Love Coffee? Then You Need A Coffee Grinder

Who doesn’t love a good cup of coffee? Good coffee can be made much better if you use a coffee grinder and crush the coffee beans yourself. This makes your coffee taste much fresher since the grounds have not been exposed to air for a long period which causes them to oxidize and become stale.

With coffee grinders, you can create enough coffee for what you are going to drink right away. In that way you can ensure you will always have the freshest coffee available.

When you buy ground coffee at the grocery store, it goes stale the longer you store it. It may even be stale by the time you buy it. You don’t have to worry about that when you buy whole coffee beans because the shell of the bean protects the freshness inside. So when you crush the beans with your coffee grinder, the freshness is released directly to your coffee.

There are three types of coffee grinders. They are the burr, the crusher, and the blade grinder. Of which our current favorite at the time of writing is the Solis Maestro Plus.  Of course each grinder  has its own advantages and disadvantages and can have an effect on the coffee you make.

The Blade Grinder

The most common coffee grinder is the blade grinder. It is the most popular because it is the least expensive and it produces grounds that make superior tasting coffee when compared to store bought grounds. These coffee grinders are also easy to clean and very durable.

Blade coffee grinders do have some drawbacks though. Due to the way they are constructed, they do not create a uniform consistency among the coffee grounds. They also do not produce a fine coffee ground. Because of this, a blade grinder cannot be used to grind coffee beans for espresso. The blades also create friction and heat that could be passed on to the coffee grounds and affect their flavor.

The Burr Grinder

There are two kinds of burr grinders, a flat coffee grinders and conical burr grinders. The flat wheel grinder spins at a high rate of speed and passes heat onto the coffee grounds and for this reason, it is not preferred.

Coffee lovers choose conical burr coffee grinders over other styles for a couple of reasons. For one, they spin very slowly and do not heat the grounds. And secondly, they create coffee grounds that have a uniform consistency which translates into better tasting coffee.  One such example is the Capresso Infinity conical burr which is getting a lot of praise throughtout the coffee world at the minute.  In addition, a conical burr grinder can produce an extremely fine ground coffee that is a must if your tipple is Turkish coffee.

Conical grinders do not have many disadvantages other than the more expensive price tag. They are a little more work to clean than blade grinders and they can be noisy.

The Crusher Grinder

The coffee crusher works by crushing the coffee beans into grounds that are not uniform in shape. For this reason, crusher coffee grinders are not a very popular choice.

Conclusion

When selecting the type of coffee grinder to buy, consider the price, ease of operation and the amount of beans that can be processed at a time. All types of coffee grinders will be an improvement over buying coffee that has already been ground and is losing its freshness with each passing day.

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