Zassenhaus Havanna Coffee Mill/Grinder, Brass

I bought this for preparing several different coffee types including traditional Turkish, espresso and cafeteria and it handles each flawlessly. It is very easy to adjust the grind setting from very very fine all the way to course and although some beans can be quite hard to grind I think it's well worth the effort. Build quality is absolutely fantastic. I have been using everyday since purchase (4 months now) and it still looks brand new despite having slipped out of my hands and onto the floor a couple of times! If you like your coffee and are in the market for a hand grinder that will produce very fine coffee then I would not hesitate in recommending this.

Very attractive, quality feeling product which looks exactly as it does in the picture. This is the first Turkish coffee grinder we have owned so not sure if it is normal to have to grind for so long to convert beans into enough coffee to make a cup but have a feeling it is all part of the experience. Does create lovely fine coffee which smells amazing (much better than an electric grinder). Only criticism is that it is quite squeaky when you turn the handle but perhaps that will lessen with more use.

An excellent coffee grinder! I'm so happy I ordered this: it's easy to use and a really gorgeous piece. Changing the grind is really simple and grinding requires little force, since you can twist the grinder and the lever while grinding. Easy to fill, you can fit about four cups' worth of coffee beans in it, and the ground coffee falls neatly into the bottom half of the grinder.

Looks good but that's about it. Does not do fine powder for arabic coffee. It takes ages to grind enough coffee for a cup. Adjustment is a pain.

Great quality staff!

Love it :)

Great-looking little grinder. Easy to use and adjust, but haven't been able to get it fine enough for Turkish. Filling it with beans can't be rushed. Downsides: Polished brass finish doesn't last long, even with delicate handling. Bottom container is an interference fit onto main body, so the slightest excess pressure or knock which results in it going out of true will make it almost impossible to fit together again. Needs to be built from thicker gauge brass. In spite of this I love it.

While I consider looks irrelevant this is catchy ;)PROs:it grinds very effectively (ie fast);very evenly ground coffee;the mechanism hardly warms up(!!!), it's quite easy to hold & turn;it feels like built-to-last, - decades I hope!CONs:it squeaks;some bean types (freshly roasted, non-oily, or mild-med roast) are quite hard work;there is a design-flaw (as noted by another reviewer, there are four holes/gaps between the cylinder walls and the mechanism, allowing rougher chunks through. I fixed this by stuffing 4 little balls of alu foil in these gaps using long tweezers);there are many crevices&nooks in the catchment chamber where grinds can lodge & go ranzid (avoided by regularly brushing out all parts of the grinder!)....All in all, I like it, and am happy to have spent more money on than most other grinders.