Consumer ratings: Bodum 10903-565US

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Category: Kitchen
Brand: Bodum
Model: 10903-565US
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Bodum 10903-565US Report

Bodum 10903-565US Review by T. Jolly (WA, USA)

I purchased this to upgrade from a blade grinder, which was useless for espresso.

Positives

- Nicely designed, glass container is great.
- Works well for espresso. At setting "2" it produces a very even grind with almost no dust.
- The 20 sec limit commented on by others is no issue for me - it takes about 8 sec to grind enough for a single shot at espresso setting.

Negatives

- Finest grind settings are too fine even for espresso (clogs my filter)
- Coarsest grind is a bit too fine for french press, and contains quite a bit of dust. One star knocked off for that.
- Bean holder is a waste of time, unless you want stale coffee sitting in the grinder.

Overall for a conical burr grinder, for espresso, it's a solid purchase. Would buy again.

Bodum 10903-565US Review by David "David" (Honolulu, HI USA)

I've been using a cheap "blender" style coffee grinder for over 10 years to make my morning french pressed coffee brew. There was a brief period I did get a burr grinder, but one day about three months in, it died. It did so grinding up bits of little internal plastic gears along with my coffee and spitting them out. So back to the cheap but reliable "blender" coffee grinders it was for the next five years.

Finally I decided the coffee I was getting just wasn't consistent enough, and what I drank every morning had some element of a surprise. I don't like surprises in the morning when I'm in a rush to get to work.

This burr grinder is bigger and weighs about 5 times as much as my last burr grinder did, and feels very solidly constructed. Using it, you can set the coarseness and length of time of grind (which determines how much coffee is ground) and just push a button. Next time you want to grind, all the dials are still in the same physical location without having moved and you just push that same button again for the exact same consistent experience as the last time!

One thing that I was originally worried about was storing large amounts of roasted coffee stored in the top dispenser. Air exposure can affect the taste off coffee. But the lid creates an air-tight seal with the container. Air exposure would come from whatever air is already in the container when it's sealed, possibly with minor seepage, or possibly a bit might come up through the grinding path. But I so far have haven't been filling the container to the top and been going through the coffee before any possible air exposure/oxidation becomes a problem.

Also, my French Pressed coffee is much, much smoother now with 1/10th the sediment produced from the "blender" style grinder. This burr grinder just simply makes more evenly shaped grinds, and less "coffee dust" that ends up as the sediment at the bottom of your cup! I am now drinking much smoother and tastier french pressed coffee!

Bodum 10903-565US Review by pat

great grinder!
no static, good grind and quiet! what more can you ask for!
only 1 thing... and maybe its just me being picky...
i wish the bean holding section was not clear plastic. light is not the friend of the bean, and i think it would be better if the cone was not clear. perhaps a small virtical window so you can see bean level, but not enough to let your beans sit in the light all day like that.

other than that i love it. i think quiet deserves another mention. doesnt even wake up my girlfriend when im getting ready for work!

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Bodum 10903-565US:: Description

Ask any coffee connoisseur and they'll tell you that in order for coffee beans to develop their full flavor profile, they must be ground right before coming in contact with hot water. This is where the bistro electric burr coffee grinder comes in and becomes part of the coffee making ritual. The Bistro is continuously adjustable - twisting the upper bean container determines how finely ground the beans will be. With over 14 settings from coarse to fine, you can deliver the ideal grind for any brewing method. But there's more to it than that. Most coffee grinders use plastic containers to receive the ground coffee but plastic and ground coffee don't go together well. The powder gets statically charged and spills all over the place. The new Bistro comes with a borosilicate glass container to catch the grounds. The glass catcher is inherently static-free, reducing the amount of overall static and "jumping" coffee grounds. This and the tight silicone/nylon lid make for an excellent, no-spill coffee grinder. The borosilicate glass container comes with a silicone band to make it slip-proof, an especially important feature when touched with wet hands. The Bistro is made from borosilicate glass, steel, plastic, rubber and silicone and comes in black, orange, red, green, and white.