If there is one grinder most coveted by shops and home users in equal measure, it is the Mahlkönig EK43. As the Analytics of Autumn—our yearly by-the-numbers recap of the Build-Outs of Coffee—bears out, the EK is about as close to a must-have grinders for new cafes around the world as you can get. And with the shorter, more compact (though still not all that compact) EK43 S, it’s on a short list of grinders I wish were on my countertop at this very moment. Now, whether or not I actually need that many horsepower in a grinder is perhaps a different story.
And so it is that I am absolutely feverish over the news that Mahlkönig is releasing THE ICON, a limited edition EK43 S in white and gold.
Individually numbered to 999, The Icon isn’t functionally different than a traditional EK43 S, but the devil is in the details, and oh how these details set apart the limited edition. The all white body…
