Coffee frustrations

If you use a paper filter as part of your brewing process, or brew with coffee that's been ground for more than 48 hours, you are losing the wonderful aromatic volatile oils that makes the difference between a meh cup of coffee and a great cup of coffee.
 
Anyone here remember the red A&P coffee grinders they had in the check out lines? It smelled like heaven to me as a little kid, but then I tasted a cup and wondered why coffee lost all that goodness. :chow2:
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Since we're on the subject, what sort of grinder do people like? We have an old blade grinder that has more or less bitten the dust. Is the hand crank grinder a real advantage, or is it more of a hipster delicacy? What about these burr grinders?
 
cuffdc said:
Since we're on the subject, what sort of grinder do people like? We have an old blade grinder that has more or less bitten the dust. Is the hand crank grinder a real advantage, or is it more of a hipster delicacy? What about these burr grinders?
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I like the cheap blade grinders. I have two, one for coffee. One for spices.
 
Punchy said:
Thanks for that. I've been using the paper filters with the Aero, and while it's good, it's not wowza. Will have to pick one of these up. :thu:
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There are a lot of techniques you can employ w/ the aeropress...here's one...hopefully it's the one where he lets the coffee steep longer w/ the aero upside down...can't watch the vid right now.:


(you can put your mug on the aero before you flip it back over to avoid any splillage) Personally, I think the filter media makes a difference but it's not going to make a meh cup any better.

cuffdc said:
Since we're on the subject, what sort of grinder do people like? We have an old blade grinder that has more or less bitten the dust. Is the hand crank grinder a real advantage, or is it more of a hipster delicacy? What about these burr grinders?
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It really depends on the type of coffee maker/brewer you use. If you filter your coffee, a blade grinder is fine. If you use a press pot or other screen filter, you want a moderate even grind and that's something you can't do adequately w/ a blade.
 
So I just amazoned one of those steel filters and a mini burr grinder. My electric blade grinder is good, and works fine, but can be a bit loud if I'm trying to make coffee before everybody is awake. If I don't feel bad about the noise, I'll be more likely to make good coffee rather than whatever can of cheap stuff I have hanging around from the last time my grandparents visited :grin:
 
cuffdc said:
Since we're on the subject, what sort of grinder do people like? We have an old blade grinder that has more or less bitten the dust. Is the hand crank grinder a real advantage, or is it more of a hipster delicacy? What about these burr grinders?
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The hand crank grinders are usually burr grinders, and the advantage is that you can control how coarse you want the coffee. For true espresso, you normally need a grinder made for espresso, but for everything from French press to the moka pots that Bialetti is known for, a basic electric burr grinder should have you covered.

I've got two hand grinders, one 1950s Peugeot grinder that I inherited from my great-grandparents, and one Hario that I bought mostly for the hell of it. It's small and easy to carry around if you wanna grind your own coffee at work or otherwise away from home, but the downside is that grinding anything really fine, it takes forever and gives you a real workout.
 
Thanks for these tips, all. The guy in the video takes a long time to get around to it, doesn't he?
 
Tig said:
Anyone here remember the red A&P coffee grinders they had in the check out lines? It smelled like heaven to me as a little kid, but then I tasted a cup and wondered why coffee lost all that goodness. :chow2:
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Still use one at costco :Wave: Grind though is expresso or turkish for me so that one wouldn't work. Like I said before I'm not a coffee snob I like cheap strong black coffee
 
Tig said:
Anyone here remember the red A&P coffee grinders they had in the check out lines? It smelled like heaven to me as a little kid, but then I tasted a cup and wondered why coffee lost all that goodness. :chow2:
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I remember them well but I was too young to drink it in those days.
 
I remember the grinders in the coffee aisle from when I was a kid. I think our yuppie Kroger still has a grinder in the coffee aisle.

And even though I've only recently started drinking coffee as a daily routine, it was never forbidden when I was a kid, and used to drink coffee at my grandparents' house all the time.
 
I tasted coffee two times, once as a kid (yuck) and later when performing CPR on my neighbor (WWII veteran USMC fighter pilot) who was likely dead of the heart attack before he hit the ground. I couldn't just stand there waiting for the ambulance and did what had to be done.

So there will never be a third tasting of coffee. Never, ever, ever.
 
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