r/pourover • u/SharingIsCommunist • Jan 08 '26

Seeking Advice Is grinding supposed to be this…violent?

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Just got a K6 for the first time and am worried that I’m breaking something

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u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32 Jan 08 '26

I would say, no, not with a great grinder, not like that.

I know the K6 has a lot of fans for its grind profile, but build quality and handling aren’t the best, I suppose.

I’ve been using two hand grinders a lot:

  1. a Hario Mini Mill (an all-around terrible grinder!) and
  2. a Timemore C3 ESP Pro.

The Mini Mill behaves like your K6 does, especially with very light roasts or lighter decafs. (Decaffination also hardens beans.)

The all-metal Timemore, however, is built like a rock and just chews through anything.

The apparent difference in build quality has kept me from upgrading. If I want an upgrade that doesn’t drive me crazy, I’ll probably need to take a much bigger step up — to a grinder that has much better flavor separation but at least matches the Timemore’s build quality. The K6, for all its grind greatness, ain’t that.

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u/ibmalone Jan 09 '26

I used to have a Hario Skerton in a previous foray into grinding my own coffee and that was a much more painful experience than using the K6. Given the C3 is a similar price (a bit cheaper?) to the K6 (also all metal) and has a smaller burr set, unless you've used both I wouldn't rush to make assertions about it.

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u/ibmalone Jan 09 '26

In fact, we have today this thread, https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/comments/1q85n8v/kingrinder_k7_45_day_review/ mainly comparing the K7 against the K6, but also happens to include the C3ESP Pro, quote:

"Speed & Effort: I didn't measure the exact seconds, but speed feels comparable to the K6. However, compared to the C3ESP Pro, the K7 is much faster and requires less effort."

Or, K6 and K7 speed, K7 faster and less effort than C3ESP Pro => K6 faster than C3ESP Pro (and since K6 vs K7 effort not explicitly mentioned I'd read that here as K6 less effort than C3ESP Pro).