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A friend gave me a bag of coffee beans as a gift. It was lovely, smelled great, and I can't wait to open the bag and start brewing...Wait, the beans are whole, and I don't have a coffee grinder!
I thought it was an absolute stroke of genius when I busted out my food processor. In my brilliant mind, a food processor is basically a giant version of a coffee mill.
That is so untrue! So untrue! Now my poor little food processor is in critical condition. She'll make it, no doubt, but I suspect she'll never be the same.
The coffee beans are worse. About ¼ of the beans are still almost completely intact. The rest of the beans are a complete mess of chopped beans in all different size. Now, I know this does not makes for a good brew, but I tried it anyway.
Bad brew. Not even cream made it taste better, and I never use cream. Do not grind your coffee beans with a food processor.
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2-01-2006 @1:09PM Craig said... Hmm - sounds like you are going to have to goto a coffee shop and drop them through a professional grinder :-)
Alternatively just grind a few.
ps: would make a great jigsaw puzzle pic :-)
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2-01-2006 @1:14PM jmchez said... Geez! What you tried would be considered an abomination by the folks at cofeegeek.com. I thought that every foodie knew that chopping coffee beans is a No-No. You have to use a burr grinder if you want the good stuff.
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2-01-2006 @1:21PM sarah said... i know.
*hangs head in shame*
i should be forced to drink instant Taster's Choice for a week as punishment.
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2-01-2006 @2:17PM luminouslens said... So sad.
But now you know that you should really invest in a coffee grinder. They're not all that expensive. :)
By the way, awesome natural light in this photo!
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2-01-2006 @2:23PM Crosius said... Whoa! No one deserves that.
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2-01-2006 @6:19PM Ari said... If you've got no grinder and somehow can't get one, I suppose you could use the mason-jar-on-a-blender trick. It would probably work about as good as a blade grinder. Burr grinder folks (myself included) know that they work much better, avoiding the "sand and boulders" type grind entirely, but if you're just brewing drip, a blender would probably be ok. I'm not recommending it, just saying...
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2-02-2006 @1:00AM Why We Type said... I have so done this...to the letter.
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2-02-2006 @1:01AM Vicki said... Oh bummer, my condolences.
I decimated my food processor attempting to grind whole almonds - the almonds were barely chopped and now the whole plastic bit is etched with awful scratches.
I haven't used it since and shudder to think what I've done with the blade!
FYI Walgreen's sells coffee grinders for $9.99 and they're pretty decent. Supposedly you can shave ice in them too.
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2-03-2006 @5:03PM Delire said... A mortar and pestle, although ridiculously slow going, will get you a course grind... the blade grinders are fine for honest coffee... but a burr grinder is best of all, yup!
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