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coffee grinder thread

>> No.3950845
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>> No.3950879

>not chewing and eating your coffee beans raw

Plebs.

>> No.3950885

Since this thread is here, I'd like to say that I bought some coffee beans recently to eat with my ice cream. I haven't tried coffee as a drink in at least 4 years. I don't have a grinder or a coffee machine of any kind, but I'm almost certain I can still make a coffee drink with household items in a makeshift kind of way.

Any tips, guys?

>> No.3951071

>>3950885

Mortar & Pestle, blender, food processor, stick blender, put in ziplock bag pound it with a big stick.

Expect shitty coffee but it'll work.

>> No.3951106

>>3951071
I have all of those tools. Why should it be shitty? I'll be filtering it of course.

>> No.3951116

>>3951106
Uneven extraction. If you put it through a sieve you could probably get out the powder that will cause bitter coffee but it will still be uneven.

It will be fine, though.

>> No.3951125

Hario Mini Mill or Porlex JP-30 if you're on a budget.

Anything cheaper is complete garbage.

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family was using something that looks eerily similar to this as decoration. I cleaned it up and have never been happier with a grinder for french press.

>> No.3951170

>>3951125
I'm planning on getting an Aeropress, no idea which of those grinders to get. What about an equivalent value electric bean grinder though? I'm just going to be making one, maybe two cups at a time. What are the advantages of using the ones you mentioned over an electric one?

>> No.3951778

>>3951116
Horseshit. bitterness comes from too long of steep time. I can grind beans with a hammer & make coffee so good that it would make you slap your mother

>> No.3951834

>>3951778
>bitterness comes from too long of steep time

>people still believe this

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>>3951778
>claims bitterness comes from too long of a steep time
>steep time varies with different size grounds
>smashes beans into different sizes with hammer
>what, what?

>> No.3951939

I like to pour half a can of folgers into a pot and put maybe a cup of water and watch the darkness fall.
Nothing gets you up faster for a EMS call than demon water.

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>>3951170
Could someone answer this?

>> No.3953431

>>3952801
Well the problem is, with electric grinders you have either blade or burr type. Blade grinders are more for spices, although they are marketed as coffee grinders. You really have no control over the grind level, which is bad enough in itself, but you also get an extremely non uniform grind. In summary: don't get one if you want good coffee. On to electric burr type grinders- you're gonna have to fork well over 50 bucks to get one that works halfway decent. So you really are best off with something like the Hario.

>> No.3953439

>>3953431
To add to my previous post: forgot to mention blade grinders are very attractive to enthusiasts who don't know any better because they can be had for $20 or less. Also, electric burr grinders may make the grinds very staticky (very prevalent with cheap models)

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>>3951170

I've used a blade grinder with an Aeropress. The only way to get a uniform grind is to let it go until the beans are pretty much dust (pic related). It...kind of works with the Aeropress, but it's quite hard to press through and it is prone to overextract.

I've since gotten the Hario Mini Mill, which works well and is cheap (got mine for ~$30). Decent electric burr grinders are at least $70, I don't have experience with them though.

>> No.3953464

>>3953431
>In summary: don't get one if you want good coffee.
Such bullshit.

>> No.3953488

>>3953439

I grew up with all manner of grinders (couple different hand cranks, a $250 Baratza, and some cheap blade crap) and the grinder is the absolute last thing I worry about. I just have a shitty blade grinder now and whenever I visit family I only really touch the fancy one when I'm making espresso. Sure I'd like a fancy one, but there are about a million things I'd rather spend hundreds of dollars on.

People put way too much energy into irrelevant crap. Thinking about all you guys dumping week-old flavorless beans into a fancy ass mill makes me laugh.

>> No.3953596

>>3953488
Thanks for adding nothing of value to this thread.

>> No.3953621

>>3953596

Tell me more about degaussing your coffee grounds, please. It's blowing my mind.

>> No.3953637

i've used a shitty blade grinder that cost me $15 for the past two years and my coffee taste just as good as a coffee shop. grinders make no significant difference to taste, it's all pretentiousness

>> No.3953641

>>3951145
Inspired.

OP here, and I have something like this from my olden days. (Mine's more of a shelf mount. Picture maybe later, maybe not.)

Think I'll dig it out.

Might be worth the couple hundred dollars a decent burr grinder would nick me for. Plus a bit of elbow grease is always good.

Thanks and cheers.