Properly Ground Coffee, Life Can Grind To A Halt
Coffee is one of life’s simplest pleasures, and yet its not as simple as it may seem, if fact at it could be quite complex.
We settle on the cheap to but coffee at the local gas station, or even worse we drink the sludge they have in our office because we are too busy and or in a rush to sit down and enjoy a proper cup.
Once you decide to take a few minutes out of your for yourself each morning so you can have great coffee you will need to invest in a coffee grinder. But which one should you choose?
It really does matter and if you think all coffee is the same try and find a friend who is serious about coffee. Compare two different coffees one ground at home and the other bought from a store or even instant coffee.
You walk into you local store or search online and you look at the prices and you think sixty dollars for a grinder, how ridiculous? Trust me, I have been there, but I do not regret my purchase for a second.
If you want to be serious about coffee you need to get a burr grinder. These are normally priced around sixty dollars and may seem expensive at first but it is so worth it. Of course there are cheaper grinders out on the market but those are blade grinders. When you use these you end up with “dull” coffee.
Since I bought mine I look forward to mornings again. I race to the kitchen to grind up what I call my magic beans in my classy grinder.
The best thing about a burr one is you can choose how you want the ground coffee to be. Depending on what you use to brew your coffee you can choose coarser or finer coffee grounds.
If your weapon of choice is a French Press you need a coarse grind and if you make espresso you need a finer grind.
I know you may be thinking who cares but it is the difference between bitter and unappealing coffee and delicious coffee. Good Luck and happy drinking!
Grind Your Own Coffee For Best Taste
Being a fairly new coffee drinker, I am just starting to tell the difference between a good cup of coffee and a bad cup of coffee. And although many restaurants are hit and miss, I can always count on myself brewing a simply horrible cup at home.
Nothing seemed to work. I tried different brands of coffee, but they all tasted the same. I changed coffee filters, hoping that would make a difference. Nope. I even bought a new coffee maker, which didn’t help either. Then my wife found a good deal on a coffee grinder, and I suddenly discovered the secret.
I don’t think there’s anything special about what my wife brought home – it’s a DeLonghi coffee grinder about the size of a Venti cup at Starbucks – but I now realize that the difference between freshly ground coffee and the coffee you buy at a supermarket is like the difference between canned fruit and fresh fruit.
The bladed coffee grinder I have is just the low end in this product category. It can get much fancier, and you can create fine or coarse grounds with more expensive models. But to me, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that I am grinding the beans, releasing all of the aroma and oils, and then immediately brewing the product, capturing all the flavor that has just been released.
The result is astounding. The taste is 100% better. No more stale, dried out powder, and no more stale taste, either. Instead, I take about 90 seconds extra to fill the coffee grinder and press the button. I feel like a barista!
If your coffee tastes tired and tasteless, spend $15-20 on a new coffee grinder. The aroma of the beans being ground will be enough to make it worth your while, and the taste of the finished product will be even better.