Best Vintage Coffee Grinder in 2022

Zassenhaus Brasilia Coffee Grinder

Best Pick

Item	1.81 Pounds
Brand	Zassenhaus
Color	Natural/Chrome
Special feature	Grinding
Material	Beechwood

Zassenhaus is a company founded in 1867 to export small steel goods and tools. It designed a vintage coffee grinder named Brasilia Coffee Grinder. This antique-look product is perfect for serious coffee lovers. The striking part is its simple usability: open the lid, pour beans into the top chamber, turn the handle to grind, and get the ideal ground for your coffee.

Its high-grade steel conical burr is super solid that last for years. The conical burr brings high-level milling perfection, with the potential to grind as fine as a Turkish grind. The best thing is to bring fresh beans and have them ground from this vintage coffee grinder; you’ll get the original aroma and taste all the time.

What do we dislike about it?

The process takes time when dealing with a manual grinder. It takes around a while to grind the finest ground. I enjoy grinding manually, to be honest, because the process seems full of fun. But if that’s not the case for you, then you should probably look for an automatic grinder.

Another thing I dislike about its size. It’s too small to entertain a crowd. Perhaps you’d require an extra grinder to get more ground to serve as many coffee lovers as possible. For me, the chamber is small enough to get coffee grounds for around dozen people.

Value verdict

Brasilia Coffee Grinder seems an excellent product. It can grind various grounds from Turkish powdered coffee to French press coarse. I personally find it very useful except for two drawbacks. I liked how it was adjusted instead of the bottom from the top. Try this one out for vintage fun.

Zassenhaus Coffee Brown Grinder

Staff Pick

Weight	1.7 Pounds
Brand	Zassenhaus
Color	Brown
Special feature	Grinding
Material	Wood

Coffee Brown is a solid and elegant wooden grinder. It not only appears a vintage look but also has a fine grinding capacity. This grinder gives you options for getting your favorite grounds: pour-over, espresso, or French.

The nostalgic grinder is perfect for a single family. You’ll have fun grinding your favorite ground for coffee. Just the one I ranked on the 1st spot, this machine is also not large enough to serve many coffee lovers.

What do we dislike about it?

Rarely, it does seem difficult to grind. You’ve to hold onto it while grinding beans. The process, sometimes, feels hectic.

Value verdict

Coffee Brown is a solid-wooden coffee grinder with empowering to get you various grounds options. The machine would seem a bit expensive, but it pays worth the price.

Hario Olivewood Manual Grinder, Brown

Budget Pick

Weight	0.45 Kilograms
Brand	Hario
Color	Brown
Dimension	7.05 x 4.14 x 3.5 inches
Material	Olivewood

Hario Olivewood makes the vintage attraction with the old wooden style. It’s a manual burr grinder that ensures a fine coffee ground. The best part is its long handle which makes stupid easy for me to grind ground. Resultantly, I can make large enough ground to entertain dozen of people.

Not just that, its sharpen burr wobbles like a knife blade giving you the ground you like: pour-over, French press, American press, or drip.

What do we dislike about it?

This one is highly customizable but comparatively not easily trackable. It brings inconvenience when you changed it frequently, especially when switching between French press and drip. Perhaps this is the problem with almost every manual grinder.

Value verdict

The final line is a visually appealing and effective retro grinder that lasts for a long time. Your morning will be filled with the touch of old-looked vintage.

Kalita KH-5 Coffee Grinder

Kalita KH-5 appears as a vintage Peugeot reproduction; it keeps alive nostalgic feelings with a metal-made design. The easily adjustable machine works for everything: pour over to French press, from fine to coarse, or anything you require a precise grind consistency.

The striking feature about this is that it’s a quiet grinder; we all hate noise, Right? Try this one to see how quiet it is. It can be a fine gift for a coffee snob like me, and of course for someone who doesn’t like noise.

What do we dislike about it?

I don’t like its top, it becomes loose sometimes. That happens during grinding. The chance of spilling the ground out is always high if the top isn’t properly fit.

Value verdict

Many better things to say about this grinder in terms of its function, and everything about it is good for me in terms of style, color, shape, sense of scale, and vintage feelings. This machine worked with ease and looked beneficial in all situations, whether you want pour-over, espresso, and French press.

Peugeot Antique Coffee Grinder

Item	0.81 Kilograms
Brand	Peugeot
Color	Beech Wood
Special feature	Grinding
Material	Beechwood

Peugeot designs this vintage grinder. Its fully adjusted burr grinds beans to the exact consistency you need. From pour-over, French press, espresso, or drip, you get your favorite grounds suitable for coffee makers.

Its stainless steel mechanism uses steel in the production of knives to increase durability and is corrosion-resistant. Attention to detail was given throughout the testing phase, it worked perfectly in every grind situation.

Here’s a helpful hint for individuals who wish to keep their beans fresh. Get the Planetary Design Airscape 64oz Chrome. It performs flawlessly without the use of valves or replacement filters.

What do we dislike about it?

It tends to scot about a bit when grinding until you stabilize it by laying your hand on top of it. This may bring inconvenience as most of us don’t like to hold our hand on it, especially when we’re in a hurry. Another aspect is that the grinder is too small. You will have to dump it twice and a half times. It might be small for someone who needs consistent coffee.

Value verdict

This is a good coffee grinder. Peugeot’s reputation, for great pepper mills, is a natural choice. Yes, grinding coffee takes time, but we found it well on grinding the finest setting, which takes the longest.