Time for coffee! Tried out the new burr grinder today and huzzah! I had been thinking my older Cuisinart burr grinder was making more noise and not grinding coarse enough for my use in the percolator. Turns out I should have been cleaning out the burr grinder parts about once a month to remove oils and fine bits left over each use. But mine doesn’t come apart. Thus, search was on for a better one.

Had no idea that the price was judged on having more ability to clean them and by feature. And now in the US you’d likely have to get a burr grinder around $200! The next jump up in quality would be the grinders about $350! Oh my! And the coffee snobs would be at the $500 price point. Oh Lordy, it’s just a grinder you want not half your mortgage, ha-ha!

I got my $200 grinder at $150 because it’s red. The other Kitchenaid models were black or all chrome. Limited stock and lower price on the few red one left. Aha. I didn’t care that it was red so Shazam it’s here. Btw it is far far nicer, quieter, precise grind options and my first pot of coffee with the Grizzly Claw beans by Kicking Horse will be ready in just a few minutes. The aroma is tells me I’ll be in bliss momentarily! #Coffee #Grinder #BurrGrinder @coffeegeek #GoodMorning #Today

My personality varies between under-filling the coffee filter to avoid the bag of beans I'm not enjoying, and over-filling my coffee filter to get through the bag of beans I'm not enjoying.

#Coffee #Psychology #BeanBroth #Caffeine #Cafe #FreshGround #BurrGrinder

Thinking it's time to deep clean my grinder.

Good thing I wrote a tutorial for that. 😂🤷‍♂️

http://melissadimock.com/home/2018/4/4/tutorial-cleaning-your-porlex-grinder

#coffeegrinders #burrgrinder #porlex #coffeelover

Grinding Coffee Beans the Machine Shop Way

Okay, so you bought a bag of heavenly-smelling single-origin beans down at the hipster coffee shop, but forgot to have them ground. What do you do? If you're [Jimmy DiResta], there's no way you can run down to Walmart and pick up a grinder for $15. You commune with your tools and spend a few hours building a grinder from stuff lying around in the workshop.

This hand-crank grinder would make a great post-apocalyptic appliance, as long as we still have a way to heat water. [Jimmy] started with an old manual abrasive disc grinder, like for grinding metal, not beans.

After oiling it up to run without a hitch, he pulled out a couple of conical gears and got to work mounting one to the grinder shaft and the other to the business part of a vintage industrial light fixture.

We thought for sure this was going to be a burr grinder, but were a bit disappointed to watch [Jimmy] drill holes through a utility knife blade in order to make a blade grinder. Honestly, we're kind of surprised that he didn't machine some burrs, but the result is impressive and lovely nonetheless.

We love that the whole thing quick-disconnects from the grinder thanks to a custom cuff that holds the light bulb just so, we just hope that [Jimmy] gave that light bulb a good cleaning first. Grab a cup of whatever and check out the build video after the break.

Not exactly your kind of shop? You could always print an emergency coffee grinder.

#lifehacks #mischacks #bladegrinder #burrgrinder #coffeegrinder #flywheel #foodgradeindustriallightbulb