Grinding Coffee Beans and Good Coffee
April 20th, 2012Many people mistaken grinding coffee beans to be a expensive, complicated and troublesome process. While its true to a certain extend, using freshly ground coffee can produce a cup of coffee which is rich and strong in flavor, pretty much what you get in the restaurants and coffee retailers. This explains why coffee snobs are willing to go the extra mile to grind coffee beans at home.
Grinding coffee beans is not too difficult if you have a good grinder. A good grinder produces even grounds which helps the water to extract the coffee flavor evenly, therefore brewing a rich cup of coffee. Of course, not every grinder is able to grind consistent grounds because the they are built differently. The blade grinders are the cheaper ones which use sharp blades to cut the coffee beans. The grounds you get in the end is not up to the standard of many coffee lovers because the inconsistency in size. The burrs grinders are the other types of grinders which are popular because of the grinding mechanism. The burrs used to grind the coffee beans are design specially for producing consistent grounds which explains why it is popular with the coffee snobs.
One burr grinder which I recommend highly is the Breville BCG800XL Smart Grinder. People who have used it before are impressed with the results of the consistent grounds as well as the smart settings. The smart settings is programmed to help you calculate the grounds you need as you enter the settings, and then proceeding to grind the exact amount of grounds. Therefore there is no wastage and you won’t waste any extra grounds which are left to turn stale in the grinder. The Breville Smart Grinder is truly an awesome grinder if you ask me. There are a total of 16 different grind settings and you can grind for french press, drip coffee or even espresso. If you are looking for a all rounder coffee grinder, the smart grinder is your answer!