Paul M. Cook > wrote:

>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message

>> 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.

Not everybody has a garage.

>> 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.

A hand grinder is not a bad idea, but I can see the OP's original
need as sometimes reasonable. I'm happy with my burr grinder
but if I wanted to store ground coffee temporarily, it would
mean transfering it from the grinder's bin (which has a cling
factor) to a container. There would be some loss, some added mess
involved.

One of the main hassles of making coffee properly is keeping
everything involved sufficiently clean.

Steve