Who else grinds coffee?

[Hercule]

@Hercule

Since last year, I have got the classic 1-cup Bialetti Moka-Express.

Great for you! I love my 6-cup (= about 1, 8-10oz mug full) very very much. I tend to use mine more when I have store bought pre-ground coffee. It tends to get more out of less grounds. Great to start the day off with. Othertimes it's french press all the way.

 

[newsman]

That'd work - it's better than the current odour - 'eau de Labradoodle'...

That...is quite...a potential improvement.

My old beater truck has the faint smell of last Sunday's cigar. It's much improved over the normal smell of old beater blue truck.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Our daughters can't stand the sound of our electric grinder! It doesn't lull me to sleep either, though I suffer through it knowing what the outcome will be!

The bean roaster idea sounds brilliant, I'm going to research available options!

I have a Krups electric, and it probably makes the same awful sound.
But as with you, I put up with it, because I know the outcome.
Oh I have a manual one, but that work doesn't produce a hugh result.
Most recently my grindings have been Peet's French Roast, and some sort of Winter Roast from Fresh Market.
Miss my Cafe Noir though, bold and smokey.

 

[Edward Reed]

I have a late 1920s Elma burr grinder that I like using on the weekends when I have time to tend to using it. I figure if I am going to grind my own then I want to do it in vintage style I should measure but I'm used to eyeballing how many beans to drop in. Doesn't take much actually....
its a little bit of a workout. not too terrible but I don't want to exert myself at 5am on the weekdays but when I sleep in til 7am on Saturday then I don't mind giving this wee bit o' beans the 55 whirls it needs to get to what is almost espresso level grind! rather powdery. If I use my vintage percolator then I turn the set screw back a few notches to get a more coarse grind. smells sooooo good! the drawer reveals about 4 or 5 level spoons for a full pot

oooh thats dark!

much better

of course this cup of piping hot Joe must be served in a vintage coffee cup. this one; Homer Laughlin 1942.

 

[steve u]

I've gone through 2 Baratza Encore Burr grinders and this is my daily "driver"

steve

 

[Edward Reed]

I've gone through 2 Baratza Encore Burr grinders and this is my daily "driver" View attachment 251127
steve

WOW! is that Bunn a commercial coffee maker? seems familiar. looks like something one would find at a Waffle House. very nice!

 

[steve u]

That came out the V.P.'s office at the University where I work.
I have 2 more older ones that came out of the Industrial Tech Dept. as back up.
I like the over sized grinds hopper...for strong coffee.

steve

 

[BobHufford]

I've gone through 2 Baratza Encore Burr grinders and this is my daily "driver"

We run a Bunn commercial as a daily brewer both in town and at the farm. The farm grinder is a bit newer than the oldie shown a page or so back.

 

[steve u]

Edward,Bob
Those hand burr grinders look(and I bet they work) Fantastic!
I like my coffee ground as fine as the micro filter allows.
steve

 

[Edward Reed]

Edward,Bob
Those hand burr grinders look(and I bet they work) Fantastic!
I like my coffee ground as fine as the micro filter allows.
steve

I was surprised actually that it worked at all. I was concerned that the grinder or the teeth on the gears would have been worn down after over 90 years. but it works! I get a super fine powder on the tightest setting and a great course grind and anywhere in between evenly and consistently. I didn't think I would. The one I have would have been used in a general store or restaurant most likely. but I can also see that it may not have gotten much use after its first decade of life being most people just ended up purchasing vacuum sealed ground and instant... probably much to the relief of the aging general store counter worker. lol! things were built to last back then.

 

[Edward Reed]

finally got tired of hand cranking my Elma grinder so I retired it to display only and added an electric 1940s Hobart KitchenAid model A9. Works great. I have a replacement KitchenAid Coffee measure glass for it but I like using a vintage WWII era peek-a-boo decal glass as the grind catch.

 

[MisterCairo]

Does anyone else have issues with static electricity with their grinder? When I use mine, I stand there and tap my fingers while it grinds to discharge the build up.

 

[belfastboy]

Does anyone else have issues with static electricity with their grinder? When I use mine, I stand there and tap my fingers while it grinds to discharge the build up.

Yes, I have a Saeco burr grinder and the static build up is strong. I have to tap the plastic container on the counter as well as wipe the walls of the grinder to dislodge the build up. The mess is why I abandoned my grinding/french press coffee ritual. I went to the dark side ad bought a Nespresso which I like very much but have returned to the grinder/press method for most of the week. I use the Nespresso on those mornings I sleep in a bit and don't have the time to grind/press. Nespresso is just the push of a button for a decent cuppa....and that has its place.

 

[Edward Reed]

I was able to get the original issue measuring glass (c. 1939) for the KitchenAid grinder. its a bit smaller and the silkscreen logo and markings are sourced from a hand drawn master instead of typeset which gives it a lot of character. And it actually says on it Suggested Coffee Measure For (9 thru 1) Average Cups. I believe the other is the 1950s version.

 

[MisterCairo]

We have discovered the need to wash out the bin after grinding flavoured beans (my wife is a fan of things like amaretto and vanilla, etc.). I made a batch of dark roast the other day, and wondered why it tasted like hazel nuts.

 

[Hercule]

We have discovered the need to wash out the bin after grinding flavoured beans (my wife is a fan of things like amaretto and vanilla, etc.). I made a batch of dark roast the other day, and wondered why it tasted like hazel nuts.

On a not un-similar note, many, many years ago I visited a tobacco shop in the mall and savored the aromas of the many loose pipe tobaccos, and cigars in the walk in humidor, after which I patronized a coffee shop. The combination wasn't all that objectionable I have to admit, though unexpected.

 

[Hercule]

Perhaps a bit of clarification for those who may not know. Some of the more aromatic pipe tobaccos smell very similar to coffee, particularly hazelnut coffee. So, given that taste is so strongly smell based, my coffee smelled distinctly of the tobacco the smell of which I had recently been enjoying. I can't say it tasted like tobacco as I wouldn't know, but it sure was an interesting if confusing experience.

 

[Edward Reed]

Perhaps a bit of clarification for those who may not know. Some of the more aromatic pipe tobaccos smell very similar to coffee, particularly hazelnut coffee. So, given that taste is so strongly smell based, my coffee smelled distinctly of the tobacco the smell of which I had recently been enjoying. I can't say it tasted like tobacco as I wouldn't know, but it sure was an interesting if confusing experience.

"Hey! why does my coffee taste like some schmuck put their cigar out in it?!"

 

[Hercule]

"Hey! why does my coffee taste like some schmuck put their cigar out in it?!"

Well it wasn't that bad. That was the smell of my brother's vehicles. As a kid I grew up working in tobacco (Connecticut broad leaf) so I kinda like the smell of cured raw tobacco. To this day it and the smell of a good cigar are very nostalgic for me. (I never understood why cigarettes smelled so nasty though!) That tobacco shop in the mall was quite a place. A real man-cave in every sense of the term - "candy" jars of loose pipe tobacco, a walk in humidor room full of exotic cigars and loose tobacco, fancy chess sets, wine and smoking gadgets, interesting wall decorations and figurines. It had everything one could ever imagine wanting to decorate and stock the ultimate man-cave. It was the highlight of every trip to the mall for me. Sadly it was gone by the mid '90s.