Are You Grinding Your Beans the Correct Way?

The worst thing for coffee, either ground or beans, is air. Once air comes in contact with your coffee grinds, they begin to lose their flavor. Coffee makers vacuum pack the coffee grinds to keep it fresh but as soon as it is opened immediately starts to go downhill. The best manner to ensure that your coffee is as tasty as possible is to buy whole coffee beans and grind then yourself as you need them.

To ensure great tasting coffee grind your coffee beans right before you brew your coffee. Do you know the best way to grind your coffee? 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. For the freshest and best coffee you need to grind your own coffee beans.

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.

The coffee beans should now have been broken up into smal pieces. If they look like a powder, then you need to slowly back away from the coffee grinder and start again. Just simply tap the button do not hold it done.

Automatic drip coffee makers

Automatic drip coffee makers work best with medium grinds. In your mind picture the grinds that you would buy at a store. Those are medium grinds. 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. Do not get carried away and over grind you coffee beans. For an automatic coffee maker the coffee must not be ground to fine.

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