They’re good enough for most purposes.Anyone knows, if simple cutting blade coffee grinder is really that worse? I just had the idea to maybe reactivate my Ma's simple drugstore grinder.
I used a blade grinder for many years before deciding to splurge and buy a basic burr grinder ($125). I did notice a difference. The coffee from the blade grinder could have a slight bitter taste to it that was not present with the burr. I think the burnt taste could come from the high speed of the blade that the slower burr grinding speed.Anyone knows, if simple cutting blade coffee grinder is really that worse? I just had the idea to maybe reactivate my Ma's simple drugstore grinder.
I’m thinking it’s the heat generated by the friction of that spinning blade as it reduces the beans into a finer and finer grind, whereas the burr grinds the individual beans in a single pass and doesn’t subject the beans to such repeated friction?I used a blade grinder for many years before deciding to splurge and buy a basic burr grinder ($125). I did notice a difference. The coffee from the blade grinder could have a slight bitter taste to it that was not present with the burr. I think the burnt taste could come from the high speed of the blade that the slower burr grinding speed.
Unopened.View attachment 445149
I wonder if the Sanka guy and the Hills Bros. guy ever got together for, oh, I dunno, a cup of tea...
The burr grinder we bought is at the low end of the market but our needs are simple. I think it is Italian - Saeco?. We use a French press most of the time but also have a Nespresso unit for mornings when I am lazy or late.I’m thinking it’s the heat generated by the friction of that spinning blade as it reduces the beans into a finer and finer grind, whereas the burr grinds the individual beans in a single pass and doesn’t subject the beans to such repeated friction?
Maybe that’s hooie. Our current setup is a Breville espresso machine with a built-in adjustable burr grinder. It has proven satisfactory, as did the Breville that we used for 11 years before this one came into our lives. I had to replace a group gasket once, and I put in an aftermarket steam control lever after the original plastic knob broke in my hand. Opening the case voids the warranty, but that was expired anyway. The machines look beefier than they really are, but a decade or more of service ain’t so bad, as modern countertop kitchen appliances go.
I don't remember people walking around in the street with giant coffees in their hands until the '90s.
I don't remember people walking around in the street with giant coffees in their hands until the '90s. Maybe you might see workers at a construction site holding little paper cups of coffee from Dunkies, but as far as people walking around randomly in the streets slurping tall coffee drinks, that didn't exist before the "Starbucks era." Coffee was something consumed at home, at a restaurant counter or table, or at your desk -- and if at your desk, it was Maxwell House or Chase & Sanborn made in a dirty drip pot in the break room that always smelled burnt.
Nah, just an internet example, although I do have an unopened jar of Instant Sanka of about the same vintage in my cupboard. In case guests show up and want coffee, doncha know.Unopened.
Yours?
My palate is sensitive enough to appreciate the difference between arabica and robusta or a dark roast versus a light roast. But beyond that it’s all pretty much the same to me. So I typically buy the two-pound bags of dark-roasted whole-bean store-brand arabica at Safeway. A year or so ago it was $15.99 at regular price and often on sale for $12.99. Last time I bought it, a couple weeks ago, I think it was $19.99.I love my coffee but am far from being a snob or aficionado. I buy whatever beans are on coupon at Costco.
Another of those essentials like gasoline, electricity that have gone up by just the 8. something% inflation rate??????My palate is sensitive enough to appreciate the difference between arabica and robusta or a dark roast versus a light roast. But beyond that it’s all pretty much the same to me. So I typically buy the two-pound bags of dark-roasted whole-bean store-brand arabica at Safeway. A year or so ago it was $15.99 at regular price and often on sale for $12.99. Last time I bought it, a couple weeks ago, I think it was $19.99.
Yes, we too put few miles on the car. A tank of gas lasts me the better part of a month now. And I too am very grateful to be relatively insulated from the worst effects of inflation, especially housing.^^^^^
Something like that, although I read that the overall inflation rate is fueled (groan) in large part by dramatically higher gasoline prices, from which we’ve gotten substantial relief in recent weeks.
I have had the great good fortune of not having to drive much (I go days on end without leaving home) and for that home to be quite affordable.
We, the lovely missus and I, have made some wise decisions and expended considerable effort to be so positioned, but we remind ourselves of how lucky we’ve been, too. And how our fortunes could change due to factors beyond our direct control.
But my visits to the supermarket have me hurting for those just scraping by. Empathy comes easy, seeing how those were my financial circumstances for most of my life.
'gourmet' alcohol options like craft beer
More significant, though, is the rise of the dessert bar. Places that sell nothing in the way of savoury food, but it's all ice cream, milk-shakes, cakes, waffles.... loads of them round here.
I'm a tea drinker. Tea is pretty much tea wherever you go
It was clearly very much modelled on the vibe of the one in the then still fairly "new hit TV show!" Friends.