Wake up and smell the coffee. If your coffee grinder is producing inconsistent grounds, it doesn’t matter how good your coffee maker is -- your morning jolt will be substandard, say the owners of a small Miami based coffee and kitchen products company called Kuissential.
The good news, these coffee lovers say, is you don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on a grinder like coffee shops use to get the right grounds for that perfect cup of coffee.
“Our product is it is an improved coffee grinder design that is a lot more accurate than other grinders in the same price range. Because it is more accurate, our EvenGrind gives you much better tasting coffee,” said Alex Cacciamani, who cofounded the company with Andres Fernandez in 2011.
The co-founders say their Kuissential EvenGrind, a manual grinder that will sell for under $40, is an excellent option for home grinding because it uses a patent-pending system to deliver a very even grind size, something not found with current affordable grinders, while being a fraction of the price of expensive commercial grinders usually found in coffee shops.
Kuissential is appealing to the coffee fans on Kickstarter to move this project from prototype to production.
“We are trying to raise our goal of $30,000 to help pay for the mold setup, patent fees and initial minimum production size. Being a small business, we need all the help we can get,” the co-founders said on their campaign page.
With 19 days to go, they are more than halfway to goal, and the EvenGrinder, which has multiple settings, was chosen as a "KickStarter Staff Pick." The Kuissential team has raised more than $16,000 from 415 backers so far, even though another grinder launched at the same time. The team won't receive any of the funds unless the goal is reached, however.
At the $30 donation level, funders will receive an EvenGrind. You can see the campaign here.
Posted Feb. 13, 2015