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.

How much coffee (by weight) are you using, to make how much brewed
coffee? I find that the minimum amount of coffee that allows me to
make two decently-strong, six-ounce cups of coffee is about 1.1 ounces,
but around 1.4 ounces is better.

I'm not sure how much 3/4 cup of coffee beans weighs but it's probably
way more than that.

Assuming you're using a filter method, I suspect the
main source of your problem is you're making coffee in batches that are
too large. Generally it's difficult to brew more than about three
cups of coffee at a time and have it come out properly, without
it being pretty wasteful. 8- to 12-cup filter coffeemakers do function,
but are very inefficient.


Steve