The dad already brewing by hand who is still buying pre-ground, and the one who travels and wants the whole kit in a bag. Not the one who wants a button pressed at 6am, where an electric grinder wins.
What it is
AeroPress’s own hand grinder, with titanium-coated conical burrs and sixty grind settings, sized to travel. Built to pair with the AeroPress but the settings run coarse enough for a French press and fine enough for espresso. Amazon sets the price at checkout.
Why we picked it
Grinding at the moment of brewing is the single biggest jump in a home cup, and it is a bigger one than any upgrade to the brewer itself. Pre-ground coffee has lost most of what it had within about fifteen minutes of leaving the burrs, so a grinder is what makes the beans he already buys taste like what he paid for. Conical burrs rather than blades means an even grind, which is the difference between a clean cup and a bitter one.
