Is the Comandante MK4 worth it?
The Comandante C40 MK4 Nitro Blade is still a fantastic manual grinder. Great build quality, superb accuracy, and easy grinding make it one of the top choices even 11 years after its first release. The main downsides are that it’s quite slow for espresso and fairly expensive compared to the competition. The Comandante C40 is a true masterpiece as a coffee grinder. With a variety of beautifully consistent grind settings, extra sharp and well stabilized burrs and a high quality body, we can’t think of much negative to say about this grinder other than the price.Hand-built in Germany, the C40 is designed to dial precisely to coffee-nerd standards with commercial-grade stainless steel burrs. Serious engineering, excellent craftsmanship, and years of experience yields this work of art.Made in Germany. The iconic Comandante C40 is a robust, high performance grinder with an advanced and pioneering burr set: Nitro Blade. And the new Mk4 generation just got even better! The burr material and design is the proud result of years of dedicated research and development at Comandante’s onsite coffee lab.The Comandante C40 is a true masterpiece as a coffee grinder. With a variety of beautifully consistent grind settings, extra sharp and well stabilized burrs and a high quality body, we can’t think of much negative to say about this grinder other than the price.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.