Almost everyone around the world love to drink coffee. It must be the addicting caffeine kick that entices people to this popular drink.



Breakfast will not be complete with a freshly brewed cup of coffee to start the day. Coffee is also the favorite companion of students staying up late at night when studying for an exam. It is also beside the businessmen staying up late at night to finish some reports in front of the computer.

Coffee is also present in social gatherings. Friends would catch up with their stories while clutching their favorite cups of coffee. This is also the reason why coffee shops have become so prevalent and profitable today. It has become the rendezvous for friends of families.

Whatever the reason is, people drink coffee. And because of this, it has sparked interests to make coffee cups at homes. After all, if one drinks coffee regularly, like once or twice a day, it will be very costly and impractical to buy a cup each time in coffee shops.

And thus, coffee grinders are widely available in the market to cater to the many lovers of this caffeine drink. To note, there are four categories of coffee grinders and these will be discussed below in more detail. These are classified according to use.

The first category is the office and home coffee grinders for personal use. Most of these are portable but they are also durable when cleaned and maintained well. As a general rule, the heavier the coffee grinder, the better. It is because coffee grinders with heavy and large motors produce more torque in a comparatively slow speed. They have ample power to actually grind coffee beans, excluding the need to heat them up.

These coffee grinders are enough to make five to ten cups of coffee in one brewing. It can serve a whole family or a couple of officemates at work.

Espresso grinders are the second type, good for small restaurants or coffee shops. These usually weigh 10 lbs or more. The espresso grinders are really more for commercial use. It produces stronger flavors of coffee, that a small serving holds a strong percentage of caffeine. It also produces more cups in a single brewing. Thus, it is good even with high traffic of customers in peak hours.

The third type is the commercial coffee grinders. It is mainly built to grind several pounds of good coffee all throughout the day, without the risk of overheating the appliance. This is because commercial types of coffee grinders have very large electrical motors and additionally large hoppers. Although these grinders are heavy and large, they still run with 110/220 Volts of standard power. Thus, almost all commercial types of coffee grinders have a so-called doser and are fully automatic.

The last type is retail coffee grinders. They are basically used in gourmet coffee shops and supermarkets. It grinds fast and with precision. These are the coffee grinders you see in small outlets serving cups of coffee to a long queue.