52 Tuesdays: Favorite Thrifts #7

What: Coffee Grinder
Where: Monroe Flee Market
Level of Love: 6 out of 10

This awesome rickety coffee grinder was found on a Saturday trip to the Monroe Flee Market in Monroe, WA. The whole day is a good treasure hunting memory with lots of great finds and equally great company. Kevin, our friend Sarah, and I all set out early to make the drive north and arrive near the beginning of the market. I think our early start (plus obligatory Starbucks stop) paid off with this and other great finds! After the market, we hit up the other thrift stores in the area and didn't make it back home to Seattle until late afternoon. Thankfully, Sarah (being very smart about how these thrift days go) had the forethought to bring snacks so we held ourselves over with carrot sticks and pistachios in the car between thrifts stops. 

Kevin and I had been looking at hand coffee grinders like this for a bit now, but had not purchased one yet. This one was much more rustic than some of the others we had been seeing, and I fell for it. I'm not much of a haggler, but I think I maybe talked the guy down a fiver? Maybe? It was very gentle haggling I assure you. I remember him saying something like "well, I guess I need the room in the shop". So, home it came. It gets a 6 out of 10 because I'm not 100% how well (read: if) it works yet. It needs a good cleaning first, which I haven't gotten around to doing. The moving parts do work smoothly and the grind-y part (coffee aficionados feel free to correct my terminology) seems to be in good shape. So, as soon as I get around to cleaning it, I'll give it a go.