really easy. Two comments, (not criticisms); The winding handle attachment to the drive shaft is a bit loose and wobbly, and turning the handle can seem a litle jerky and may be a problem with a small person. (I'm a big guy).

Excellent product. Works perfectly and easy to use.

Used to owned a javapresse burr grinder bought from amazon US, but it gave problems where the ceramic burr detached from the metal body over time, and unable to grind. Got a replacement and same issue happen after some time. But using Hario this Japanese brand, based on the design it won't happen for this grinder. Been with me for 1 year now and so far so good.

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Die Kaffeemühle ist sehr kompakt, nimmt gar keinen Platz weg bzw. stört nicht wenn man sie in die Küche aufstellt. Ich benutze die Kaffeemühle hauptsächlich für die Senseo-Classicmaschine mit Xavax 00111056 Kaffeefilter "Coffeeduck" (siehe meine Rezension dort) und kann nur sagen : Hoch zufrieden! Da wir 2 Personen Haushalt sind, ist diese Kaffeemühle super geeignet. Mit einer maximalen Menge von ca. 18 g (laut Hersteller) ist die Kaffeemenge absolut ausreichend für die Zubereitung von 2 großen Tassen jeden Morgen. Der Mahlgrad ist absolut zufriedenstellend. Bei drittfeinster Einstellung mahlt die Mühle den richtigen Mahlgrad für unser Bedürfnis. Diesen Mahlgrad habe ich sogar mit unserer Nespressomaschine ausprobiert. Abhänging von Kaffebohnen und Mahlgradeinstellung kann man mit befüllbarer Kapsel von Capsul'in (siehe auch meine Rezension dort) sehr gute Lungokaffee machen. Wegen unterschiedlichen Kaffebhohnen will bzw. darf ich hier nicht den Geschmack vergleichen, optisch kommt es aber tatsächlich Lungokaffee mit toller Crema a la Nespresso raus. Fazit: Top : 1. Kompakt und zeitloses Design 2. Gute Mahlgradeinstellung und vorallem reproduzierbar (dank an P. Will's Rezension) : beinah für jede Kaffeemaschine (von Filter- bis zum Siebträgermaschine) 3. Keramikmahlwerk 4. Günstiger Preis. Da ich nicht so viel Geld für eine Kaffeemühle ausgeben möchte - welche für alle Kaffemaschine geeignet ist - finde ich das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis hier absolut top. Unpraktisch : 1. Nur bis zum 18 g Kaffeepulver 2. Der Durchmesser von dem Auffangbehälter ist recht klein. Da passt nur ein Teelöffel rein. 3. Es ist eine Handmühle, je feiner die Einstellung ist umso länger braucht man. Bei mir mit drittfeinste Einstellung brauche ich ca. 2 Min für die maximale Menge. Da ich aber vorher schon weiß worauf ich mich einlasse, sage ich nur eins : ganz klare Kaufempfehlung!

El instructivo viene en japonés pero es muy intuitivo el uso, yo lo compré para moler grano para maquina de esperesso y la calidad de la molienda me gustó mucho, es mas costos que otros que se encuentran en Amazon pero vale mucho la pena si lo que quieres es molienda fina para calibrar un espresso. Si lo que quieres es preparar un buen espresso, este molino es el recomendable para empezar porque es muy versatil para molienda para otros metodos y puede moler lo suficientemente fino para empezar en el mundo del expresso. Es latoso estar moliendo a mano pero he probado otros molinos manuales que son considerablemente mas incomodos que el Hario.