[djmcmath]

Ok, this isn't a troll, despite the fact that it may look that way, but I just don't get it. I mean, I love my espresso an' all, and I can tell the difference between Safeway beans and Kona when I make my coffee, and I can tell the difference between a good grind and a bad one, but I just don't understand how a $400 grinder will do anything that a $100 grinder won't. The technology, ultimately, is pretty simple, and has existed for hundreds of years. Are there modern innovations that make the grind a totally different thing? Is there some level of precision and quality control just orders of magnitude above the rest that makes the $400 grinder "worth it," while the $100 grinder is just mediocre? Aside from the relative inconsistency of it, is there anything _wrong_ with the $10 grinder from Target? Tabs? Pat S? Evren? Isabo?


Again, this isn't meant to be a troll, and I'm really honestly not trying to inspire hatred and malcontent among the serious coffee drinkers. I am sincerely interested in learning the difference between the el-cheap-o stuff, which makes acceptable coffee, and the high-end stuff, which makes perfect coffee. TIA,


Dan