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The Ice Age · Founder Collection
The Mastodon
Hand grinder
Grind it yourself, and the day starts slower.
Not out yet
These are production samples, photographed on a phone at the factory. Proper photographs, the full setup guide and a first-time video all land on this page when the piece ships. Scan the code again then and it will have changed.
The piece
A hand crank, a conical burr, and a numbered dial that stays where you set it. Burrs crush the bean evenly instead of chopping it, and turning it yourself keeps the heat out of the grind — which is the whole argument for doing it the slow way. The glass jar below lets you watch it fill, and tells you when you have enough without a scale.
Specifications are provisional until the production run is confirmed
How it works
Set the dial
Finer for moka and espresso, coarser for pour over and press. Set it once for your brew and leave it there.
Fill and crank
Beans in the top, lid on, crank steadily. Do not rush it; an even turn gives an even grind.
Empty the jar
Unscrew the glass, tip it into your basket. Brush the burr clean every few grinds.
Treated well
Do
- Brush the burr dry after use
- Rinse the glass jar in warm water
- Pack it for travel; it needs nothing at all
- Store it dry with the lid off
Don't
- No dishwasher for the burr assembly
- Never soak the burr mechanism
- Do not grind oily or flavoured beans
- Nothing but coffee. No spices
Kinship — The mastodon chewed through the Ice Age on ridged molars built for grinding. We took the name for the one object in the range that does exactly that.
Want a note when it lands? Write to care@sobertooth.in.
Questions, care advice, anything that misbehaved — write to care@sobertooth.in.
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