dsi1 wrote:
> On 10/27/2011 4:15 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
>> Just made my third pot of coffee since buying a grinder. Finest grind
>> yielded too much bitterness, so I dialed it back to 2/3 finest and
>> went from 3/4 cup of beans to 1 full cup, and it's great! But that's
>> almost 33% more coffee per pot!!
>>
>> Good thing I'm a working man again! :-)
>>
>> Might try my coffee slicer again and see if the grinder is worth it
>> to me.
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>>
>
> I don't understand the burr grinders myself. It seems like a messy way
> to grind coffee and the grinding surfaces will collect old coffee
> grounds. I probably wouldn't be able to taste the old grounds and oils
> but the idea is icky. The worst would be those machines in
> supermarkets. I like the high speed sound of the blade grinders
> myself.

The justification for burr grinders is the evenness of the results when
compared to what one gets from a blade grinder.

-S-