Timemore Chestnut Hand Grinder Comparison

The Timemore Chestnut line-up includes a manual grinder for most purposes and budgets. In this video, Steve discusses each model in turn, from the most affordable C2, to the travel-friendly Slim and NANO, to the handsome G1, paying special attention to the features that differentiate each and ending with an example of the grind quality from the two available burr sets.

View the Timemore lineup here:

0:34 Overview
1:18 Burrs
2:56 Materials
6:00 Adjustment wheel
7:16 Grinds comparison

[IrregularPineapples]

dude this is such a badass video -- the editing the b-roll helping to illustrate your point -- the audio quality -- the succinct information -- the wide coverage -- the goddamn everything holy shit absolute badass video

[IMNOTABARISTA]

This is such a great informative video, deserves more like for sure. Really like your channel. Great job!

[asmith]

An excellent review and wish this was around when, six months ago, I purchased the Nano with stainless steel burrs as a travel grinder. I am very happy except that 15g is just short of the 18.5g I need for espresso, so it adds an additional refill and grind. With the benefit of this review I would now go for the slim with titanium burrs. That said Timemore is proving itself in the competitive coffee market which is more than I can say for other Chinese brands.

[sevak]

That's an excellent comparison, differentiating these Timemore grinders can be a bit of a pain! Just to note, I bought a Slim a few months ago, and it has the steel burrs, not coated with titanium, that's how it was advertised as well from the place I got it. I've been using it almost everyday for pourover, aeropress and moka pot, and am very happy with it. Super fast and the all metal construction gives me hope that this will last a very long time. Thanks!

[jackbeynon]

Hey guys great vid. When producing vids like this would be cool to see you guys put in some graphs of grind distribution and some side by side visual comparisons of coffee grounds. Taste comparisons would be interesting too, such as a blind cupping using each grinder and the same coffee to see how they perform against each other. Thanks.

[lipglossed]

Bought the C2 and it works great! I prefer it on the loosest/coarsest setting for french press personally and since it can also grind much finer than I use it for most people should be pretty happy with it.

[matthewrogers]

This is an amazing video. Thank you for the details!

[christinecha]

this video is really helpful thank you

[bme]

Actually this made up my mind on which of these to buy. Thanks.

[onipise]

Excellent lineup and comparison information

[npaisnel]

I'd like to see how the G1 now compares to the new Chestnut X...as that is the one I am look gin at at the moment..either that or an M47 with course burr...help appreciated.

[davinliuz]

Amazing explanation and great details!

[ujang]

After asking around what to choose between hario slim, cafede kona and timemore c2, here I am knowing what to choose between those 3

[louisirvinelim]

really thankful for this. tried to find comparison in the site and it doesn't tell much since the company also uses chinese language most of the time

[justininfrance]

Strange how the moka/stove pot always gets overlooked. I presume its a medium fine grind?

[Hshdhxudjwn]

What about Timemore X, does not they proposed sample for review?

[darrenz]

I am now using c2 for may flair neo. I'm pretty satisfied with it. Easy to grin, well build quality, reasonable price are what you get on timemore products.

[osevf]

Great review, would like to see a comparison with these and Comandante

[lamsailait]

Can the Nano knob fit into the ground tray? If it does then it avoids loosing it.

[BonEE]

does the nano have misalignment issues? Some people had issues with it