๐โ๐ฆ๏ธ๐๐ฑ๐Question for the Coffee grinding nerds(โค๏ธ):
Looking for a nice portable grinder that has a good -sound- (or very quiet) when grinding, need to grind about 1-2 cups worth of coffee maybe. and not break the bank :)
Got any you love?
TissekAfter getting a new coffee grinder and nerding down into coffee (again) I thought about my ratio for french press. My old grinder took two and a half scoops so I used that to make a cup (half litre). Today I weighed out the beans just for fun.
20g beans to 550ml of water. A ratio of less than 1:25, or half as much as "optimal".
Now I have to test the optimal ratio...
Richard AudetteFor an example of how this all comes together, see this video of two avatars chatting about an internet forum thread on making the perfect coffee: https://youtu.be/aJ-4NgbrqtU
Highlights: #Gaggiuino @ 2m49s, lever machines @ 3m32s, #coffeegrinders @ 6m32s, and #mokapot @ 10m49s
Brewing Perfection: Inside the World of At-Home Espresso Machines
CoffeeGeekDid a lot of photography work today; all about grinders.
For instance, the plethora (a word from "3 Amigos!!!" heh) of top quality flat burr grinders $600 or less are now available to coffee consumers; 5 years ago, that number was basically one or two. This is a big change for consumers. Here's 5 of them, with one at $230, most expensive at $650.
Got a feature on this planned for January.
cc @coffee
I finally got a chance to see and work with the La Marzocco Pico grinder, up close (this was NOT through any connection with La Marzocco).
IMO, it's basically a copy of the Etzinger Light / Baratza Sette 270 design. Especially when you look at the burr group and mount. The timer one is like $1500+ in Canada (price I think is slightly negotiable if you buy a LM home machine). A GBW version is supposedly in the works, for 2x the price.
It reminds me a bit of what Leica does when they rebrand a Panasonic camera with the red dot and sell it for 2x, 3x the price. That said, LM claims they developed this grinder 100% in house, with no involvement (or copying) Etzinger. I have some doubts on the latter. The burr groups and design of such are crazy similar.
My thoughts: buy the Sette 270Wi or Etzinger instead. You can buy four Sette 270Wi grinders for the price of one La Marzocco Pico with grind by weight features.
Melissa Dimock / refashionistaThinking it's time to deep clean my grinder.
Good thing I wrote a tutorial for that. ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ
http://melissadimock.com/home/2018/4/4/tutorial-cleaning-your-porlex-grinder
