La Pavoni PGC Tre Spade Conical Burr Grinder, Chrome

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 04:47 Written by bjcoffee Tuesday, 20 April 2010 04:33

After reviewing a lot of entry-level machines, it is always nice to get your hands on a top-end grinder like the La Pavoni PGC Tre Spade Conical Burr Grinder, Chrome. Although the price tag is about double what you can pay for lower end grinders, like with any La Pavoni grinder, this may be the last grinder you may ever need to buy.

La Pavoni doesn’t waste time with plastic parts, instead building everything from quality metal. Where some hoppers are thin plastic, the Tre Spade’s thick plastic hopper is going to last forever. Surprisingly too, La Pavoni works anti-static miracles with the lowest static of any plastic hoppers we have ever used.

Coffee flavor, as always, is the ultimate test, and the even grounds coming from the nine discreet grind settings made excellent, aromatic coffee with rich flavor. And, as alluded to above, clean-up of the unit was very simple. The included brush was more than sufficient to remove oil and grounds from the conical grinder, with no extra work needed to remove rebellious static-cling grounds.

The only issue our panel had–about half of us felt the unit was noisier than the average grinder. Even so, the overwhelming opinion was that the unit was high quality and that the noise would not prevent our panel from buying it.

Bottom line–generally, if you are willing to spend a little more for a grinder that will last forever, you can’t go wrong with a La Pavoni model. And the Tre Spade is no exception, producing great grounds, with easy day to day maintenance.