What grinds your Coffee~~??~~??

[7tenz]

First, don't get a blade grinder. There are crusher types that give a uniform grind. Just lay the beans out on a cutting board and smash them with the butt of an N frame. Seriously, I don't know what the call those types. Edit- Hofstet, just read your post more closely, he he. Burr type. I just saw that yesterday on a Consumer Reports bit on the Sunday morning news.

I was watching Americas Test Kitchen and learned something about grinding, even though I don't grind my own. To lazy. But if you get whole beans, there is a small percentage of what is known in the industry as "shakers". They are a light dull brown and are bitter in taste, Beans should be a shiny dark brown. If you want to take the time to sort them out before you grind them it should improve the taste.

BTW my favorite is Melitta Arabica, how do you pronounce? I keep it in the freezer.

 

[sipowicz]

Being Italian, I don't use a grinder...I just stomp on my beans...

 

[Jim Shugart]

I'm really serious about my coffee, so I bought THIS about a year ago. Costco had them on sale for about half price.

O.M.G. It's the best money I have ever spent. Ya stumble down stairs in the morning, press a button and it rinses itself out. Press another button and out comes an espresso that puts Starbutts to shame.

I visited my mom last month. She's only person in the USA who still uses instant coffee. I had to grind the coffee, put it into a filter, add water to a Mr. Coffee and then wait.......... I thought I was gonna die.

Seriously. If you like coffee then sell a gun or two and get one of these.

 

[Bullet Bob]

Wow, my favorite is Folgers Singles. I knew I was a peasant of base tastes, but I had no idea how low I had sunk until now.

 

[pred]

I grind it every day with a Bunn commercial model ($810 if I remember correctly). It holds 20 lbs. of beans in each of two hoppers, but it mostly runs leaded. Oh yeah, did I mention I own a couple of restaurants?!?


I've gotten gun envy on this site many, many times. But I have NEVER gotten a case of grinder envy before. I too remember those A&P stores, and the whole row of coffees. We still grind ours with an old Krups blade grinder at home.

Now I'm gonna see if I can find me one of those antiques, that is just way too cool. Actually, I'd use it in a restaurant. We have a number of old photo's, and a few obsolete kitchen tools on display, that would be a centerpiece.

Nice,

The Highlander

I think it would be up to the task.
It runs quiet and smooth and will grind a pound in just seconds, As I like to tinker I have found that it comes apart real easy, The grind adjuster just unscrews if you need to get in there, And as time passes, You can readjust the grinders with 2 lock screws and 1 adjuster screw as it's running.
All to easy to maintain.
I know it's silly that I bought it and just found another locally, Well 150 miles away and I ran to get it for the 50 bucks they were asking,
I rewired it last night, and it's running smoothly,,,,, Now I have one as backup for when this one pictured in the first post goes bad,,,, Only issue is that it's already 70+? years old and runs 100% and may last another,,,, Well longer than I will.
I really need a bigger house!
Peter

 

[scoutsdad]

I use to have the whole A&P grinder. Now I only have the lid.

 

[Spotteddog]

My Mom and Dad's wedding present (1st marriage) was a used Kitchen Aid and the basic attachments. My Mom and Dad's present to us on my second Marriage, was a factory rebuilt Kitchen Aid with most of the attachments. I've got a sneaking suspicion that 20 years from now, the coin of the realm might just be 1940's-50's vintage coffee grinding machines! They always were beautiful, but like so many other things of that and earlier era's, unappreciated, until they started being rarely seen outside of museums. Wonderful 20th century-late industrial age examples of when America still made something. And was the best at it!

 

[29Wheelgunner]

A Melitta burr grinder. Framing hammer and a burlap bag works well too.

 

[pred]

It has been two weeks since I have been using the old Hobart grinder and I can taster the difference from the same beans ground on one of those spinning blade grinders at a friends house, Both of us using a french press,,, The coffee from the Hobard is much stronger and more flavor.
I figure it may be around for a long-long time.
Peter