Upright Coffee Grinders are a great way to grind your fresh coffee beans just before your ready to brew. A little history on the coffee grinder, in 1798, the first U.S. patent for a coffee grinder was issued to Thomas Bruff of Maryland, who was Thomas Jefferson’s dentist. In 1898, Hobart Manufacturing Company of Troy, Ohio, introduced the first electric belt-driven grinder.
Coffee Grinder manufacturers from the United States:
- Arcade
- Enterprise
- Landers Frary and Clark
- Logan and Stonebridge
- Parker
- Steinfeld
- Wilmot Castle
- Wrightsville Hardware Company
Coffee mills from European manufacturers include:
- Armin Trosser – German
- DeVe – Holland
- Elma – Spain
- Kenrick – England
- PeDe (Peter Dienes) – German company as coffee is spelled kaffee
- PeDe (Peter Dienes – Holland company as coffee is spelled koffie
- Patentado – Basque area of Spain by the M.S.F. Company
- Spong – England