On Oct 29, 1:28*pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Oct 27, 10:15*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...
>
> Dialed it back? *Hmph - I give mine a five second grind, shake the
> ginder, and five more. *I wonder if maybe your coffee is the culprit,
> your grinder or timing.
>
> It's still cheaper than stopping at 7-11, tho, right?

The grind adjustment varies the spacing between the grinding surfaces,
varying the size of the grind. And the beans are fed by gravity
through the grinding surfaces, so the thing that mostly affects the
time of the grind is the quantity of beans in the hopper.

And "shake the grinder"? Are you sure you're not talking about a high
speed bladed coffee slicer?

John Kuthe...