Posted by Rachel Schwartz on 8/9/2019 to
Now Ya Cookin'
There are two types of grinders--blade and burr.
Blade grinders tend to be slightly cheaper than burr grinders and roughly chop coffee beans like a food processor in
which some beans will be reduced to tiny pieces while other beans will have hardly been chopped. Burr grinders,
while more expensive, give you a more consistent grind as the process involves beans passing through two different
burrs and dropping down into a collection chamber once they have reached the desired ground size.
Here are brief descriptions of what each coffee ground size should look like:
In order to grind your coffee though, you need to first know what brewing method you're going to
use as there are preferred grinding sizes for different types of coffee. For example, French press coffee needs
extra coarse grounds, while filtered, pour over coffee
uses medium grounds, and Espresso
needs fine grounds.
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