Unpopular opinion: my $12 blade grinder beat my $200 burr setup on one specific bean

Olivia Bennett · 2026-09-18T07:45:03.516747+00:00

Grabbed a bag of dark roast Sumatra from a shop in Boise last month, ran it through the cheap blade grinder just to save time, and the cup was smoother than anything my burr grinder pulled from the same bag, so now I'm wondering if anyone else has a bean where the "worse" grinder just wins.

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