{"id":183,"date":"2019-06-25T06:27:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/?p=183"},"modified":"2019-06-25T06:27:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:27:20","slug":"kitchenaid-proline-grinder-update-drips-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"KitchenAid ProLine Grinder Update: drip&#8217;s the best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/?p=176\">review of a KitchenAid ProLine Grinder<\/a> a few days back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In it, I pointed out that while billed as a near commercial level grinder, it was unable to grind fine enough to make espresso in my Rancilio Silvia.  I recently cleaned and re-calibrated the unit, and a selecting 5.5 on the 1-8 setting dial delivered chunky, uneven pieces, perhaps suitable for a French press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I blamed the burrs, which in my opinion were not sharp. They seemed to be made of a soft metal that did not keep the edge.  I ordered a replacement set and comparison of the two burrs will come up in a future entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, after further fiddling, I found I could create a decent DRIP coffee grind at about 6.5 out of 8.  This made a nice drip cup and worked well in a Kurig as well.  But the point is made: If I have to dial it to 6.5 out of 8 to get a grind fine enough to just make a decent drip coffee, there is no way this device can put out a fine espresso grind, new burrs or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will prove myself right or wrong in a future entry when I install the new burrs.  Meanwhile, the KitchenAid ProLine Grinder is more of a wood chipper than a coffee grinder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a review of a KitchenAid ProLine Grinder a few days back. In it, I pointed out that while billed as a near commercial level grinder, it was unable to grind fine enough to make espresso in my Rancilio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/?p=183\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[49,42,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffee.germar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}