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.