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Turkey is strongly anti-genocide as long as it doesn't involve Kurds or Armenians, then they are completely pro-genocide.

good choice. 1Z Q Air, Timemore C2 or C3, Kingrinder K0 or P1 are all better choices than these very old Hario ceramic burr/plastic body designs

The Skerton is horribly outdated at this point. Please replace it with a newer and better entry level hand grinder like the Timemore C3 or a Kingrinder K0 which are both $80 or less or the Kingrider P1 which is around $35. All are far better than the Skerton.

What takes 2 to 3 minutes to grind with the Skerton, takes less than 1 minute with the above.

Greetings from Hanoi!

Light roast washed process arabica typica from Dalat, Vietnam and it is very good. I just received some light roast washed process Yellow Bourbon beans also from Vietnam but I don't recall the region that I will brew next week since they are quite fresh.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome is most common problem in most of the hobbies I have had. Folks need to calm down and work with what they have before diving further down the rabbit hole.

Regarding your driving under the influence thing, I am amazed I didn't die or kill someone when driving all over the USA while on LSD after Grateful Dead shows back in the 80's and 90's.

Other than possibly being easier to hold due to the smaller size of the 1zpresso, I wouldn't expect much difference in grind quality between the Lido 2 and even the best 1zpresso

Also keep in mind that now it is possible to get a far better hand grinder than the Skerton for almost the same money. The Timemore C2, the 1Zpresso Q, Kingrinder K1, P1, and P2 are the same price or only $10 to $20 more than the Skerton and all produce far better grinds.

I understand. I hate single use tools. But if I am spending fairly decent money on beans, I want a tool to properly process them. A $20/200g bag of beans is wasted on a Skerton. Other than the beans, a good grinder is the single most important tool in making good coffee.

1. Not sure it was ever a good entry level grinder. 20 years ago it was pretty much the only entry level burr hand grinder that wasn't an old school box style. That was before the Pro version which is sold now that uses many of the modifications that users created to try to make the Skerton perform better. I had one for years and it almost drove me out of home grinding. Luckily better hand grinders came along which while more expensive were substantially better. Now we are in a golden era for good hand grinders at very accessible prices.

When I was choosing between entry level electric grinders, I was down to the Baratza Encore ESP and the Fellow Opus. One of the main reasons I chose the Opus is because it was so much quieter than the Encore.

Long ago, I used a Swiss Gold pour over filter but I've not seen another one like it in a long time.

It works and I've done it when camping but it is far from my preferred method.

And yet the Skerton is still a terrible grinder. Not much better than a blade grinder. Too much boulders and dust. Grind uniformity is just plain bad.

Not really. A Baratza Encore can be had for just over $100 and is perfectly fine for 99% of the coffee population that isn't doing espresso.

1. The Skerton is a terrible grinder regardless of how you power it.
2. You might be able to modify a good hand grinder in a like manner but good hand grinders take far less time to grind than a Skerton does. What takes 2 or 3 minutes in a Skerton takes less than a minute in a good 1Zpresso, Kinu, Timemore, Kingrinder or similar.

Holds too many old bad odors and oils. Use a metal screen filter or Viet Phin or French Press or moka pot if you want avoid paper filters

Oh, dang. That's tougher.

Love your mug. Scattered smothered and covered please.

Brew better coffee so you don't need milk? Try some light roast beans.

I was able to cut out milk entirely first from my filter coffee and then from my moka pot coffee just by using better freshly roasted and light roasted beans.