[usrusr]

A cheap hand-cranked coffee grinder. I usually buy pre-ground coffee and have zero desire to switch, but (because reasons..) I happened upon a pack of unground beans and was convinced (still am) that it would be much less bad for the environment to dispose of the beans than getting a grinder for just one pack and then dispose of that.

Until I stumbled upon an Amazon page (yes, that Amazon :( ) for a cheap grinder where some reviewer mentioned using it for pepper. Got a grinder, enjoyed the coffee (really good! just not enough difference to switch), then redeployed the grinder to pepper duty.

Puts a smile on my face every time I put pepper on something. My regular pepper grinder wasn't exactly bad, but also not stellar. The coffee grinder, with its dedicated crank, is so much better than any "twist knob head" pepper grinder could ever be. Feels like using a potent power tool, just without that nagging thought of "am I really too weak even to grind a few peppercorns?" that would grind my self-respect faster than the spice if I used an electric.

[jansan]

I bought a hand cranked coffee grinder several years ago. After a while I got a little annoyed by the work it took to grind some coffee, so I made an adapter for my cordless drill. This made grinding coffee a lot easier when I needed a quick cup of coffee.

[wink]

Interesting. I also got my first hand grinder like a year ago (Hario) and I need about as long as the water in the kettle boils, so about a minute for my one cup. I thought it might annoy me, but so far it didn't.

[usrusr]

Hey, don't tempt me into buying a cordless drill! (I really like that approach of extending the utility of that device, but I think I can resist)

[jansan]

There's nothing like the face of your friends when you pull out your Makita drill, connect it to the top of your vintage style coffee grinder and start grinding at 200rpm. This alone is worth purchasing a cordless drill (the bigger the better).