Grinding coffee beans advice

[Niner]

I'm not much of a coffee drinker. Just one 12 oz size cup most mornings is my intake. Howver I got this coffee bean crusher as a present along with a couple of bags of different coffee beans to try out.

Now I'm not sure how many table spoon fulls of beans I need or how fine to chop them. Directions say 30 seconds for average grind...but the thing holds enough beans for 8 or 10 cups when I only want one. It does come with a plastic top for the metal cup the beans are crushed in and it can be put in the fridge with the extra ground coffee.....but I really just want one cup and be done. Certainly if I grind up a lesser amount it should be a lessor time... or would it.

Anyway I've experimented with the two flavors I have and frankly, I used the already ground Maxwell House this morning because I didn't feel like I was missing anything.

However, a new toy is a new toy and I expect to use this one until I get some understanding of the value of it. Any advice on how to best enjoy it?

[dhtaxi]

When you say crusher what do you mean is it a electric grinder or does it actually crush it.

I am a coffee holic I have a professional type of coffee maker in my kitchen it would not be out of place in Starbucks.

I also have coffee grinders I'm sure I can point you in the right direction just need a bit more info.

I buy all my coffee as beans and grind it myself.

My coffee is fantastic

[Niner]

There is a blade that spins around inside a stainless steel container by electric motor when you press a button. Looks a lot like the way a normal food blender would.

[DuncaninFrance]

This is where I get it all wrong - my job in life - but I would say that's a Coffee Grinder.

I think the best coffee comes from fresh ground beans so don't grind it all and put it in a tin.

I think you also vary the time that you grind so the coffee is coarse or fine and that will effect the taste.

Over here a lot of the bars have a large hopper of beans and an integral grinder which only grinds a few cupfulls at a time for the coffee maker. As the ground beans are used the hopper feeds more into the grinder.

I like French Coffee

[dhtaxi]

What you have is a electric coffee grinder.

There are two types of grinders the one with a blade like yours and the other one works like a pepper mill although they are usually driven by a electric motor.

They are more expensive than the kind you have and are usually adjustable from coarse to fine.

The grind depends on how you are going to make your coffee I use a machine like the ones in Starbucks or a coffee shop.

As far as you are concerned you need to put enough coffee beans in the grinder to make how ever many cups of coffee you intend to make to be consumed straight away.

You should only grind enough coffee to make one cup at a time if it is for yourself about a level tablespoon of ground coffee will make a strong coffee.

You can make more and keep it in the container but in small amounts it tastes much better freshly ground.

You should not put the ground coffee into the cup like instant you will need a paper filter and a filter holder.

Or you can buy a caffier don't think that's the right spelling so I posted a picture.

You will get instructions with it the one in the picture makes a single cup of coffee.

It may seem like a mess on but once you master it the taste of fresh ground coffee can not be beat.

Dont use a fillter coffee machine they dont do the coffee justice.

Hm that picture is not half bad for a change.

[Niner]

We've got two. The smaller one is the one I use most of the time.

Mr. Coffee is what it is called....name sounds like it should be just the thing.

[DuncaninFrance]

Dave - it's a Cafetière ( kaftjer ) which in French can be either a Café Owner or a Coffee-pot

[dhtaxi]

I suppose you could use that but drink it straight away dont let it stand in it.

See you have got the hang of it all ready.

[Tom-May]

Duncan,

Here's a little known fact- the Cafetière was invented in the mid 18th Century by an Englishwoman running a London Coffee House - it worked by wringing the grounds in a muislin bag rather than the modern plunger method, but nevertheless, it should wind up one or two chauvenistic coffee drinkers .

Tom

[DuncaninFrance]

Like it Tom, will remember it for the future - I am SURE I can embellish it with a few 'bent truths'!!!