Sozen 9" Manual Coffee Grinder Brass – Hand Crank Burr Mill for Turkish Coffee, French Press, Espresso, Camping & Home Use – Portable Coffee Bean Grinder, Adjustable Conical Grinder

Coffee is a major love of my life. I have been trying to improve my Turkish coffee game in particular over the last few years. Initially I purchased a lovely, ornate traditional coffee grinder but quickly found it wasn’t able to do the job I needed it for. I hadn’t researched well before that purchase. Have been using a Hario Skerton since then but have suspected that I was still missing something. I want to be clear that the Hario Skerton is a fine manual grinder and well worth its price but the Turkish coffee grind is extremely fine and not what it was specifically designed for. Eventually I saw a discussion of the Sözen grinder on Reddit and became interested. It seems they have a long history of producing high quality grinders specifically for Turkish coffee. The grinder is very reasonably priced so I decided to give it a try. I have been delighted with what I received! Initially I ground a couple of tablespoons of raw rice with it to clean the grinder as per the instructions. Grinding white rice is a lot of work! After this was completed I began grinding a few grams of coffee beans at a time to dial in the grind I was looking for. The instructions a very clear about how to adjust the grinder and it only took a few adjustments to produce the finest, most powdery coffee I’ve ever been able to. This my friends, is a superior product! When I read reviews of manual grinders a major complaint seems to be that they are difficult to use. If this is a big deal for you then you are in the market for an electric grinder. Grinding beans by hand does require a bit of work. It goes with the territory. I found I was able to grind a full hopper of beans in just under three minutes. For me this is excellent and makes enough coffee for several cups. All in all the Sözen grinder is a fine product. It’s beautiful, well made from primarily brass and produces a very fine grind!

There's nothing I like more than hovering over my range like an idiot so that I can take the Turkish style coffee off of my range before it bubbles over. When you grind the coffee this small, you'll definitely not be able to repurpose it for your espresso machine, but it definitely comes out as mud after brewing it as the Turks intended. They tell you to "clean" it initially with white rice instead of water because apparently water will make the world end. You might want to set a less aggressive grind for the white rice, interface it to a drill, or ask Hercules for help because the rice will resist your cranking. The initial grounds came out with some green on them, so that was unsettling; I assume that's from the copper and not from the zinc. When it arrives, you'll realize that there just isn't enough brass in the world.

I will say that this grinder is pretty great for the price! Very easy to use, portable, well designed (except for one issue below) and nice quality parts. Some things to be aware of: All body parts are made of brass. It will rust if wet (as the directions mention). The internal grinding burrs seem to be made of something other than stainless steel, and exhibited a bit of rust when it arrived. The instructions say to run white rice through the grinder to clean it, which I did. This did not remove all the rust (as expected) but I assume cleaned it as best as it could. I would recommend this step because grinding rice is a lot harder than grinding coffee beans, and it will teach you to appreciate the process. The grind adjustment is easy, somewhat primitive (it's just a screw with a lock nut, will loosen over time, as it already has after a few runs, or you can tighten it very hard). The grinds are fairly uniform and can go all the way to powder (super fine) or very coarse. You might not find another grinder in this price range that can hit such a fine and coarse grind all in one. I think the only complaint I have is that it seems the internal parts are not removable. You cannot take the grinder apart to clean the rust or burrs so easily without destroying the body. I hope they make an amendment to this design so people could have the option to clean or replace the burrs. I would give it 5 stars if it wasn't for the inability to take it apart all the way. It's a nice little grinder, works well, and well worth the price, I think. It also comes with a 3/8" square top, which you can easily fit a 3/8" drill adapter on and use a cordless hand drill to grind 👍😄 Recommended!

Works perfectly - grinds fine enough for Turkish coffee, easy to use and seems pretty durable so far. I don't see any problems with it. Caveat: grind size was a little bit loose/too coarse straight out of the box, and needed adjustment to produce proper powder-fineness for Turkish coffee. Instructions for adjusting grind size came with the grinder, were simple, easy to follow AND WORKED, and I haven't had to adjust the settings since. Considering this item was made in Turkey and has made it all the way to California, I don't consider the initial need to set the proper grind size a problem or flaw. IMO, it probably can be adjusted for coarser grinds if you wanted to, but I only use it for making Turkish coffee. It looks like it would be really annoying to get the adjustments right day by day if you wanted a grinder that you could use for several different sizes of grind, but IMO it's not designed for that and it's unreasonable to ding something as opposed to recognizing you'd want a different design/type of grinder if that feature is important to you.

This ALMOST recreates an "authentic" mill I've had for many years which still works perfectly. Unfortunately one of the most important features of my old mill is the threaded shaft on the top end of the shaft. Without it there's no way to bind the grinding handle to the shaft. if the handle gets separated in the kitchen for some reason--the mill becomes useless!!!!!

I don’t know who makes these but they do a good job. Made of good materials and seem to be a product that will last a long time. I thought it was a little pricey at first but it’s definitely worth the money due to it being well built. As for the grind, it’s good. It’ll also break up cardamom nicely too if you like cardamom in your coffee. Overall it’s a good product👍🏻

This is a very nice looking but grinder. I grind my beans very fine and use in a very small-screen press. It takes me less than two minutes to grind the whole hopper, and that makes a 1 qt press. For me, hand grinding lends enjoyment and appreciation to the process, but if you're not into that, you can grab a small rechargeable drill with a 12 point socket and grind 'em up that way.

It's not easy to use. It's also time-consuming because you'd spend about 20 minutes getting an amount of coffee that is enough for about 5-6 cups. Moreover, the powder isn't fine enough for Greek coffee.