Crew Review: Mahlkonig K30 Vario Commercial Coffee Grinder

Gail takes us through the features and functionality of this high end commercial-class coffee grinder that's prove to be excellent for serious coffee makers on the go!

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Howto & Style

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• Coffee
• Grinders
• Beans
• Makers

[YoungJim409]

I suppose if you don't like the grinder you have... you could just feed it through this. :P

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@YoungJim409 Haha -- very true :D - Kat

[talion1983]

Great grinder. I think it´s even bigger than my "Bregant DSQ" commercial grinder which is already an overkill for a home-barista (around 14kg, 64mm burrs). The K30 is definitely faster... o.O

btw. love your videos. Keep them coming. Maybe you could do some blind testing of different machines. Maybe the LM GS3 vs. Silvia with PID. Would be interesting, if somebody of the crew can spot the difference.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@talion1983 Glad you like them! We have done some blind taste tests so far - between the Rocket & the Silvia and the Rocket and the Musica. But we will do more! :) - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@Palshoej You don't have to give me right at all if you don't want to! From speaking with one of the primary techs at LM, these were his recommendations, so I'm sticking with that ;) - Kat

[Palshoej]

Ps.: try watch Kyle Glanville fm. Intelligentsia he also flush watch?v=hEb1rXP3aTU

[Palshoej]

@SeattleCoffeeGear I will not give you quite right, flush has two purposes. 1st to keep shower screen clean of coffee ground, 2 Stabilize the temperature of the shower screen and distribution screw! At a Linea 2 gr the brew are boiler 3.4 liter, if a flush of 2-3 seconds should have influence on temperature stability, so will it be af failure to build it as 2 gr. I always flusher my GS / 3 ahead of a shot , the same with the Linea machines I use. Regards Henrik

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@TheSampleLife Big burrs are where it's at! ;) - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@klarinetta Yeah, I don't know what to say. As stated before, I can only share my personal experience and I have no idea of the history or coffee used re: that grinder. It looks really dark, too, and really dark roasts can also contribute to clumping. Not sure what else you want me to say here; in my experience, so far, the Mahlkonigs perform well with minimal clumping. - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@Palshoej On a machine like the Linea, it is not only unnecessary, it's counterproductive to stable brew temperature. This machine has double boilers, pulling directly from the reservoir; it's holding the brew temp at a stable rate and flushing would pull cool water in, possibly adversely affecting the temp. In many of our other videos on machines that should be flushed, we either do that prior to shooting or I edit it out for time considerations. - Kat