What is a coffee grinder for? Of course, in order to grind coffee. After all, an invigorating drink made from freshly ground grains is much superior in taste to both instant and packaged ground. What to say about taste. The very ritual of making morning coffee without the gentle rumbling of a coffee grinder will be incomplete. What are they? How is the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder different from other grinders of this type?
Types of grinders
Coffee grinders are manual and mechanical. Millstones are used to grind grains. The coffee prepared on them is considered the most delicious. But few people want to turn the handle of the unit for a long time, when you can use the power of electricity.
These coffee grinders differ in the type of grinder. They can use millstones or rotary knives for grinding. The former are more often used for professional devices, the latter for home use.
Knife models are cheaper, but good coffee can only be obtained with uniform grinding with millstones. Using them, you can adjust the quality of processing and grind other products. These are models forgourmets. Ordinary fans of this invigorating drink will be quite satisfied with the unit with knives.
The way coffee is prepared affects the degree of grinding. Small, medium and large change the taste and aroma of coffee. The power of the coffee maker directly affects the grinding time of the beans.
- The case can be plastic, metal, wood, ceramic. It is more practical to choose plastic: it is not harmful to he alth and is inexpensive.
- Power from 80 to 270 watts. Optimal can be considered from 160 to 160 W.
- Bowl size from 40 to 280 g. If few people in your family drink coffee, then you do not need a large bowl. No more than 10 g of powder is used to prepare one cup of coffee.
The coffee grinder can be adjusted to the degree of grinding. In many models, regulation occurs by increasing processing time.
Many coffee grinders have pulsed bean grinding.
Coffee grinder bowl capacity for home - from 50 g to 280 g. Power - from 110 to 170 W.
Features
The Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder grinds beans with a specially designed stainless steel rotary blade. It is located low, which ensures a good grind. It looks blunt, but is actually sharpened at a certain angle, convenient for grinding coffee.
The bottom of the bowl is slanted. This contributes to more intensive mixing of the grains. After all, they do not rotate in the same plane, so they fall under the knife faster and are better crushed.
There is no grinding degree adjustment. In order togrind harder, you need to hold the button longer.
Volume - 75g
Power - 180 W.
Weight - 1 kg.
The coffee grinder is made in Slovenia.
Appearance
It looks like a very ordinary coffee grinder Bosch MKM 6003. Black plastic body, brand name in white letters, plastic transparent cover that allows you to see the grinding process.
It seems that only the color of the case differs from the Bosch MKM 6000 model, which has a white case and a blue button. In all other technical characteristics, they are similar. Both are for home use.
Black plastic button, regular size. It is not smooth, but with tubercles. This improves reliability. After all, the finger in the process of grinding the grains will not slip off it.
No bells and whistles and bright elements. The main thing in it is quality. The coffee grinder does its job well.
Application
In addition to coffee beans, the device easily grinds spices, sugar, nuts, almonds, various cereals, wheat, peas, beans, flax grains.
Some housewives manage to grind in it even the roots of echinacea and dandelion, dry rose hips. True, in this case, the life of the coffee grinder is reduced. After all, knives become dull, and there is no way to sharpen them.
But perhaps the most extreme is the grinding of crayfish shells.
Some consumers buy this grinder to make baby food.
But it is made only for making coffee. especially harmful to her.sugar that gets into the grooves and penetrates to the bearing, leading to its contamination, and in the future - to the breakdown of the device.
Work
In order to get coffee of high quality grinding, you can not fill the cup full. In this case, the engine will work with a load. The grind will be coarse and uneven. Even the sound of the engine is different. After removing the lid, the ground coffee will spill out onto the table.
Therefore, you need to fill approximately half the volume of the bowl. This is about 40 g. In this case, the grinding comes out uniform and of high quality. The motor will not be overloaded. In this case, coffee does not get enough sleep. Just in case, before opening, you can shake the coffee grinder.
Safety
The coffee grinder knife is very traumatic. Therefore, you must not allow your fingers to get inside the bowl, so as not to cut them. But when working with Bosch MKM 6000/6003 coffee grinders, you should not be afraid of this. There is a power-on lock when the cover is removed.
The power key is safe too.
Reviews
Customers love the quality and appearance of the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder, sober and elegant. Consumers note that it works quietly, without vibrations and extraneous sounds. Grinds coffee and other products well. In 10 seconds, it grinds almost everything into flour. Although according to the instructions you can hold the power button for 25 seconds
Reviews say that the coffee grinder can grind small portions of food. It is very convenient.
Bosch coffee grinderMKM 6003 is compact. She doesn't take up much space. It is light and comfortable to hold in your hand.
Pleasant to the touch, easy to handle, well built.
There are reviews that even after falling from the height of the table, the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder does not fail. Reviews say that it is enough just to assemble it, and it works as before. The plastic doesn't crack. But it scratches easily during use.
But the transparent cover is not so strong. They are said to sometimes crack when struck against a hard surface.
Flaws
Many consumers consider the short cord to be the only drawback. By the way, some users see this as a positive quality. It does not interfere, does not cling to other items in the kitchen.
Consumers don't like that there is no groove for this cord.
Reviews say that the grinder heats up quickly. More than three - seven (depending on the type of product) cycles in a row should not be ground. You have to wait until it cools down.
Users notice that finely ground coffee is left around the grinder when the process is complete. They say that this is a feature of this type of device.
But some users got a coffee grinder, which emits a strong smell of burnt plastic. It gradually becomes smaller, but does not completely disappear.
The smells of products that are ground by the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder are well removed and are not transmitted to the next.
There are complaints that in one and a half to two yearscoffee grinder has stopped working. In some cases, it is taken to repair, in others - no. Sometimes home craftsmen rewind the motor coil by hand. But usually she works for 5, 10 or more years.
By the way, the warranty period for it is exactly two years.
Care
You cannot wash the coffee grinder from the inside. The outside of the case can be wiped with a damp washcloth. And the inside of the bowl is wiped with a dry cloth or brush, after cleaning the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder from large particles.
How to disassemble for repair
If the coffee grinder blade starts to spin tight, it means that the upper bearing is jammed. If no action is taken, the motor winding will burn out. Therefore, you need to periodically check how the knife is spinning. As soon as you notice problems, you need to disassemble and clean. How to disassemble the Bosch MKM 6003 coffee grinder?
Before repair, be sure to turn it off from the network. Then they squeeze the device from below with their hands near the bowl and slightly pry it. She takes off quickly. Inside you will see two bearings. Usually the bottom one is in good condition and the top one is rusty or just dirty. After wiping and cleaning it from contamination, install it in its original place. Then put the bowl back in place.
By doing these simple steps and without overloading your coffee grinder, you can use it for many years.
