Grinding Coffee

The Russell Hobbs coffee grinder is not for sale in the USA. It is sold in South Africa. The dollar amounts in the article are in South African Rand (ZAR). There are lots of articles comparing the different sorts of grinders. Inevitably they end up recommending that we buy a slow-speed burr grinder. Unfortunately, these are […]

Roasted coffee beans must be ground to break the beans into smaller pieces so as to increase the surface area necessary for extraction. The finer the grind size, the faster is the extraction, and vice versa. Depending on the brewing method/equipment, the right size must be adopted so that the rate of extraction is ideal […]

The next time you pass by your neighborhood coffee shop, try to remember that it wasn’t always this easy to get a great cup of “java.” Coffee was probably first discovered in Yemen, Somalia or Ethiopia, about 1000 years ago. With a flavor blending chocolate and charcoal flavors, along with an undeniable caffeinated kick, over […]

It is well-accepted that whole coffee beans stay fresher longer than already ground coffee, so why doesn’t everyone buy whole bean coffee? It adds one more seemingly time-consuming step to the process, the grinding. Although the old hand-crank grinders were very tedious, today you have many options that fit into our warp speed lifestyle. In […]

I’ve been a whole-bean coffee drinker for many years and I am also very picky when it comes to coffee. No swill for me! I am also mechanically inclined and love to take things apart. After reading reviews of burr grinders and agonizing over the prices (did I also mention that I prefer to spend […]

Why bother to find the freshest roasted beans if you are just going to throw the flavor away at home? That’s what you are doing if you grind your beans well ahead of time. It is tempting. You have the beans and it only takes a few minutes to grind them all up into a […]