Conical Burr Hand Grinder
Forty-eight millimetre conical burrs, hardened steel, with a stepped adjustment collar that clicks firmly into place.
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We supply manual coffee grinders and small-batch roasting equipment to people who take the process seriously. No pod machines, no shortcuts.
Chosen by our buying team after visiting the maker. Each carries a vintage stamp, tasting note, and an honest answer to the question: open now, or hold?
Forty-eight millimetre conical burrs, hardened steel, with a stepped adjustment collar that clicks firmly into place.
Sixty-three millimetre flat burrs machined from tool steel.
A 500g-capacity cast-iron drum roaster for the serious home roaster or small café.
One-kilogram capacity, cast-iron drum, with a thermometer port and a chaff collector at the back.
Washed Yirgacheffe from the Kochere cooperative, harvested 2024. Heirloom varietal, hand-sorted at origin.
Pink Bourbon from Finca El Paraíso, Huila, Colombia. Natural process, 21-day raised-bed drying.
Sorted by type and price. Origins, process, roast level — all on the card.
Forty-eight millimetre conical burrs, hardened steel, with a stepped adjustment collar that clicks firmly
Sixty-three millimetre flat burrs machined from tool steel.
A 500g-capacity cast-iron drum roaster for the serious home roaster or small café.
One-kilogram capacity, cast-iron drum, with a thermometer port and a chaff collector at the back.
Washed Yirgacheffe from the Kochere cooperative, harvested 2024. Heirloom varietal, hand-sorted at origin.
Pink Bourbon from Finca El Paraíso, Huila, Colombia. Natural process, 21-day raised-bed drying.
Wet-hulled Mandheling from the Gayo Highlands, Sumatra.
Anaerobic Gesha from a single farm in Boquete, Panama. 36-hour sealed fermentation, then raised-bed dried.
Our standing filter blend: two origins, medium-light roast, roasted to order every Tuesday and Friday.
Medium roast, built for espresso — Brazil natural base, washed Ethiopian component.
Ninety pages of structured roast-log forms — charge weight, first crack time, drop temperature, cupping
Stainless steel Type-K probe, 200mm shaft, M8 thread for standard drum-roaster ports. Reads to 400°C.
Machined aluminium alignment tool for 58mm flat burr sets.
Turned from solid European walnut, fitted with a 58mm aluminium collar.
Thirty food-safe cleaning tablets. Run ten grams through your grinder dry once a week — absorbs oils, clears
Send your drum roaster in — we strip it down, clean the drum, inspect the bearings, check the burner jets
Here's the promise, plainly stated: every grinder and roaster we sell is one we've used ourselves, and if it develops a fault within the first two years, we fix or replace it. That's the guarantee. Not a policy document — a commitment from the people who packed the box.
We started in 2011 after our founder, Thomas Brandt, spent a winter pulling apart every manual grinder he could find and concluding that most of them were either overpriced for what they were or under-built for how they'd be used. He ordered six units from three different makers, tested them over four months, and opened the shop with the two that passed. That's still how we work. New products don't go on the catalog until someone here has used one long enough to know where it fails.
The workshop runs with a small team — six of us, full-time. We handle grinder calibration, burr alignment checks, and roaster servicing in-house. Turnaround on a service job is usually eight working days. We tell you on day one if it'll be longer.
We sell washed and natural process single-origin coffees alongside the equipment — roasted to order, date on the bag. We don't offer blends and we don't do flavoured beans. That's a deliberate choice.
Join the community of craftsmen and collectors who've trusted us since 2011 — and you'll find we look after the relationship well past the first order. What we will not do is stock equipment we haven't vetted, push a faster sale over a better fit, or pretend a grinder is right for you when it isn't.
— Thomas Brandt, founder
We stock what we'd use at home, source from farms we can name, and roast to order. If a grinder isn't worth the counter space, it doesn't make the list.
Thomas has spent over twenty years with manual grinding and small-batch roasting equipment — he calibrates
Gerhard joined in 2013 after fifteen years servicing commercial espresso machines.
Lars sources and roasts all single-origin coffees we carry, with direct relationships at farms in Huila
Burr size, material, grind range — every mill we carry is here because we've used it ourselves. Pick by brew method or ask us to narrow it down.
Verified Cellar Plan members, writing back after opening a bottle we shipped them. We do not edit — only confirm the order existed.
"The Brandt & Mill hand grinder is the first piece of kit I've owned that actually matches what's written about it. The burr alignment is spot on straight out of the box — no adjustment needed. I've been running it on a washed Yirgacheffe, medium-light roast, and the clarity in the cup is something else. Solid heft, no wobble, and the stepless adjustment ring moves exactly where you put it. Been recommending it to anyone who'll listen."
"Ordered the 250g micro-lot Colombian — Pink Bourbon, washed process — and it arrived two days after the roasting date printed on the bag. Bloomed beautifully on the V60, and the brown sugar note in the cupping description is exactly what you taste mid-cup. This is the third time I've ordered from Brandt & Mill. They haven't put a foot wrong yet."
"Bought the hand grinder as a gift for a long weekend with old friends — good coffee, good company, that sort of thing. Build quality is reassuring. The grind was consistent from the first use, which I wasn't expecting at this price point. One small thing: the instructions could be clearer on setting the burr gap for AeroPress. I figured it out, but it took a few tries. Would order again without hesitation."
"Precision matters to me. I spent two weeks reading specs before ordering, and the Brandt & Mill flat burr grinder holds up to scrutiny. The tolerances feel tight, the body is properly weighted, and the grind distribution is even across the range I use — coarse for French press, medium for filter. I emailed a question about burr material before buying and had a useful reply the same afternoon. That counts for something."
"The grinder itself is well made — no complaints on that front. My issue was dispatch time. The site suggested three to four working days; mine took nine. When I followed up, the response was polite and honest about a backlog. The grinder arrived in good condition and performs exactly as I'd hoped on a natural-process Gesha. I'll order again, but I'd plan ahead rather than expect quick turnaround."
"I've gone through four hand grinders over the years. This one stays. The step adjustment is firm enough that it doesn't drift mid-session, which was the failure point on everything I owned before. Running it on a Sumatra Mandheling, medium roast, French press — the cup is cleaner than I've managed with any electric entry-level grinder I've tried. The weight of the handle alone tells you something about how it was made."
Grind settings, burr break-in, roast freshness, what travels well in a kit bag.
The burrs are hardened steel, ground to a tolerance that most entry-level grinders skip. You'll feel it in the resistance — steady, consistent, no wobble in the axle. The grind is even enough for a V60 or AeroPress without channelling. Cheap grinders flex under pressure. This one doesn't. We've used the same burr specification since we launched the model, and we stand behind it.
Yes. The 500g Drum Roaster is built for exactly that — first roasts, small batches, learning the first crack by ear. We ship it with a short printed guide. Start with something forgiving: our Yirgacheffe Green (Washed) shows you what a clean, light roast should smell like before you touch anything darker. Give yourself three or four sessions before you judge the machine or yourself.
We ship to most EU countries, the UK, Switzerland, and Norway. Standard delivery runs four to seven working days depending on destination. Tracked from the moment it leaves us. For larger items — the 1kg Drum Roaster in particular — we use a freight courier and you'll get a delivery window by email. Customs duties for non-EU orders are the buyer's responsibility; we mark packages accurately and don't falsify values.
Return it within 30 days, unused and in its original packaging, and we'll refund in full — no questions. If you've used it and there's a fault, that's a warranty matter and we'll repair or replace. What we won't do is accept returns on green coffee once the bag has been opened — that's a food product and the provenance seal matters.
Two years on the Conical Burr Hand Grinder and the Flat Burr Grinder Titan. That covers manufacturing defects, burr wear beyond normal use, and any fault with the adjustment mechanism. It doesn't cover damage from dropping it or using it to grind spices — we know people do, but it dulls the burrs faster than coffee. Bring it back or send photos; we assess every claim ourselves.
Green coffee stores well — far better than roasted. Our Huila Pink Bourbon (Natural) and the Yirgacheffe Washed both arrive in sealed grain-pro or foil-lined bags with the harvest lot noted on the label. Keep them in a cool, dry place away from direct light. A pantry shelf is fine. Roast within twelve months of harvest for best results, though properly stored green coffee holds its character longer.
Easily. The 1kg capacity suits anyone roasting for a household, a small office, or the kind of person who wants to experiment with profiles across multiple origins in a single session. It's not a commercial machine — it's a serious home roaster. The drum is cast iron, the heat is adjustable, and the build is meant to last years, not months.
That depends on your espresso machine and the roast level. As a starting point, set the Titan toward the finer end — around two or three clicks from the tightest setting — and adjust from there. A medium-light roast like our Yirgacheffe will want a slightly coarser setting than a medium roast from Huila. Dial in by taste: if the shot runs fast and thin, go finer. If it chokes, open up one click.
Our sommeliers answer the phone themselves. Tell us the bottles you've enjoyed, the regions you want to learn, the storage you have — they'll come back with three suggestions and the reason for each. No subscription lock-in. No script.
Tell us what you have been drinking and what you would like to learn. A buyer writes back within the day — with two or three bottles and a reason for each. No script, no pressure.