I hate coffee

I've never used a coffee grinder. Does buying whole beans and using one really make it that much better?

with a french press, you are "supposed to" use the coarsest grind ... i know my grinder doesn't have any settings. There are fancy supermarkets that have grinders with different settings. I love these things.

i think it would because i buy them whole and grind them in the store and it's always best the first 2 days or so, and that's what experts say. but no it's not that bad for the rest of the 1.5-2 weeks a pound lasts me. dunno.

i think i could figure out how to make it grind coarse (i usually just counted to 6 or 7) if the grind was consistent. but it's not.

yeah, my advice would be to take it to the store and stealthily use their machines.

*grabs toolbox*

i've never had problems with mine, i usually make about four cups in the morning so i scoop out about four spoonfuls of coffee beans and grind them for 6-7 seconds.

does it sound normal when it's grinding? any weird noises?

hmmm. how you brew it?

sounds totally normal

yeah, my advice would be to take it to the store and stealthily use their machines.

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haha i always think about this

didn't you say in another thread that you have a large purse? That'd be perfect.

i use a french press too, and i gave up on ineptly grinding my own beans and get them ground at the store when i buy them. i buy a kilo every two weeks and it doesn't deteriorate especially and it's much simpler.

yeah :(

i wish i could have some coffee right now! but i'll be up till 2 if i do

i have a 2 cup french press and a larger-sized percolator ... the percolator, for some reason, probably due to needing to be scrubbed, will brew half coffee and half hot water, so I'll pour the water back in through the grounds compartment, which is annoying and inconvenient.

however, it only does this when I use it and not when the bf uses it.

my policy is that coffee is an aid and should not be difficult.

get rid of that gaslighting perc.

you know what i want to get someday is one of these:

http://teddycoffee.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/chemex_coffeemaker.jpg

i don't have a french press....i want one of those as well.

this place called la mill is right down the street from me, it's a coffee boutique. this is their drink menu.

http://www.lamillcoffee.com/pdf/lamill-coffee-drink-menu.pdf

the french press fits my policy that everything should be a struggle

i also sometimes forget i put hot water in it and don't remember until 15 minutes later (you're supposed to wait just 4 minutes). still good!

wait is that $6 for 16 oz. of french press coffee?!

the french press reassures me that I can still have coffee if the electricity goes out.

also, I've developed a pleasant morning routine of smoking a cigarette out the kitchen window to time the wait before plunging.

i'm like theresa, i've had the same cheap coffee grinder for like 10 years with no problem.

i've never understood the thing about using a coarse grind for a french press. well i understand that you don't want the grounds to seep through the screen but whenever i try a coarse grind, the coffee tastes weak. so i grind it fine and it doesn't really clog up the filter and the coffee is good. i also tend to let the water sit way too long before pushing the plunger down

the coarse grind/french press thing was something i learned from an ex-boyfriend who was indoctrinated with this while working at starbucks.

yeah you don't have to do it the coarsest but i do one tick back from coarse and it's pretty strong. what annoys me about the cheap grinder is so many beans don't get ground up enough. i can deal with a little mud. i think i'm just the only person in the world who can't use a coffee grinder properly.

i think the coarsest is for turkish and the second coarsest is french press ...

no turkish is really fine! powdery

the machines at the supermarket just have pictures

i think the second coarsest is usually meant for percolator

mine doesn't have different settings, you just hold down the button for longer periods of time

yeah i mean the grocery store's grinder settings

or "supermarket" if you prefer lol

i think there are different ones for electric and non-electric percolators ... with non-electric being coarser

i also have one of these but it makes weak coffee
http://coffeegeek.com/images/5823/200x200/melittamanual.jpg

i know a guy that had one of those and he'd brew the coffee then microwave it

you have a lot of coffee problems harbl

i know, i'm not good at coffee. as i said.

i used to grind my coffee at home but i didn't notice a huge difference so i just grind it at the store. also, i have gotten *multiple* compliments on my coffee, so. . .

hmm this guy says he has perfected manual drip. maybe i'll go back to it next time i buy a pound, just to remember what it's like.

this is insanity

I hear that the optimum brew temperature is around 208 degrees Fahrenheit. Since it’s boiling at 212 at my current elevation, I simply turn off the gas and swish it around a bit.

Here I am “blooming” the coffee by saturating it with water for between 15 and 45 seconds. Note the bubbles as the coffee expands like foam. This is carbon dioxide escaping, which helps the grounds stay submerged in the water instead of floating during the brewing. Now, I don’t know if any of this is true or not, but it is kinda fun to watch the coffee foam up.

well i want to grind it at home so i can buy more coffee at a time on the internet (cheaper) but i guess it's not such a big deal

yeah i would not bloom the coffee. tbh i think the manual drip makes coffee to acidic somehow. i also like my coffee oily.

too

Here I am “blooming” the coffee by saturating it with water for between 15 and 45 seconds.

starbucks ex taught me to do this as well.

pfff

lame