Re: Carimali Junior burr grinder - any experience?


<ns.gaga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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...and again to answer my own question, hoping to help somebody in the
future -
http://www.home-barista.com/feature-spotlight-grinders.html
http://www.1st-line.net/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=JuniorSilver&type=store
...all 'Juniors' seem to be the same machine inside, it's made by Obel
as it seems and w/ different logos then on, Cimbali, Carimali etc. -
the one in the review above was Cimbali but they are all the same. And
based on that review (home-barista.com) it seems it's in the top 5
grinders, along w/ the Mazzer Mini - it's pre-commercial grade machine
(next step is full-commercial one), it's just for espresso grinding,
has 40 something steps, I probably won't use more then a few:). And so
far it works great, but I'll post an update in some time, to whom ever
it may concern.
Dragan

ns.gaga@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
...anybody had any experience w/ it?
http://www.carimali.com/inglese/prodotti/prodotti.asp?id_prodotto=16
...or similar as it seems to be the same going under different logos
(Obel, Cimbali etc.)
Any feedback would be highly appreciated,
Thanks
Dragan


I have no idea where you got this; I didn't see it in either of your links.

The Cimbali Jr. grinder is NOT made by Obel, to the best of my knowledge.
It was made by a company called DRM, which appears to have been absorbed
into Cimbali over the last number of years. If you have occasion to examine
the stamped plastic parts in the Cimbalis, they are still stamped, "DRM,"
usually on the back, as are internal plastic parts that involve the grind
setting window.

I have friends who have an Obel grinder, which I have cleaned up for them
and changed the burrs on; it bears no resemblence internally or externally
to a Cimbali Junior grinder. Looking at your original link, there is no
similarity in appearance of the pictured grinder to a Cimbali Jr. other than
perhaps for the doser; many dosers look alike although close inspection will
show that they are very very different.

ken


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