[urbanbumpkin]

I've never used detergents on mine either. I tend to use cold water too, I've never really noticed a burnt taste from it when using cold. Holding boiling water in a metal container is asking for a trip to A&E too.

I generally used a Krups burr grinder for it, but I might give it a go with my porlex. I'd guess at 4 clicks from tightest.

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[urbanbumpkin]

I've had Krups GVX2 for years and used it for moka pot and French press.

It's fine for this but not for espresso.

From what I know the Porlex and the Hario hand grinders have pretty much identical burrs. I've not heard about the spring on it helping the wobble. I have found that they are both prone to slip slightly when grinding towards the next click setting. I've found that the best way to remedy this would be rest the setting against the next coarsest bump. I.e if you're grinding on 4 clicks from tightest wind it so that it rests against 5 clicks from tightest (if that makes any sense).

I use a Eureka Mignon for espresso but like majority of step less grinders they are tricky to switch between grind settings for brewed coffee to tend to use the Krups more so this.

I'd have thought the Hario would be more than fine for Moka. I'm not sure how much the Bodum grinders are but you could look at picking up a MC2 on here for around £80-£85 mark.

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[urbanbumpkin]

Yes it's the Skerton. No problem at all with a grind on the coarse side of fine for the moka pot but my daughter likes her little cone so that's when we get the inconsistency.More often than not she will use the Tefal blade grinder. I actually bought the Krups GVX2 from Amazon which should come tomorrow. Getting that is more of a family decision because I'm up first in the morning and they want me to grind for everyone. Grinding 6 cups at one time is a bit much for hand grinding. Even though it's a cheap grinder it's should do for us because we don't have espresso at home.

That's the reason I keep the Krups as I'd end up with RSI trying to make 6 cups! I have to say its a pretty good grinder for moka, can be be a bit on the noisy side.

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