Redneck coffee grinder

Henry Jones · 2016-07-04T20:59:00+00:00

Low on funds, and want a redneck coffee grinder in that there must be a tool in shop which grinds coffee beans (small amounts at a time) without having to resort to the overly expensive weak-assed motors in the consumer brands like Gaggia. Any idea what toolbox tool we already have that grinds coffee well?

Jul 04, 2016 43 Replies

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Paintedcow 10 years ago

Rock crusher.

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Patrushka 10 years ago

replying to trader_4, Patrushka wrote: Just buy it at Starbucks and get them to grind it. Why displace a worker? Think how mad you'd be if you broke a good tool grinding coffee.

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rbowman 10 years ago

I'd grind coffee with a mano and metate before I'd go near $tar$ucks.

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CoffeeDave 6 years ago

replying to notbob, CoffeeDave wrote: I respectfully disagree with the hammer/drip coffee comment. UNIFORM grind size is critical to proper extraction no matter what brew method is used. Otherwise you get both over-extracted grinds (bitter, phenolic tastes) and under-extracted grinds (sour, salty and weird fruit tastes). With a uniform grind, you taste exactly what you brewed and can reproduce great coffee. Otherwise it's a crap shoot (pun intended).

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