"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Paul M. Cook > wrote:
>
>>> Is there such a machine?
>
>>Who cares? Coffee is best when ground fresh. I would never grind more
>>than
>>I needed. That is the entire point of whole beans. Freshness.
>
> Perhaps one wishes to grind ahead before going on a picnic
> or going to the office. Perhaps one wishes to grind coffee
> before dinner guests arive so you don't have the noise of the
> coffee grinder while they're there. Lots of reasons.

So grind it up and dump it into the fricking coffee pot before your easily
offended guests arrive. If you want ground coffee you can buy it
pre-ground. Obviously this person does not care about the difference.
Heaven forbid your gusts have to listen to 10 seconds of coffee grinding
noise from afar away in the kitchen. You can always grind the coffee in the
garage then bring it back inside.

> I could picture a chute-type home burr grinder that does what
> the OP wants, but haven't seen one.

All the stores that carry beans carry it in ground form as well. Or if you
frequently have a few hundred of your closest friends over and they demand
silent fresh ground coffee you're kind of hosed because they all make noise
unless you go hand crank. But that is so like last century.

Paul