Are You Grinding Your Beans the Correct Way?
Air is the enemy of all coffee drinkers. Once air comes in contact with your coffee grinds, they begin to lose their flavor. Coffee manufacturers vacuum seal their grinds to keep them fresh while they sit on the shelves at the supermarket but once you break that seal, it’s all downhill from there. Buying whole coffee beans and grinding them yourself is a great way to ensure that your coffee remains as flavorful as possible.
Grinding your own coffee beans right before you brew your coffee is a great way to make sure that you’re getting the freshest cup of coffee possible. Which is the best way to grind your coffee beans? Grinding your coffee is an important part of the coffee making process and as it is important it needs to be done well.
Different types of ground coffee are needed for different types of coffee. So you’ll need to learn to use your coffee grinder properly if you want to make the freshest best tasting coffee possible.
Of course for the real coffee fanatics and connesieurs you may want to invest in a complete bean to cup coffee machine such as the delonghi ESAM5400
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Percolator/ French Press Coffee
If you plan on brewing your coffee with a percolator or a French Press coffee maker then you’ll need a coarser grind. Place the coffee beans in your coffee grinder and tap the grind button a few times as you would use the pulse feature on your food processor.
If the coffee beans have been broken up into small pieces then you have acheived your aim. If the grinds look like a powder then you have over indulged in the grinding, time to statt again. Just give the button a short tap do not keep it pressed down.
Automatic drip coffee makers
Automatic drip coffee makers work best with medium grinds. Look at or imagine the ground coffee that you find in the supermarket. Those are medium ground coffee beans. The ground coffee should have the texture and look of brown sand. So remember the last time you went to the beach but instead of seeing the sand in between your toes, imagine seeing sand in your coffee maker. Once again your coffee beans should not be over ground. You do not want a fine powder if you’re going to use an automatic coffee maker.
Espresso maker
Finally if your using an espresso maker, you want those fine powdery grinds that you’ve been trying to avoid when making coarse and medium grinds. So grind away until your heart is content. One of the best espresso coffee makers that we recommend is the Delonghi EC710
