(no subject)

[wildestranger]

Hello friendslist,

I need your help! I accidentally bought a bag of coffee beans instead of ground coffee (these things can happen whilst wondering around in an undercaffeinated daze), and now I wonder if grinding my own beans (that sounds filthy somehow. Um. Maybe I'm just a pervert.) would actually be a good idea. Do any of you practice this habit? Would you recommend it? How does it contribute to your coffee experience? What brands of coffee grinders would you suggest? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Comments

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

I say take it to any local coffee shop and they'll grind it for you. (Starbucks does this for free, even on non-Starbucks brand coffee.) Just tell them what kind of filter you have.

If you really want to grind it, though, it can be nice; you only grind enough to drink that day and the rest tastes fresher longer.

(Hi, I used to work at Starbucks.)

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced that my local Starbucks would do it at all, let alone for free. *glares at them suspiciously*

If you really want to grind it, though, it can be nice; you only grind enough to drink that day and the rest tastes fresher longer.

That's the thing, really - this does sound most tempting, and I like the idea of being even more of a coffee aficionado. But I'm confused by the coffee grinder information that I've found, and somewhat disturbed by the prices. Didn't they used to do this by hand?

Also, boypiles!

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

Well, they SHOULD. If you go in and ask them, buy a small coffee or something to be polite. They're REQUIRED to do it. *hates on people who suck at their jobs*

I have a little grinder. It cost maybe $20 American. They don't really need to do anything, although it's nice if you can adjust the grind depending on the kind of machine you have.

And now I am off to work, where I will get the WORLD'S BIGGEST COFFEE, because I only got 5 hours of sleep due to some extremely silly boys. <3

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm going to a Starbucks tomorrow so I shall ask them. But I really wouldn't be surprised if they won't, since the UK is not that great on customer service and frankly, I'd be astonished if that was a nationwide mandate here. Then again, I don't know anyone who grinds their own beans, so it's also possible that there isn't much demand for that here.

World's biggest coffee and ridiculous boys seem like a good combination to me. :D

[lyras.livejournal.com]

If you have any organic/health food shops nearby that sell coffee beans, they might be a better bet than Starbucks. My local one (OK, this was in Chiswick, natural home of Nigella Lawson and yummy mummies everywhere) used to have a grinder by the coffee beans, so you could buy either freshly ground coffee or whole beans.

OTOH, coffee grinders are cheap (or should be) - think we got ours from Whittard for about £15.