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Best travel coffee grinder

Comandante X25 Trailmaster ranks first here: buy it if you want a hand grinder for filter coffee that can live in a pack and survive weather; if you want espresso or published specs and reviews to lean on, look elsewhere.

Comandante X25 Trailmaster
Top pick

Comandante X25 Trailmaster

About $228

Hand grinder · Travels

Skip it for
Espresso as your main brew

Start your X25 Trailmaster at

Pour-over

21clicks

AeroPress

19clicks

Drip

24clicks

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The next 4

  1. 02

    KINGrinder K6

    About $99

    Hand grinder · Travels

    Buy it if you want big-burr hand grinding for both filter and espresso on a budget, and do not need a refined build or a travel-light grinder.

    Skip it forUltralight travel

    Start atPour-over 100 clicksAeroPress 83 clicksEspresso 44 clicks

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  2. 03

    1Zpresso X-Ultra

    About $169

    Hand grinder · Travels

    Buy it if you want a well-finished hand grinder for pour-over and AeroPress with fine steps and occasional espresso; daily espresso drinkers should look higher.

    Skip it forDedicated daily espresso

    Start atPour-over 133 clicksAeroPress 104 clicksDrip 110 clicks

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  3. 04

    1Zpresso J-Ultra

    About $199

    Hand grinder · Travels

    Buy it if you pull espresso and want the finest-stepped hand grinder 1Zpresso makes; if you mostly brew filter, a filter-leaning burr will serve you better.

    Skip it forCoarse filter as your main brew

    Start atEspresso 139 clicksMoka pot 218 clicksAeroPress 257 clicks

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  4. 05

    Kinu M47 Traveler

    About $249

    Hand grinder · Travels

    Buy it if you want Kinu's burr in a body you can carry and you mostly brew espresso or fine filter; if you grind coarse for French press, look elsewhere.

    Skip it forCoarse filter as your main brew

    Start atEspresso 2Pour-over 3.5AeroPress 3

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How we picked

This list is the BrewMark grinder finder's ranking, unchanged. Only hand grinders small and light enough to pack make it. With no brew method chosen, the finder scores grind quality at filter sizes, how well a grinder handles espresso, and how widely it is owned, in that order of weight. Price is a filter, not a score: ties go to the cheaper grinder, and shop links never change the order.

The grind-quality and popularity ratings are editorial judgements drawn from makers’ specs and published reviews, listed in each buying guide. BrewMark has not tested these grinders in person.

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