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New K30

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

So today my grinder from Mahlkoenig arrived.  It was the K30 model that I won at the UKBC.

Mahlkoenig K30 Grinder

I must confess to being a slightly difficult customer and asking for the polished metal finish, with the blue body.  Perhaps I just like shiny things – I think it looks great.  At some point I shall have to spend a while trialling it against the Compak.  Perhaps when I get the GS3 (it is London now, so that should be pretty soon).  This model is stepped and I am wondering if it is possible to retrofit the stepless grind adjustment.  We shall see….

K30 Grind adjustment

A big thank you to Mahlkoenig for their generosity and support!

Every home should have one….

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Just starting to clean up a Mahlkoenig VTA 6 grinder, that some of you may know by its “R2D2″ nickname that was a chance bargain. Something of an oddity – it is single phase and still has its sticker in German (which is coming off) as well as an odd plate that restricts the grind to certain settings (that isn’t going to last long either!).

Burrs are massive – 120mm, and it grinds coffee incredibly fast -2.5kg a minute on the coarsest setting. Even at a Turkish grind it chewed through 250g of coffee in about 20 seconds. Scary. Puts my current kitchen grinder, which is no slouch – a Bunn G3A – to shame.

I’d really like to give it a new coat of paint, but first and foremost just want to give it a damn good clean!