Can we talk about coffee bean grinders?

I forgot the Mr. Coffee link

I wouldn't put spices in a burr grinder because you will never get rid of the odors and essences. Most spices that you would grind are oily and tend to leave a residue.

While I know a burr grinder is supposed to be the best, I don't have the space on my counter and I'm not hauling it out every day. The solution that works best for me is to use my blender, which is on my counter because I use it so often. I'm on my second blender and I saved the base and blades when I threw my old one away. I also have a little one cup blender jar. I use the extra base and blades with the mini jar and I only use it for coffee. It works a charm.

OP can you link to the coffee maker you got? I missed the other thread.

Isn't the point of a Keurig to make a single cup fast and easy? Why bother using a reusable pod that you have to rinse after each use, and spend time grinding whole beans?

OP - Costco online has a very good Capresso burr grinder for only $89.

(R4) Keurig single use are an eco disaster with a nasty global foot print.

Uh, coffee gets stale and rather quickly. You need to start giving away some of your huge supply before it's undrinkable.

OP - NEVER buy so many packs of coffee. Even vacuum packed commercial brand coffee beans are better soon after purchase, and as soon as you open the bag, its a pretty limited self life.

Also, if you really MUST keep a few pounds of coffee around, don't grind the beans until the day you need them.

The whole point of getting a Burr grinder is that you are interested in the finer details of brewing coffee, and its flavours. So now you must step up your game. Otherwise you are gaining a LITTLE bit by having a burr grinder, but defeating the whole purpose if you are keeping beans too long, or keeping ground open coffee for more than a few hours, at most.

No you cannot grind anything besides coffee in your burr grinder.

Do you have a lot of friends? If you are impatient for the results of your survey, you should do your taste taste of all the different coffees but then give the rest of each coffee away, and just stick to one or two varieties in the future.

I love those DD coffee pods too! I was doing some work in this woman's apartment last year and she had 'em and always had them ready to go when I got there. The best!

W - A - Y too much commotion surrounding your daily coffee preparation ritual!

Use an instant coffee brand (try several) and be done with it.

Instant has come a long way in eecent years.

Actually drinkable now and quite tasty.

no r11

If you are remotely serious about having good coffee, you must grind it right before brewing, however you brew it. Coffee loses 50% of its aroma within an hour of grinding, and vacuum packing doesn't do much to prevent that.

Oh, and Keurig coffee makers are complete crap. I cannot believe so many Americans are using them, except when I remind myself what all American coffee was like less than 30 years ago (which is the only comparison by which Keurig coffee is an improvement).

Even ordinary filter coffee can be pretty good if you use good beans, grind them fresh and use enough of them.

Oh, and don't get me started on Dunkin Donuts coffee. Try the House Blend from Costco instead -- it's pretty good.

65 lbs of your coffee hoard will be stale by the time you around to drinking it.

I dislike the sound of electric, so recommend a manual grindr - and Gevalia or Starbucks Breakfast Blend. Those are the two widely available smooth coffees.

should i get a keurig? i drink a lot of coffee (a pot a day).

No r16

R16, in the final analysis, it's still drinking water from hot plastic.

Yeah that's kind of what turned me off of those pod-type coffemakers in general, r18. We still don't know all the harmful effects of plastics on our health; I doubt BPA is the only problem.

Can we talk about Gayle Grinders?

"Scathingly brilliant"?

SOMEbody is a "Trouble With Angels" fan...

I got a percolator for that reason r19. The pour - over method is nice too. I also like Starbucks individual dehydrated coffee crystals. Just mix with hot water. Those are surprisingly good.

I second the Capresso burr grinder in r5. I bought mine about six months ago on Amazon and have been very pleased with it.

Put unopened bags of beans in the freezer. Use when you need them.

Coffee beans are best stored at room temperature in the dark (cabinet).

Do not grind spices in your coffee grinder unless you want your coffee to taste like those spices.

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Are those coffee grounds, R27?

OP, you're much too involved with your coffee and need an intervention. Consider yourself intervened.

I don't drink coffee anymore, but a grinder and a fresh press really do make a difference.

Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill.

I've had it for more than ten years, use it daily, and it needs to be set way over to coarse for the Cuisinart drip coffeemaker, finer for cold brew or a French press.

I got a Krups coffee grinder as a gift a couple of years ago. I haven't taken it out of the box.

Whoever mentioned grinding spices, Cuisinart also makes a small spice grinder - not a burr mill, the blade's more like the business end of a blender - that's terrific grinding weed - a pulse or two is all it takes. But you have to soak and scrub the stainless steel bowl to get the pot smell and the gummy rosin out of it before using it for anything else.

70 pounds of coffee? Umm do you run a coffee shop? The coffee will go stale before you can drink it all.