30 DAYS OPEN PURCHASEMost people who start grinding their own coffee beans do so for the same reason: they bought a really good bag of coffee and didn't want to waste it on a poor grinder. Freshly ground coffee loses most of its volatile aromas within minutes of grinding. What determines whether the morning coffee tastes as it's meant to taste is not the roast style, the bean's origin or the water. It's how recently you ground it.
Eureka has been a Florentine grinder manufacturer since 1920, with a history more deeply rooted in professional coffee bars than in home kitchens. Peppe is their home model. The heart is 50 mm flat burrs in hardened steel, made in Italy with a geometry primarily adapted for filter coffee. Flat burrs give a more even particle size and are more common in professional machines. Finding them at this price point is unusual. According to the manufacturer the grinder also works for espresso, but it's in the world of filter coffee that the grinder has its home.
The motor is AC-type, unlike DC motors which are more common in home grinders in this class. AC motors maintain constant speed regardless of load, generate less heat and last longer. Eureka states the burr lifespan as 250 kg of coffee, which at 15 grams per day is more than forty years.
The adjustment is made with Eureka's patented stepless micrometer adjustment, based on a mechanism where the lower burr moves instead of the upper one. In practice this means an infinite number of adjustment points with no fixed increments at all. For filter coffee, where grind size affects everything from extraction to taste balance and every brewing method and bean has its own perfect point, stepless adjustment makes it possible to move to where you want without compromising between two clicks. The ACE system (Anti-Clumps and Electrostaticity) reduces the static electricity that otherwise causes ground coffee to clump and stick instead of settling evenly in the container.
The hopper holds 150 g and has a smoked finish that protects the beans from light. Peppe comes in several colours. Dimensions: height 24.3 cm, width 12.4 cm, depth 32.9 cm. Weight 5.3 kg. 310 W.
