Best Grey Grinders
The best grey grinders, ranked by our review scores. The compromise finish, and a sensible one: neutral in a kitchen that is neither white nor black, and better at hiding marks than either of them. Grey also tends to be the colourway a maker keeps longest, which matters more than it sounds - a discontinued colour means a replacement carafe or lid that no longer matches.
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
Kingrinder K66.9- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 8.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 6.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 10.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 4.0
- Value for Money
- 8.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 4.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
2
1Zpresso K-Ultra Manual Coffee Grinder6.8- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 9.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 10.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 3.5
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money — 3.5 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
3
Hario Mini Slim Plus Ceramic Coffee Mill6.5- Grind Consistency
- 6.5
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 6.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 10.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 4.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 4.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
4
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.