Coffee Beans How To Grind

Air is the enemy of all coffee drinkers. When air touches your coffee grinders, they begin to lose their flavor. Coffee makers vacuum their grinders to keep them fresh while sitting on the shelves of supermarkets, but once you break that impression, it stays there. Buying whole coffee beans and grinding them yourself is a great way to make sure your coffee is as fragrant as possible. But do you know how to grind coffee beans properly?

Different types of coffee call for different types of grind. So if you want to make fresh, best tasting coffee, you need to learn how to use your coffee grinder properly.

If you plan to make your coffee with a percolator or French press coffee maker, you will need a coarse grind. Place the coffee beans in your coffee grinder and press the grind button a few times as you use the pulse feature in your food processor. The goal is to break up the beans so that they look like small pieces of coffee beans. If they look like powder, you need to slowly pull them out of the coffee grinder and restart. Remember to press the button and do not hold it down.

Automatic drip coffee makers work best with medium grind. Imagine you grind in a supermarket coffee can. They are medium grind. They can be described as brown sand. So remember when you last went to the beach, but instead of looking at the sand between your toes, imagine looking at the sand in your coffee maker. Once again, hold down the coffee grinder button, do not be fooled and grind your coffee beans. You do not need fine powder if you are going to use an automatic coffee maker.

Lastly if you are using an espresso maker, you will want those fine powder grinds that you are trying to avoid while making coarse and medium grinds. So grind until your heart is satisfied.

Grinding your coffee beans before making your coffee is a great way to make sure you are getting a fresh cup of coffee. But fresh cup of coffee can still be bitter or weak. Learning how to grind coffee beans is an important part of making great coffee.