Customer Reviews

Capresso 556 Stainless-Steel Burr Grinder

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

I bought the grinder about a month ago to take advantage of the wonderful beans from local company, Stumptown Coffee. I use the grinder every day, either for the coffeemaker or the French press and both settings give me a terrific grind. I have had none of the problems others describe: lid on the hopper is a perfect fit; it grinds all my coffee evenly and thoroughly; settings for a coarse grind (8-9) or for a finer grind (4-5) work perfectly well.

I don't understand the comment about not having a manual shut-off. The same button that turns it on turns it off.

I bought this grinder from my local coffee house on the recommendation of several of the employees at the shop. I've had it for almost 6 months and I couldn't be happier. I have used several other burr grinders, all of which have produced far more coffee dust than I would like. I use a press pot, so I use fairly coarse grinds, and the consistency of the grinds from this machine are perfect. I haven't had any problems with the grinder not functioning. The same button that turns it on turns it right back off. I honestly don't care how loud it is, as I would expect a coffee grinder to be loud. It is not difficult to clean at all. I just use the included bristle cleaner and a moist paper towel, it only takes a couple of minutes.

Dear fellow consumers, please don't be fooled. Conical burr grinders are high performing grinders for true coffee connoisseurs. A burr grinder that is not conical, technically a burr wheel grinder, is an overpriced fake that performs marginally and CLOGS every few grinds! My favorite part is the nice tan I get from the coffee dust from cleaning this thing with compressed air for 50 minutes!

Yeah, it's a bit quieter than most burr grinders, but like other users I'm using it at its "finest" grind, and the pieces are random in size, ranging up to an enormous 1/4". If you looked at the ragged output you wouldn't think of this as a burr grinder. I've cleaned it out and it makes no difference. Avoid unless you need a course grind.

A Chicagoan, I also love Portland's Stumptown coffees and finally found the perfect way to grind and enjoy the perfect bean. It took me one minute to set this unit up, and it hasn't let me down once. The aroma that comes out when I grind the beans makes coffee brewing all the more enjoyable. Since I purchased my own a few months back, I have bought a couple more units for coffee-lovers that I know. Totally worth the buy!

We replaced a Cuisinart burr grinder with a faulty switch with this machine. We have had the Capresso for only about six months. It began jamming and failing to complete a grind cycle after two months. This was at middle grind settings. We have diassembled the Capresso numerous times for cleaning but the jamming has progressively become worse. Also, from the beginning it produced excess static which results in a cloud of coffee dust being ejected from the bin when the bin is removed after grinding. The Cuisinart worked much better for years.

I was skeptical at first from reading the reviews but I have to say this is the best grinder I have ever owned. I was intending on buying the more expensive model but as I was shopping I came across this model in the store and figured I would try it and if I wasn't happy it would be easier to return. I expected it to be very noisy as some have said when in fact it's very quiet. I have yet to experience clogs or a mess. After grinding it cleans up in seconds. As with any grinder cleaning should be done right after every use. It grinds as I select and no clumps or chunks as I have experienced with prior machines. I give this a 5 star in every way.

This grinder is a piece of junk. Stainless exterior looks nice, but the rest is chintzy-feeling plastic. While grinding, makes an unappealing uneven noise. Worse, even when the hopper is mostly full, sometimes the beans stop falling through and the motor goes into a high whine. You have to bang the side to jostle beans to fall back into the chute, and by that time, you aren't ending up with your usual amount of grounds. Finally, the grounds fall not only into the cheap plastic container, but all over the exterior of it too! This means ground coffee gets all over your counter, no matter what. Every single time you remove the container of ground coffee, it strews some on your counter. Adding insult to injury, my motor broke after only four months. But I haven't gotten around to dealing with trying to get warranty service yet, since I am not really sure I even want this junky thing anymore. Don't buy it!

While it grinds coffee decently, this is the messiest appliance in history, requiring me to pull out the vacuum every time I use it. Coffee particles literally spray across your counter as the grinder operates. After grinding, removal of the receptacle canister sets off a static explosion where grindings fly to every region of your kitchen. Seriously, it is almost like a bad joke every time I use this thing. Grinds go EVERYWHERE. I got this as a gift and it pains me to think that my friend spent so much on this thing. The company should be ashamed of the design flaws that cause it to operate the way it does. Oh yes, it will grind coffee... but the instant, substantial mess makes this thing unusable.

This is a badly designed machine. It clogs up and there is nothing more fun than spending 30 minutes first thing in the morning struggling to get it unclogged before I can make coffee. The design is such that I end up with coffee all over the place. The grind was uneven and bad. This machine finally stopped working at all, not that I really cared anymore at that point. I threw it away and got my old little grinder back out. Do not buy this - it is trash!