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Speaking as someone who is less of a connoisseur, and who even uses a drip coffeemaker, I wholeheartedly agree that a burr grinder is a huge help. The quality
by dkarl 6y ago
Speaking as someone who is less of a connoisseur, and who even uses a drip coffeemaker, I wholeheartedly agree that a burr grinder is a huge help. The quality of the grind probably matters, but the biggest difference for me was consistency. No matter how hard I tried to be consistent with the blade grinder, I got a different grind every time, and that extra variable was enough to make the process a little too opaque for me to easily get better at.
With my burr grinder, everything fell into place. When you are brewing coffee every day with the same grind, the same amount of water, and the same brewing method, all you have to do is use fewer beans today if yesterday's coffee was too strong, or more beans today if yesterday's coffee was too weak. I use a scoop instead of weighing the beans, and that's precise enough for me to consistently make coffee I enjoy.
- AdmiralAsshat 6y agoFWIW, I'm too lazy to weigh my beans every morning as well. I basically measured exactly only long enough until I could get to the point where I can eyeball where it needs to be. 39.43 g of coffee beans that I need for my morning FP is about five rounded scoops from my scooping tool, so I've just used that. We tested a few pots over a couple days and found that we couldn't discern much of a difference between the coffee that was made with 40g of coffee exactly and the pot that was made with 5 scoops. I have the 20oz line marked on my Pyrex measuring container as well. Like I said, the end-goal is to be as lazy as possible while still remaining within acceptable levels to make a great cup of coffee.