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Same here, except all metal French press instead of aero. I started noticing differences in beans when hand grinding. Some are tough, and feel like trying to
by silisili 4y ago
Same here, except all metal French press instead of aero.
I started noticing differences in beans when hand grinding. Some are tough, and feel like trying to grind rocks. Some churn like butter. I'm not smart enough to know why, but that led to me buying the 'butter' varieties.
Best I've found yet is Red Bird coffee. Easy to grind and tastes awesome. Hardest to grind was Happy Mug, closely followed by SW. Guatemalan is our favorite, so same country of origin for all 3. (All 3 taste great, only referring to ease of grind).
- sgtnoodle 4y agoI just noticed that today myself. I opened up a 2lb bag of beans I bought from a former coworker's new roasting company, and the beans really took some muscle. Brewed up nicely in my pour-over.
- Foobar8568 4y agoRoasting level, the lighter the roast, the harder.
- silisili 4y agoThanks, that actually explains why the easier grinding ones look a bit darker and 'oilier', I guess. They are supposedly all medium roasts...I guess that definition varies slightly.
- Foobar8568 4y agohttps://lenscoffee.com/roast-levels/ https://lenscoffee.com/roast-levels/ for some comparisons, I didn't really realize it until I roasted beans myself. If they are oily then it's more like a dark roast.
- anon84873628 4y agoAs a sibling comment pointed out, lighter roasted beans are more tough than darker roasted. But the variety and growing altitude also affect density. A high grown East African seed could be much more dense (and thus harder to grind) than a low altitude Guatemalan.
- reillyse 4y agoYes and light roasted coffee is often higher quality- because bad quality roasted light tastes like ass
- sdwr 4y agoTalking out of my butt, but I think it's related to oil content in the beans.