Yes, it is! Like my can opener (hand-held, aka "manually-operated"), it's a kitchen appliance... often the best kind.
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I had a "regular" (tilt-head) KitchenAid stand mixer in Fairbanks, but it took up way too much of my limited counter space, so just before I returned to the Lower '48 I sold it. It's like my KitchenAid coffee grinder — way too big — which now sits in an under-the-counter cabinet (and takes-up limited storage space) — I really ought to sell it. I've been using the hand-held Zassenhaus grinder since 2007, and it's really the best solution for my needs — grinding, brewing, and sipping Eight O'Clock "Colombian Peaks" since 2016, when I stopped home-roasting.
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I had a Kitchen Aid mixer for many many years. It was what they called the K-45 (the smaller one). It survived moves and decades and at times it got so hot I thought it would burn up but it always kept going. Then when I started with heavy duty dough it would just stop dead so I donated it to our church and by then Hobart sold them off and they were garbage made in China. I guess Whirlpool bought them now and they are supposed to be better but 7 years ago I bought a Swedish made machine an Ankarsrum. It's a fantastic machine I use for everything. I could mix concrete in this thing.
I have a Zass grinder a bought a few years ago. They are garbage now.
I have drooled over the ankarsrum machines, but they are just under $1000 Canadian.Very impressive machines. If I were 40 years younger I’d buy one.
This is my favorite. I would leave it clamped on the end of the kitchen table but my wife disagrees.
I had to take it out of the potato drawer to pose it for this picture. :)
I roast my own and pay no more than six or seven bucks per pound for green beans and it's all small farm high quality stuff.