Mahlkönig K30 has arrived

After a fairly long wait, my new grinder (I know, a new grinder again) has arrived. It is the Mahlkönig K30 Vario with a custom finish.

The Vario -bit in the name of the grinder means that it has stepless adjustment and I have to say that the Mahlkönig's adjustment mechanism is great. The custom finish on mine is polished steel and gloss black, which I think make the grinder look pretty cool.

I have only had the grinder for about 24 hours now, so I only have some initial impressions for now. These impressions are very positive. The grinder is fast, quiet and very practical/easy to use. There is very little mess. And so far the shots taste great.

There is some clumping at finer grind settings, but I knew to expect this from my previous experience with the K30. The clumps are softer than e.g. my previous Mazzer Mini-E and there is none of the particle size sorting that I experienced with the Mini-E.

The K30 is of course a flat burr grinder and it is not as forgiving as the conical burr Compak that I still also have. Nevertheless, I am thrilled to bits about the K30. It is early days but I think this may be a keeper. I will post further experiences in due course...