Best Black Grinders
The best black grinders, ranked by our review scores. Black is the finish that hides coffee itself best - splashes, staining round a drip area, scorch on a hotplate - and hides dust and fingerprints worst. The decision inside it is matte or gloss, and makers rarely say which: matte forgives handling, gloss shows every touch and every water spot. The one thing to check is the material under the colour. Black anodised aluminium and powder-coated steel hold their finish for years; black ABS plastic goes chalky under UV, and a machine that lives on a sunlit counter will show it.
Ranked by our review score, which is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes rather than from opinion, so you can open the arithmetic on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Ranked, and why
scored on what the maker publishes · open a row for the working1
DF64 Gen 2 Single Dose Coffee Grinder6.8- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 7.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 8.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 7.5
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
2
Hario Skerton Pro Ceramic Coffee Mill6.6- Grind Consistency
- 6.5
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 6.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 3.5
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 3.5 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
3
Baratza Encore ZCG485BLK6.4- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 7.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.0
- Value for Money
- 5.5
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 14 of the 91.4 points scored here.
4
Comandante C40 MK4 Nitro Blade6.4- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 8.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 10.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 4.5
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 4.5 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
5
SHARDOR Electric Burr Coffee Grinder 2.06.4- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
6
TIMEMORE Chestnut C2 Manual Coffee Grinder6.4- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 3.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 3.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
7
TIMEMORE Whirly 01S Portable Electric Burr Grinder6.3- Grind Consistency
- 6.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 7.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.5
- Value for Money
- 4.8
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Value for Money — 4.8 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
8
OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 12oz6.0- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
9
OXO Brew Compact Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 50g5.4- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 4.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 4.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.5
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Grind Range & Adjustment — 4.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.