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Comandante Coffee Grind Size Chart

February 26, 2024

Comandante is still a highly recommended precision coffee grinder focusing on consistent coffee grinding that is repeatable with every grinders. Both the traditional Comandante C40 range and the Comandante C60 Range offers excellent grind size distribution across all grind sizes and accounts for grinding coffee from espresso to pour over and even coarser grind sizes such as Cold Brew and cupping brew methods.

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When brewing coffee, the grind size of your coffee beans is paramount in determining the quality of your brew and plays an important role of bringing out different flavours in your coffee. There is no such thing as a 'one grind size for each brew method', this is because different coffees have different densities, roast types and in fact the same coffee can taste completly different and even be expressed differently by using another grind size. A lot of this does also come down to personal preference.

In the Chart below we have included a range of grind sizes for each brew method, this is not definitive but we have found for all of the coffees and different drippers we used this is a good reference point to start with.

The Comandante C40 Mk4 Coffee Grinder is celebrated for its precision and versatility, allowing you to explore a spectrum of grind sizes from espresso - coarser brew methods like cold brew.

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Comandante Grind Size Chart:

Brew Method	Clicks (Traditional)	Clicks (Red Clix)	Micons µm
Turkish Coffee ( Ibrik )	0-3	0-6	0-90
Espresso	3-6	6-12	90-180
Orea V3	20-30	40-60	600-900
Kalita Wave	20-30	40-60	600-900
Graycano Dripper	20-30	40-60	600-900
Hario V60	20-30	40-60	600-900
AeroPress (Espresso style)	10-20	20-40	300-600
AeroPress (Filter Style)	20-30	40-60	600-900
Cupping	25-30	50-60	750-900
Cold Brew (drip)	25-30	50-60	750-900
Cold Brew (immersion)	30-40	60-80	900-1,200

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What is '0 Clicks'?

What does 0 clicks actually mean on a Comandante? and how do you know if you're on the Zero click?
All of the comandante grinders operate the same way when adjusting grind size, the grind size adjustment dial is rotated either clockwise to make a finer grind size or anti-clockwise to make the grind size coarser.
When rotating the grind dial all the way coarse (anti-clockwise) the grind dial will actually completly disassemble and allow you to remove the inner burr set, spring, washers and axil. This is done when disassembling the grinder for cleaning.

When rotating the grind dial to the finest point (clockwise) you will eventually reach the Zero point. For beginners and first time Comandante users I highly recommend that when you get down to the last couple of click to check whether the crank and handle still swing freely or are locked in place. This is the most accurate way to actually determin whether the grinder is in the zero click or if you're on the '1' click position.

The most common problem people have around this is over-tightening your Comandante grinder. Your point of reference should be: 'as soon as your handle locks you're in the 0-click position' any tighter and you're over-tightening your grinder.

How do I dial in grind size properly?

Dialling in coffee isn't easy but it shouldn't be overly complicated, my best suggestion is to follow a recipe and then customise and adjust it to your liking. With that in mind, the protocol for dialling in coffee is to change these variable (in this order).

Grind Size > Water Temp > Brew Ratio > Coffee Dose > Water Minerals > Coffee Beans

When changing variables it's best to only change one variable at a time, this helps you to keep your experiments clean and not get confused by what variable changed the final taste of your coffee.

What grind size should I use if my recipe says medium-fine?

When a brew guide / recipe says to use a medium-fine grind size, it's usually referencing the 20-40 clicks range on the Comandante C40 Grinder. The reason why recipes call for a 'medium-fine grind size' is because it's a general descriptor that you can feel by literally touching the coffee grounds. It shouldn't feel like powder, instead it should have a slight coarseness to. it as if you're feeling ground salt. Think of somewhere between table salt and fine sand, this is how I'd best describe the texture of your ground coffee.

Comandante Grind Size for V60:

The HARIO V60 Dripper is one of the most popular ways to brew coffee and because of this has hundreds of different recipes you can choose to brew with all resulting in different expressions of coffee and all requiring different grind sizes.

For the most part I recommend using coffee ground at around 20-30 clicks on the Comandante C40 as this is an optimal range for most coffees. The HARIO V60 is a conical dripper meaning it relies on gravity to pull down the water and flow. I would also define the HARIO V60 dripper as a medium speed flowing dripper, meaning you don't need to overcompensate too much by grinding too coarse or too fine.

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Comandante Grind Size for French Press

The French Press method requires a coarser grind to prevent over-extraction and sediment in your cup. Because of this style of brewing we found a grind size of 30-40 clicks on the Comandante C40 tends to be the optimal range for this immersion style for the French press.

Comandante Grind Size for Orea Dripper

The Orea range of drippers are known for their fast flow rate, their large hole size located on the base of the brewer paired with the flat bottom design results in a low bypass and very fast brew. We recommend grinding coffee closer to the 20 click mark on the Comandante C40.

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Comandante Grind Size for Cupping

Cupping coffee can be very technical and even has a whole set of cupping guidelines from the SCA (Specialty coffee Association). We found that grinding coffee at 30 Clicks on the Comandante gives us 900µm and is a great middle ground to asses a range of coffees.

Comandante Grind Size for Espresso

Espresso brewing demands a fine grind, by balancing the taste and the speed of coffee extracting you are able to time your espresso shot and dial your coffee to taste. We recommend grinding 3-6 clicks on the Comandante C40 but this will very much depend on the coffee and other variables.

When grinding for espresso on the Comandante we highly recommend you consider using the Red Clix upgrade as this doubles the amount of clicks and helps you to adjust your grinder 2x more accurately.

Coffee Grind Size for AeroPress

The AeroPress is a versatile coffee brewer with a range of different styles of coffee it can make, for an espresso-style coffee we found around 10-15 clicks works great but for filter brewing we recommend using 20-30 clicks on the Comandante C40.

Comandante C60 Baracuda Grinder

The Comandante C60 Baracuda is Comandante's latest grinder to be released, featuring a full stainless steel body and a much larger 60mm burr this grinder is an absolute beast that weighs around 1kg. The Comandante Baracuda C60 was originally released in the stainless steel body (pictured below) but later iterations such as the C60 Velvet Steel and the C60 Nautilus Blue.

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How many microns is 1 click on the Comandante C60?

The Comandante C60 features the GX50 thread on the Gold Clix drivetrain system, this system enables ultra-fine grind adjustments, with a vertical burr pitch of 41.6μm per click, and a 21μm change per click click.