Ready to Grind Away
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
March 9, 2023 6:48pm CST
With my new coffee grinder, that is. I used the last of the gift cards I received from my students at Christmas to buy a new coffee grinder - the one in the photo.
Now, I am not a coffee connoisseur but do know what I like, and I like fresh ground coffee. I have a small coffee grinder, but it only makes enough for three six-ounce cups at a time. The new grinder will let me grind enough for 12 to 18 cups at a time. I keep the fresh grounds in an hermetically sealed steel container K bought me for Christmas. It keeps them fresh for the week to 10 days it takes me to go through a pound of freshly ground beans.
The small coffee grinder will move to the camper so that I can enjoy fresh ground coffee when away from home was well.
Eventually, I would like to try roasting my own coffee beans. Perhaps that can be my new hobby after I retire.
Do you enjoy coffee? If you do, do you prefer it freshly ground?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Mar 23
I've used fresh ground for maybe 25 years now. I bought locally roasted beans (several sources here) and ground them as you say. When my wife & I got married, she had this Capresso coffee maker that grinds and brews up to ten cups. We used it up until recently, then replaced with a newer model. It's kind of spendy, but great coffee. It has a timer I can set, but I just hit the button when I get up. We make a pot full and drink it all most days.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic I hope my house will have that aroma if I start roasting my own beans.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Mar 23
@DWDavis I love the way those places smell!
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
10 Mar 23
It's very rare that I drink coffee but if I do, I drink the premade iced coffee. Like the starbucks canned or bottled drinks. But its about once a month if that.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 23
@thislittlepennyearns I prefer iced coffee myself these days and have learned how to make it at home using the Keurig. But on rainy, chilly nights like tonight, I prefer a nice steaming cup of decaf with a little of my Carolina Beach rum in it.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
10 Mar 23
@DWDavis I have never been big on hot coffee. When I was a teen in Portland, Oregon I went to starbucks two or three tiems a day, and got burnt out on it.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
10 Mar 23
That’s a good idea to move the small grinder to the camper to still be used. We have a small one and it makes a big mess if tipped on the side while grinding beans.
I have only bought whole bean coffee once for myself that was strawberry flavored. My husband hated me using the grinder for that as he had to wash it out saying he could taste it in his coffee. His coffee is awful my strawberry would have improved it 
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
10 Mar 23
Oh this will be superb DW!
I can smell those freshly ground coffee beans just looking at this.
I buy Pete's coffee now already ground but it is very fresh and does me fine for now.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
10 Mar 23
I've tried Pete's coffee and enjoyed it very much. However, I have a dear friend who works as a manager at a Starbucks and tends to drop off bags of beans to me at school when she receives some promotional packages. My future DIL also likes to buy me bags of whole beans from places she and my son visit in the hopes I'll brew some up and share it with her.
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