Comandante C40 MK4 Hand Coffee Grinder: Virginia Walnut
Made in Germany, the Comandante C40 MK4 Hand Grinder is a stylish and robust, high-performance precision hand grinder!
C40 MK4 features an advanced burr set that is the result of extensive research and development. The geometry and structure of the Nitro Blade have been refined to ensure that the Comandante C40 MK4 delivers the excellent grind performance and consistent particle distribution that every brewer dreams of!
Whatever you're brewing, whether Turkish, Espresso, V60, French Press or Cold Brew, the MK4 has you covered. Comandante Coffee Lab has developed and crafted the Nitro Blade using high-alloyed, high-nitrogen stainless steel with a fine martensitic microcrystalline matrix.
Maintaining the robust quality and elegant design that customers have loved since Comandante began. Aluminium has been removed from the internal components of the MK4 grinder. All components, including the crank, the axle, and the micro ball bearings, are made of stainless steel!
One brown glass jar and one polymer-glass jar are included in the MK4's! Both of which hold approximately 40g of beans and are very easy to clean. With the MK4, our internal tri-fan axle support was redesigned to make filling the grinder as simple and seamless as possible!
What's in the box?
- 1 x Comandante MK4 Virginia Walnut coffee hand grinder
- 1 x Brown Glass
- 1 x Polymer Glass
Specifications
- Burr - Comandante®'s onsite coffee lab has dedicated years to researching and developing its burr materials and design. Nitro Blade® is unique in that it combines a high-alloyed, high-nitrogen stainless steel with a fine martensitic microcrystal matrix. The burr geometry has been optimized to achieve excellent bean throughput with a reduced crank torque and at the same time deliver a refined particle size distribution for optimal brewing results.
- Grind adjustment - This patented system lets you select any brewing method and lock in your preferred grind setting, helping you get the most out of your roasted coffee and repeat the results every time. The Nitro Blade has become the weapon of choice for coffee enthusiasts around the world, from home baristas to World Brewers Cup champions.
- Design - For a coffee grinder that is robust and food-safe, stainless steel is the ideal choice. Thus, not only the burr, but also the body, axle, crank and micro ball bearings are made of stainless steel. Commandante products are aluminium free. Comandante uses high-performance polymers that meet the strictest food-safety standards when polymers can improve performance. These materials are designed to endure years of heavy use. Commander adores natural wood. The solid oak handles, produced by friends in Germany's Black Forest, are incredibly ergonomic as well as visually appealing due to oak's unique grain structure. A robust and sleek powder coating is used on the Classic and Special Coating models, which is baked on at high temperature rather than painted on. Each C40 MK4 comes with one brown glass bean jar and one clear polymer-glass bean jar. They are both easy to clean and hold around 40g of roasted coffee beans each. With a weight of just over 600g, the C40 is compact and robust, making it the best manual grinder you will ever own.
Features
- New engine frame shape and material - stronger, with more capacity and no more trapped beans!
- There are two jars included with each grinder: one brown glass jar and one clear polymer-glass jar. This latter product is lightweight, durable, and can also serve as a cup!
- The packaging has been reworked to improve protection.
- 40g Capacity
- Weight 740g
- Conical Burrs 39mm
- Crank-Knob: 100% Solid Oak Wood
Nitro Blades
Nitro Blade burrs are made out of a very special stainless steel alloy which contains iron, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, manganese, silicon, a little carbon, and nitrogen. The benefits include superior teeth sharpness, greater edge holding capability, and an electro-chemical neutral surface property. Grinding with this type of burr set gives you an enhanced particle generation and particle distribution. You will also achieve a decrease in grind process oxidation, which is very important when you grind highly acidic light roast Arabica beans. A burr set built with this steel is able to grind salt as fine as baby powder, with no oxidation damage to the metal.
Most steel burr sets which are used in other hand grinders on the market are burrs originally designed for electric espresso machines. The objective of those old burr designs was to quickly get a grind job done by a little electric engine for a shot of Italian-style coffee. An optimized particle distribution for a filter-style coffee was not even on the agenda for those burr sets. Our burr design was developed for a modern hand grinder, with an advanced grind performance, and an elevated cupping experience in mind..
The ergonomics and physical experience using a hand grinder with a Nitro Blade burr set is very pleasing. The bean throughput per turn at a moderate torque value is 1. That means that with every turn, one bean is processed. This is a very productive rate, with a moderate torque rate of 2.8 Newton meter not difficult to achieve.
Coffee Parts Thoughts
We believe in the Comandante grinder, and bought a prototype from Raphael many years ago. However getting stock of this great grinder has been interesting, and since then many new amazing grinders have entered the market. Do we love Comandante? Yes.
