Coffee Beans
By maddysmommy
@maddysmommy (16230)
United States
November 1, 2007 6:02pm CST
I bought the wrong type of coffee yesterday. All I saw on the shelf was a deal to buy 2 pkts of "eight o'clock" coffee for $6 so I jumped at the chance. I didn't even read the packaging properly and just chose what I normally buy - the coffee in the gold packet. I didn't even check to see if it was ground coffee or whole beans. It ended up being whole coffee beans and I don't have anything to grind the coffee beans with.
So what did I do? I put some coffee beans in a clear lunch glad ziploc bag and started pounding the bag with a hammer LOL It didn't quite work the first time because I didn't beat them down enough so I've just done another lot and am waiting for it to finish brewing. I hope it works this time.
If this doesn't work, do you have any other ways I could grind the beans without using a proper ginding machine/equipment or whatever they call it? I need my coffee fix before I go to bed!!!
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7 responses
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
2 Nov 07
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!!
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
haha It's ok, I'm still laughing about what I had to do to get my coffee fix that night. I am going to look for a cheap grinder and may even continue to buy whole beans instead of ground.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
4 Nov 07
Your right about the aroma, wow, I bought a reasonably priced grinder and boy did the coffee smell and taste good! best investment ever.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
2 Nov 07
If you love coffee as much as I do you will see a big difference when you grind them yourself. I especially love the "aroma".....
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
2 Nov 07
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.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
Thanks wiccania unfortunately I don't even have a blender lol I'm going to invest in a small cheap grinder so thanks for your comment!
@lingli_78 (12821)
• Australia
2 Nov 07
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...
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
I'm going to invest in a cheap grinder since the pounding with a hammer took a long while to do, but we had fun (my son and I LOL).
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
Not really LOL I might just go and ask the neighbor if she has one tommorrow or go and buy a cheap one from somewhere haha!
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
2 Nov 07
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.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
I was looking for the receipt last night so I could go back to the store but I can't find it. I may just even drop by and ask someone if they could grind it for me or I may just even buy a cheap grinder and grind my coffee from now on.
It was fun hammering with my son though LOL
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
2 Nov 07
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.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
haha probably! Maddy and I had fun pounding the coffee, not sure if the neighbours heard us or not but we had fun. I;m going to invest in a cheap grinder.
@applsofgld (2506)
• United States
2 Nov 07
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!
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Nov 07
I'll call the store tommorrow - good idea thanks applsofgld!
