Hannah Responds: Is it Bad to Use a Cheap Coffee Grinder?
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Who makes the grater or zester on the wall in your kitchen. Looking forward to your reply. Thank you
Exactly what I wanted in a coffee grinder>>>allmy.tips/BaratzaGrinders?Ll ❋ No fancy gadgets or add-ons to worry about; about as simple a system as you can get for an electrical burr grinder. I haven't tested all of the coarseness settings, but what I have used I've been pleased with. The grinds catcher doesn't catch 100% of the grinds, but I've never seen or used a grinder worth it's money that does; it makes up for it with it's easy to clean design.
The store grinder option is good if the bulk coffee lets you buy just that day's worth of coffee. If they make you buy a pound it would start to lose volatiles unless you are going to brew that much that day. I use the food coop grinder, but make sure to clean out the chute for visible leftovers only I think there are old grinds further up in the burr mechanism.
Have used blade grinder for years, quite happy.
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Wait, I must have missed the original video, if there was one?
You grind the coffee beans until you see "mountains forming that collapse slowly" inside the grinding house. Sorta like a loosely but impossible held together.
Cardamom, bay leaves, and fennel (or any spice you'd use in Masala or curry) are good in coffee.
Those grocery store grinders need to be calibrated. I always grind a small bit to check how off the calibration is.
Once, I discovered metal chips from the food processor blades. Never again…
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Hannah, if complex food concepts were coffee beans, you would be our burr grinder. Thanks for making such a delightful series.
Can't you do the same in a blender or food processor?
I don't have time for grinding my coffee, just give me a Keurig.
I use a Braun spice grinder and shake it the whole time it is running, usually about 20-30 seconds. It works great. I've had it for over 20 years. The blade broke and I got a replacement for $7.
Coffee with cardamom is good!
These are repetitive and stupid videos.
I addition to eyeballing it when using the Krups, you can also listen. The sound of whole beans being ground up is loud and "clacky" at first, then diminishes – that is a clue as well that the grind is getting finer.
Once made the mistake of grinding dehydrated garlic flakes in my spice grinder. Never could use it for anything else again.
I really enjoy this series! Thank you so much! I have blade grinder I use every morning but make French Press or Espresso at 3 for coffee break – I am going to look into burr grinder.
I have the KitchenAid burr grinder that was eliminated from the competition due to the breakage possibility of the glass receptacle. Yes, it's a bit delicate. I used to rap it with my knuckles to get the last of the ground coffee out and, one day, it cracked. KitchenAid was great. I called them and explained what had happened and they advised me to use my fingertips instead of my knuckles. They shipped me a new receptacle at no charge. Since then, everything in my kitchen is KitchenAid – food processor, mixers, immersion blender – all of it.