Coffee Beans  

I don't know sorry, and if you didn't grind them down good enough with the hammer then, it might be really strong, or very weak, i'm not sure which but i know it won't come out right. sorry that i could help further. maybe if you have a blinder or food processor? that might work, anything with sharp blades.

The store that you bought the coffee beans from probably has a coffee grinder in the store. I know that even most walmarts have a machine in the coffee isle. Why don't you call the store and if they don't have one, call some other grocers in your area and ask if you could bring the beans in to get them ground up, if no luck there, I would take them back to the store and get a refund. Any legitimate store will either make a way for you get them ground up so you can use them, or they will refund your money. Best of luck with it, I just LOVE fresh ground coffee, it's so delicious! And right now with the weather turning cooler by the day, it's perfect weather for a nice cup of hot coffee!

Oh you are so silly. Banging the beans with a hammer. I hope that worked for you. Because I dont know any other way to get them ground. Or just to back to the store and return it.

I guess you are too embarrassed to go back to the store? I would. We don't drink coffee and I actually bought coffee today for a meeting I am having in my home tonight. I didn't want a lot of coffee for one evening so I put some beans in a bag and ground them in the machine provided. I hadn't a clue what I was doing.

Other alternatives at home would be a blender, and if you don't have one of those perhaps a rolling pin.

I would have taken it back to the store. But, as long as you are able to make it work, with a little extra work, I guess that is fine. Pounding on coffee beans is probably a good stress buster also. Just don't hit your hand or anything like that. I wonder if this is the way our ancestors did it.

for me, i will actually bring the coffee back to the store and get a refund... or exchange it... it is a waste of money if i just keep it in my house and i can't use it... but since you already open the packaging and start to grind it by hammering it, there is nothing much you can really do... may be you just have to keep on doing that or buy a cheap grinder... good luck with your coffee...

Well have you finished yet with all your pounding? I bet your arm is getting stiff too. You do realise that by pounding them with a hammer you are only exercising the top part of your body?
For the rest of the beans it's time to use your lower limbs! Put the beans in a freezer bag and then put that in a cloth bag. Lie this quite flat on the floor and put some rythmic music on (there was a piece in Flashdance that would be perfect!) Make sure the bag is a good safe distance from all your furniture. Then...you ready?...... jump up and down on the bag in tune with the music... either until all the beans are crushed or until you're out of breath.
Then make a lovely cup of refreshing coffee lol!

I have had this happen to me before. Applsofgld is right. If you take it back to the store you should either be able to use the store grinder or be able to exchange it for the already ground packs.

After I made this mistake I went out and bought a small grinder for like $10, was one of the best kitchen investments I made until I was told I can no longer drink coffee.

Blender. I've never tried it, but I've seen friends grind coffee in the blender instead of getting a coffee grinder. Just put the beans in and hit pulse occasionally until it's the right texture. It'll be pretty loud at first, but it'll work.

lol...I'm sorry to laugh but I wish I was your neighbor because I would buy both bags from you! Loving coffee as much as I do I also like to grind my own beans and have a grinder. My problem is I always forget to buy the beans and end up buying the ground and kicking myself every morning until their gone....only to make the same mistake again..lol...I can't wait for Christmas because I always get a few bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee beans from my kids!! Good luck with that pounding!!