Kitchen consultation granite slab and Siemens appliances?

Quartz stone has already been mentioned. In my opinion, it is the best compromise of everything. Ceramic is also very good, but it is also very expensive and, if in doubt, somewhat more prone to impact damage because it is brittle. The only thing that can be annoying with quartz stone is placing a hot pot/pan on it. Here, the resin might somehow react and cause discoloration. However, this is reportedly no longer a huge problem nowadays, and having a few pot holders handy is certainly never wrong, after all, you sometimes place something directly on the dining table... Oh, and stainless steel is of course also very good, but not everyone likes the look. In my opinion, it fits better if everything is already in a stainless steel look, but then it quickly looks like a Chinese fast food joint.

Is granite the "best" choice for a countertop?

Above all, it is important to us that the countertop is durable, robust, scratch-resistant, resistant, easy to care for, and hygienic.

What would you say is better, granite or ceramic? Or maybe something else?

I would say yes... So if you really disregard the price and you "don't care," I would go with a granite countertop.

The only thing is, you have to be careful with acidic foods... They immediately eat into the granite - don't leave them lying openly on the countertop!

Exact granite is very cool in itself, but it is sensitive to acid, which for me basically excludes it again in the kitchen. Because the kitchen is at least for me the place where most acid is splashed around. In addition, most granite is too lively in appearance for me (or rather my wife).

That’s why quartz composite is so cool. It is basically artificial granite mixed in color as desired.

I will take another look at quartz stone, it's probably cheaper than granite, right?

I had read that ceramic can match granite in terms of scratch and impact resistance and is also very low maintenance because you don't have to impregnate it. Ceramic is also completely water and acid resistant.

Does anyone know if ceramic is cheaper, more expensive, or the same price as granite?

We currently have the kitchen planned including granite for 15,500€, and that fits within the budget.

Quartz stone is sometimes also called artificial stone or quartz composite. According to my research (but it is a year old) granite starts off cheaper (but it is really ugly then) but gets more expensive (for very high-quality material). The median (without having really collected it statistically correctly) seemed to me to be cheaper with quartz composite than granite. Ceramic should normally be expensive. Regarding impact resistance: ceramic just cracks right away (gets a longer crack) and in my opinion you can see it too. With granite it stays at the impact point and can depending on the surface completely blend into the pattern. Scratch resistance: ceramic is more scratch-resistant than granite.

Hmm, so would you say granite is better than ceramic? The kitchen studio currently has a very nice granite countertop on offer, so the additional cost isn't that high.