Field Trip - Roustabout: Hario Hand Grinders

During our field trip to Roustabout, Edwin Martinez showed us two of the hand grinders available: The Skerton and the Mini Slim.

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Howto & Style

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• hario
• hand grinders
• espresso grinder
• coffee grinder
• demonstration
• how-to

[hikesthess]

From the video i have the impression that the mini only has 2 pre-sets.1 for French coffee and 2 for espresso. Is that correct or there are more steps between 1-2 ?

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@hikesthess No, we were able to use this for more preps. We have a couple of other videos featuring these grinders you might want to check out as they give more information than this overview - Kat

[joeldamianicigan]

Seems to be what you'd use to make Turkish coffee. I haven't tried making coffee in a cezve/ibik but from other YouTube videos, it looks delicious and interesting!

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@joeldamianicigan It would be a TON of work, though, to grind that fine. We had to grind forever to get an espresso grind on it, and going fine enough for turkish might not be worth the elbow grease ;) - Kat

[ckaukis]

I don't do espresso, but I have your typical Cusinart drip machine (the one on Amazon with somewhere north of 2,000 positive reviews; it gets the job done I think) and I do prefer paper filters for it since I dislike the sediment. So, my question is can I use my Hario Skerton for drip coffee? If so, what setting (notches from bottom or top) have you found best? I like to make a pot and bring it to work and sip on through out the day. I have been unsuccessfully experimenting.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@ckaukis You can, but it might favor a finer drip than a coarser, for consistency's sake. We haven't experimented with it for drip coffee (just espresso and pour over), so I can't give you a notch number...and since all coffees are different, it might not be helpful even if I could. Sorry I don't have anything to offer you here ;) - Kat

[sakuarius102]

@SeattleCoffeeGear Hello, I live in Europe and I very interesting to buy a grinder "Hario mini slim". In the last month I don't see any hario slim at any shops of Europe. Only I see "Tiamo mini slim", and is very like than Hario mini slim. Are same gringers?...I want the grinder to espresso machine....Thanks !!

[ntnnot]

@deeptrtpozman Ok, thanks

[deeptrtpozman]

@ntnnot the spring goes underneath the plastic/nylon parts, between the burr and the spacer. I used stainless washers on either end to protect the surfaces. To secure the nylon spacer, I used aquarium grade silicone cement from Lowe's. Note, it has come apart three times, so it dosen't seem to be a good choice for a permanent hold.

[ntnnot]

@fwtechwiz Hi, about the placing of the spring on the shaft, is it underneath the plastic parts, between the burr and the nylon spacer? Or above the plastic against the nylok? Also, the nylon spacer, did you secure it with some glue etc.?