Comandante C40 Hand Grinder MK4
There's nothing quite like hand grinding coffee and landing a commercial grade grind consistence. This little beast leaves you feeling like a god as you turn those beans into the brew of your dreams!
Handcrafted in Germany, the Comandante C40 MK4 Hand Grinder is the most stylish, yet robust, high-performing precision hand grinder on the market!
The C40 MK4 is fitted with an advanced burr set which is the result of dedicated research and development. The geometry and structure of the Nitro Blade has been refined to ensure that the Comandante C40 MK4 delivers the grind performance and supreme particle distribution that every brewer dreams of!
Whether you're brewing for Turkish, Espresso, V60, French Press or Cold Brew, the MK4 has you covered. The Nitro Blade has been developed and crafted in Comandante’s onsite coffee lab using high-alloyed, high-nitrogen stainless steel with a fine martensitic micro-crystal matrix.
Keeping in with the robust quality and elegant look that customers have loved since the very start of Comandante’s journey. They have remodeled the internal components of the MK4 grinder to make it aluminum-free. The crank, body, axle, and micro ball bearings are all made from stainless steel!
The MK4’s come with one brown glass jar and one clear polymer-glass jar! Both of which hold around 40g of beans and are very easy to clean. The MK4’s internal tri-fan axle support has been redesigned to make filling the grinder a simple and seamless process!
While it's worth noting all machines and grinders are different, here's where we'd start, then play around and tune it to your setup!
BLENDS:
Dose: 21 grams
Yield: 45 grams
Time: 28-32 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/2.1
SINGLE ORIGINS
These are roasted light, with great developement.. so leaves us running a couple recipes:
Light & Bright
Dose: 19 grams
Yield: 56 grams
Time: 17-18 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/2.9
Syrupy & Sweet
Dose: 19 grams
Yield: 58 grams
Time: 24-28 seconds
Ratio (dry coffee:espresso): 1/3
This is based on our commercial machine at the following parameters:
Pressure - 6 Bar
Temp - 95 Degrees Celsius
Basket - 20g VST
Shower screen - IMS
Pour Over
Dose - 15g
Water -
Temp - 100 Degrees
0:00 Bloom - 35g
0:30 First Pour - up to 140g
1:05 Second Pour - 195g
1:45 Third Pour - 255g
Brew time 2:45 to 3:00
Check out James Hoffmans Youtube for an awesome bloom technique, and use the Rao Spin after each pour.
Aeropress
Use the inverted method
Dose: 13g
Water: 220g
Brew Time: 1:30
Press Time: 30sec
Extend brew time to make it stronger, shorten brew time if you want a mellower brew.
General Specs
Ratio: 1:17
TDS: 1.25 - 1.35
Ext %: 20-21%
Breville Precision Brewer
Temp: 95 Degrees Celsius
Flow Rate: Fast
Bloom: 30 seconds
Basket: Flat bottom gold
Filter Paper: Melitta 8 - 12 cup
Dose: 70 grams
Water: 1,200 ml
Ratio (dry coffee:water): 1:17
Fetco
Temp: 94 Degrees Celsius
Brew Time: 4:15
Pulses: 10
Pre-Wet: 15%
Pre-Wet Delay: 1:00
Drip Delay: 1:15
Dose: 120 grams
Water: 2050 ml
Ratio (dry coffee:water): 1:17
