Krups GVX1-14 Burr Grinder , Black | 
| Brand: Krups
List Price: $75.00
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Rating:  204 reviews
Sales Rank: 1134
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8 x 6.4
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MPN: GVX1-14
Model: GVX1-14
UPC: 010942202585
EAN: 0010942202585
ASIN: B0001I9R8C
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| Features:
| • | Expert burr milling coffee grinder for preservation of flavor and aroma | | • | 17-position fineness selector ranges from fine to coarse | | • | 12-cup quantity selector; detachable lidded grounds container | | • | 8-ounce lidded bean hopper; removable burr for easy cleaning | | • | 10-1/2 by 4-3/4 by 5-3/4 inches; 1-year warranty |
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Amazon.com Review
This smartly designed, finely tunable burr coffee grinder from Krups is built on the premise that good coffee starts with the freshest, most appropriate grind. Equipped with an expert-quality burr milling system, the machine turns out very consistent grounds with minimal heat for the best-tasting coffee. Its coarseness dial offers 17 distinct settings to create precisely the right grind for the occasion, brewing method, and kind of bean. In addition, the quantity dial, ranging from 2 to 12 cups, lets you grind no more coffee than you need, which helps preserve fresh aroma and flavor. Structurally handsome and easy to use, the grinder features a large transparent bean hopper with a clearly marked "max" line. The grounds container, also transparent, is lidded and removable for tidy transport to the espresso machine or French press. Simple maintenance is also a boon here--the burr removes for easy cleanup and Krups includes a cleaning brush for the hopper. Shiny and matte black with silver accents, the grinder looks dashing on the countertop without drawing excess attention to itself. It stands 10-1/2 by 4-3/4 by 5-3/4 inches and carries a one-year warranty. --Emily Bedard
Product Description
The secret to delicious, flavorful coffee is locked within the bean. Coffee that's not freshly ground may be tasty but time erodes the complexities and nuances of the distinct flavors. That's why serious coffee drinkers grind the beans directly before brewing. Be it for American Coffee or Espresso or French Press, the Krups GVX1-14 uses superior burr grinding known for releasing all those properties that help make the coffee bean unique. What you gain is a more delicious coffee. Frankly, isn't that what it's all about? Appreciate your coffee more with this burr grinder from Krups. Removable ground coffee container is dishwasher safe (top rack, please) Rubber feet keep grinder firmly in place Anti-static coffee container with lid holds up to 8 ounces of ground coffee for a 12-cup pot of coffee Blue illuminated On/Off Airtight bean hopper keeps beans fresh Special safety features - Will not operate unless lid to bean hopper and coffee container are in place
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| Customer Reviews: Read 199 more reviews...
 Perfect LITTLE Grinder! July 22, 2004
Snoopy
139 out of 143 found this review helpful
One other reviewer stated that this grinder is ungodly big - soooo not true. At a little under 10 inches tall, 5 inches deep, and 4 and 1/2 inches wide, this grinder is WAY smaller than my previous Cuisinart Burr Grinder which just recently broke. And the noise! DECIBLES quieter than my Cuisinart!!! It is such a low sound for a grinder. Mainly sounds a little louder than a murmur....First time I grinded coffee, I nearly jumped for joy that the volume was loads lower than my other one! Grinds were also very even. I grind in between medium and fine, and I did not see extremely powerdy grinds or even course grinds. Everything was very even in it's texture! Great grinder. I love it already!!!
 Great For Your Average Joe January 1, 2005
CD Junkie (Dayton, MN United States)
122 out of 125 found this review helpful
First, let me say that I am NOT a coffee connoisseur (heresy, I know). Just a guy with a drip machine and a need for much morning brew. I wanted to grind my own because I hate the flavored coffee taste that I always seem to get from the grocery store grinder. I'm also busy and lazy.
I really like this grinder; and I like it for the same reasons that the guy from Hawaii hated it. I want to spend my morning drinking coffee, not preparing it (one cup at a time? - yeah, right). Pour the beans in (no more measuring), push the button, and before you can fill the maker with water, you have just the right amount of grind ready to go. Yes, there's a little sticking to the plastic container, but I've never had it cause any mess - just tap it on the sink before you remove the lid then pour it into the filter. Grind size and quantity takes a couple of attempts to figure out exactly what you like, but seems pretty consistent once set. Only gave it 4 stars because there are features on the more expensive units that would be nice - a BIG, sealed, hopper that would hold several days worth of beans; and glass grind containers that would completely eliminate the static issue. However, for my use, and for the price, this thing works great. Hope it holds up over time.
You get what you pay for, bad AND GOOD May 7, 2005
Kyle Nabilcy (Madison, WI USA)
72 out of 74 found this review helpful
I've been the owner of this grinder since February 20, 2005. In that time span, I would guess that the beans have gotten "stuck" (whereby the burrs spin freely without doing anything) maybe 5 times TOTAL. I make coffee about 3 or 4 times a week. So that's somewhere between 30 and 45 operations, and it's goofed up 5 of those times. NOT ONCE have I had to disassemble anything. You just hit the grind button again to stop it, jostle it GENTLY back and forth, and hit the grind button again. Of course, you lose the timed grind that is supposed to happen, but I view it as a VERY MINOR inconvenience to have to stand there and manually turn it off when it's done grinding.
As for the complaints of size, I think we've pretty much come to a consensus among the reviewers that it's NOT freakishly huge, or whatever that one reviewer said. It's modestly sized, and certainly less blockish and imposing than, say, the Rancilio Rocky, for which you'll pay 5-10 times as much.
The noise is not an issue for me, because it's no noisier than the old blade grinder I had. You've got to look at these kinds of issues like you would evaluate a car. Yes, a Rolls Royce is going to have less road noise than a subcompact Toyota, but the Toyota isn't going to set you back $50,000, and it's going to use less gas, AND it's going to get you there in just as much time. So there might be some noise (particularly when the beans get lodged funny), but it's no worse than the KitchenAid blade grinder that will wake up not only your partner, but also your dog and the local fire department.
Lastly, the grind itself. I will agree with the complaints that have been lodged previously. First, the grind is generally too fine for the setting. I haven't tried french press yet, but I get the suspicion that it'll be too fine even on the coarsest setting. Additionally, there's a little bit of overground powder that comes through with every grind. This shows up as a very thin layer of sludge at the bottom of a brewed pot. And finally, the cup dial does not accurately reflect everything I've learned and been taught about how much bean goes into one cup of coffee. It does grind too long for the cup setting. But you learn this quickly, and it's a pretty easy fix. If you're making 4 cups, set the dial to JUST above 3 cups. Voila. And if you're making fewer than 3 cups of coffee, you should find a roommate. There's no good way to make coffee in that small an amount.
My final thought on this grinder is that people who give it one star are being way too hard on it. I'd honestly give it 3 and a half, but I'll go with 4 just to boost its self-esteem a bit. You're paying $50 people. It's not a Rancilio. It's not a Mazzer, it's not an Isomac, it's not even a Starbucks Barista. But it's pretty good, and affordably priced, and it's a hell of a lot better than a blade grinder.
For those of you who might WANT to spend $350-500 on a burr grinder, but know you reasonably SHOULDN'T, this is the grinder for you. Just learn to live with its quirks, and you have a fantastic bargain on your countertop.
**UPDATE**
French press works great. My favorite use for this setting: I grind up a baggie-full before I go camping, and with my Lexan French press, I get a spectacular cup of coffee, which makes my fellow campers extremely jealous.
Quiet, Solid, Fast October 19, 2005
R. C Sherman (Kailua-Kona, HI USA)
63 out of 63 found this review helpful
I bought the Krups GVX2-14 to replace a Braun burr grinder that I have had for about 8 years. The Braun was still working, but it was getting slow and noisy.
The Krups is a well-engineered, solidly-built unit. It has a range of settings for producing grinds of different fineness consistently from batch to batch. A little experimentation will give you the results you want, and the instruction booklet gives some helpful hints. There is also a setting that controls the length of time the grinder operates before automatically shutting off. This is given in "cups" of beans being ground, and may or may not correspond to your own definition of "cup" with the measure that you use. A little experimentation, though, will allow you to pick a setting that grinds all the beans but doesn't run long afterward. There is also a separate on/off switch. The unit is pleasantly quiet.
Removing coffee is easy and the grinder comes with a small brush for cleaning out coffee that collects around the opening from the grinding chamber. Cleaning the removable plastic hopper that holds the grounds is likewise easy. I haven't yet tried cleaning the hopper that holds the whole beans.
My only complaint, and it is a small one, is that a safety interlock prevents the motor from operating unless the cover for the bean hopper is on securely. This seems like overkill to me, since getting your finger into the grinding chamber would be nearly impossible.
All in all I am very pleased with the Krups, and hope it will last as well as my old Braun, which I've decided to keep as a back-up.
Makes great coffee but not so great espresso August 28, 2006
Chris Hofmann (Washington, DC)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
After having this grinder for over a year now, I feel that I have to update my review (which I have left in its entirety below). While I still love the grinder and it still makes a great cup of coffee, it is not as versatile as it should be. I have entered into the worlds of both french press and espresso. I do believe it grinds coarsely enough for french press coffee, but it does create some "dust" on the top of the catcher that accumulates. I can usually remove this clump although I'm sure some still gets in the coarse grounds. All-in-all, it performs fairly well with french press.
Espresso is another matter all together. It just does not get fine enough to pull a proper shot of espresso even at its lowest setting.
Another downside I discovered was that I can't leave it plugged in. I have to plug it in when I use it and unplug it after. Otherwise, it gets hot just sitting there. I'm not sure what would happen if I always kept it plugged in, but something is clearly not right there and I'm not willing to chance it.
So, for drip coffee it is still a perfect grinder, french press is good but not great, and espresso is all but impossible. My next purchase will be the Kitchen Aid Pro Line grinder. Although if I were only doing drip coffee (with occasional french press) I'd save the money and stay with the Krups. If I could, I'd drop this rating to 3 stars. Hope this helps.
Original Review:
As my title suggests, this coffee grinder gives you the best cup of coffee you could ever possibly make. I won't go into the benefits of a burr coffee grinder, but I will address peoples complaints and provide some tips.
First, there are complaints of it grinding without beans going through, which would undoubtedly burn out the motor. This does in fact happen so it makes it a bit less convenient than it could be. While its grinding, I stick around and prep my coffee maker to make sure that if starts to grind without the beans, I can give it a shake to get it to catch. One way to help prevent this is to load it up above the max line which gives it a bit more weight. Then push down with your fingers a bit to compress the beans enough to get them through. It's not fool proof but definitely does help. They warn to not load above the max because it can't grind that long, but if you have a cup selector, why would it matter? It just stops after its ground enough coffee for the amount of cups you set.
Another prevalent complaint is the clean up. It does get messier than they advertise. Make sure to keep it next to the sink and take out the coffee catcher while holding the front half of the grinder over the sink. A bit of grounds will fall into your sink and that's that. Make sure to tap the container and dump into your filter. You may choose to brush it out after ward with the included brush but I guess it's not necessary. You do it this way, and clean up is not a problem.
As for the fineness selector, it works like a charm. I'm willing to bet most of the people complaining it doesn't work took out or reinstalled the top bur incorrectly. MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON THIS. You put it all the way to the finest selection to take it out and then all the way to the coarsest selection to put it back in. Do this or else the selector is worthless.
Why four stars instead of five? Because of the clean up and the beans getting caught up and not going through sometimes while it grinds. If you follow my suggestions, these issues will be limited.
That said, it was worth every penny. I can buy more coffee at a time now since whole beans last longer than ground beans and my coffee is as good as it ever tasted.
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