G'day HG, re "...Keeping in mind, some people have suggested on various threads that you should pay more for a Grinder than you do for the Coffee Machine...." I think the above way of putting it (and I have seen it done several times in this and other forums) is not quite right. Taking the comment on face value, it is entirely dependent on the coffee machine you intend to buy (or already have). For me it is a lot more simple. I know you can use a Lux grinder quite successfully with a 2500 dollar esp machine, amd you can use a 700 grinder with a 69 dollar sunbeam. Which coffee is going to be better.....the coffee made with the 2500 machine with lux grinder, not the other made with the cheap machine and exi grinder. It is more a question of matching a machine and grinder together. Placing the 69 machine mentioned above with say, a 160 dollar solis type grinder will be an excellent matchup. Placing that 69 dollar machine with the 90 dollar emide grinder is not going to be the best matchup but will be better than using pre ground. The 90 dollar grinder does not really cut it in terms of grind quality ( consistency of particle size). On the other hand someone that purchases a 2500 machine should correctly match it with a small commercial grinder. Why, because the machine is also a small commercial machine...,Ergo, you buy either of the 700 dollar Macap M5 or Mini Mazzer. But you dont NEED to do that because you may happily exist with the lux at below 300 dollars...I am talking in terms of grind quality only. So beware the recommendations to buy expensive grinders, as they are not really based on fact...just equipment snobbery "per se". This is by no means intended to be a reflection on anything or anyone participating in this excellent forum, only a reflection on the fact that it is easy to get carried away in these sites.... So yes, the lux is a good match for your machine and in fact if you ever upgrade, from the point of grind quality only it may well remain a "good" grinder for more expensive equipment. Please note I am not trying to build a case for the lux, but is a convenient starting point for a "good" grinder based on budget...otherwise if budget were not an issue I wouldn't hesitate to spend more money and get a really nice solid grinder. Not necessarily because I might think that a more expensive heavier grinder is going to give a better grind quality "per se", but because there are other issues and I am also a sucker for nice heavy solid equipment! Regardz, FC.
