On 10/29/2011 3:14 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
> 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-

I used a paper filter and a fine grind but depending on the method of
coffee making, a burr grinder could have some advantages.