How to Get the Most Out of Your Coffee Grinder

[TBO]

https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-use-coffee-grinder-6823511

[gwalchmai]

I was OK until he said you can't resharpen the burrs. Anything that can be dulled can be sharpened. Just takes a bit of motivation.

[Huaco Kid]

I've got a little 1-cup hand grinder,  for the two times each year I actually use it.

I get the most out of it by cranking fast.

[railfancwb]

I remember as a youngster going to the grocery store with Mother. The store had a coffee grinder and a selection of beans in sacks. Pick out a sack of beans, empty them into a hopper on top. Put the now empty sack on the output spout, select grind desired, start machine. Shortly the sack would be full of fresh ground coffee. 

[DAKA]

Oh Boy.... This is VERY SERIOUS coffee, do you need to grow and pick your own beans, then roast them also.. OMG  Get A Life 

[DWARREN123]

Tell her she does a good job!

Just joking.

[gwalchmai]

36 minutes ago, DAKA said:

Oh Boy.... This is VERY SERIOUS coffee, do you need to grow and pick your own beans, then roast them also.. 

Yep. Did I ever tell you about when I worked in the Brazilian coffee fields and we'd make our breakfast coffee with bean fresh from the fields?

[Huaco Kid]

3 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

Yep. Did I ever tell you about when I worked in the Brazilian coffee fields and we'd make our breakfast coffee with bean fresh from the fields?

Juan?  Is that you?

[LostinTexas]

4 hours ago, DAKA said:

Oh Boy.... This is VERY SERIOUS coffee, do you need to grow and pick your own beans, then roast them also.. OMG  Get A Life 

Yea, there are those people. You know, Pay premium for local roasted, will not grind until ready to prepare, won't buy more than a weeks worth because it will go stale.

Then take it home, grind it wrong, throw it in a drip maker or pour through, that they paid too much for, all with a paper filter. There went all your oils and flavor.

Just buy a decent coffee, that fits your taste and put it in a French press, or better yet a pecolator. Leave the paper to wipe the jelly off your face.

[Al Czervik]

I've had the same conical burr grinder for about 15 years.  Luckily, I have not noticed any decline in performance.  Every time it quits, my wife rejoices (it is rather loud).  But, after 5 minutes with a butter knife, cleaning out the nooks and crannies so the switches will close when the bin is inserted properly, she works yet again.

[TBO]

So, if I'm not off the mark............ some here can't cope with the daily grind.

[Fog]

I have a huge old burr type coffee grinder that stands over five feet tall, two huge flywheels. It ground coffee in a grocery store for decades and the burrs are still sharp. 

I run it with a steam engine. 

[Batesmotel]

So you take some inedible beans, heat them almost to the point of combustion, grind them with any of a dozen methods, hydrate them with everything from ice water to steamed soybean juice then argue about who did it best? 

[pipedreams]

8 hours ago, Al Czervik said:

I've had the same conical burr grinder for about 15 years.  Luckily, I have not noticed any decline in performance.  Every time it quits, my wife rejoices (it is rather loud).  But, after 5 minutes with a butter knife, cleaning out the nooks and crannies so the switches will close when the bin is inserted properly, she works yet again.

Same here, works like a champ.  I give it a couple wacks after I quite grinding to knock out the left overs and it'd ready for the next time.

[DAKA]

1 hour ago, pipedreams said:

Same here, works like a champ.  I give it a couple wacks after I quite grinding to knock out the left overs and it'd ready for the next time.

"couple wacks" fixes a lot of stuff

[Gunboat1]

Zassenhaus manual grinder, set to coarse grind.  Bodum french press with a little sand glass 4 minute timer.  Whole beans in any of a number of flavors from Bones Coffee Company.  If you have boiling water, you can make perfect, delicious coffee every time.