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Mahlkönig EK43: The Commercial Grinder That Changed Specialty Coffee Recipes
The Mahlkönig EK43 is a German industrial grinder from the 1980s that accidentally revolutionized specialty coffee. Its 98mm flat burrs produce particle distributions so uniform that they rewrote extraction theory, normalized single-dosing, and changed how cafes think about grinder workflow. Here is why the EK43 matters, where the mythology is deserved, who should actually buy one, and what real alternatives exist in 2026.
May 20, 2026
