jowler Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Location: Sacramento CA Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Thu May 3, 2012, 6:52pm Subject: Did I get a good deal
Hello all, bought my first grinder. It is a Rio branded Mazzer Super Jolly, off of ebay for 275. Was looking at the Baratza Vario, but ended up making an impulse buy. Thoughts on whether this is good for a first grinder....? cheers
SupraTT Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2012 Posts: 18 Location: SoCal Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Thu May 3, 2012, 10:39pm Subject: Re: Did I get a good deal
Yeah, good deal, paid more for that on a mazzer mini which was super dirty - owner didnt even empty the doser before sending it to me... grinds everywhere...
+1 on the new burrs...if only for peace of mind. There are many threads here on the proper way to remove and replaced the upper burr for cleaning the SJ. You MUST be careful when replacing the upper burr assembly, or you could cross thread, and that would be disastrous.
Read around. Pay attention to all the other grinders that are compared to the Super Jolly. It has been an excellent second grinder in my experience. It would have been a killer first grinder IMO.
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,671 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Fri May 4, 2012, 2:01pm Subject: Re: Did I get a good deal
All above are dead on. Great deal. You have an older generation grinder, nothing wrong with that! I had one and it ground exactly the same as the newer brother next to him, well the older one was about 3/4 second longer to grind the same volume but quality was every bit as good.
You likely will not need to changed grinders, ever. Lust may work it's way into the picture and you may WANT to change (we all have been bit by that bug) but in a home environment, that grinder should last for decades.
Also as above, just for ease of mind, change the burrs and DO be careful as the upper carrier is easy to cross thread if you are not paying attention. Once it is cross threaded, it is a VERY expensive part to replace.
Check out the CBSJ mod for the doser. it is easy to do and makes using the doser a joy (well for me any way, I have had both the doser and the doserless adapter on the same grinder and I MUCH prefer the doser. YMMV) http://coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machinemods/562237
Great deal on that grinder!
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Posted Fri May 4, 2012, 2:09pm Subject: Re: Did I get a good deal
jowler Said:
Hello all, bought my first grinder. It is a Rio branded Mazzer Super Jolly, off of ebay for 275. Was looking at the Baratza Vario, but ended up making an impulse buy. Thoughts on whether this is good for a first grinder....?
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