Okay, I'm off to make coffee using my new burr grinder for the first time

[Rabrrrrrr]

wish me luck!

if you don't hear from me in ten minutes, send a tenth level barista with at least a 40% in Medical.

[complain jane]

1. I followed the freshly-brewed scent of java right in here...

I'll bake something if you can spare a cup?

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Absolutely! Bake away!

Okay, now I go grind...

[Zomby Woof]

3. so tell me

What the fuck is so special about burr grinders? Are they quantum powered?

I mean, I realize a bean's brewed flavor can be affected by how FINE the grind is, but does micro-managing the process REALLY influence it noticeably?

I am a burr-skeptic. :-) But my ears are open.

(I am a millionth-jillionth level Brewmaster/Barista with a 99% Medical, per my Red Cross First Aid training)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. They do make a superior coffee

They don't abuse the beans as much as those cheap little blade grinders AND they don't produce as much dust AND they make a more consistent grind. The blade grinders, when they are done grinding a batch, do not have all the coffee bean particles the same size. There's quite a wide variety, because some of the bean parts get bladed repeatedly while others get bladed far less. For the burr grinder, the beans hit the burrs, get ground, and then go into the holding cup, making room for the next bean in the line.

And the blade grinders tend to abuse the shit out of the beans ruining some of the oils and stuff in the beans.

The burr grinders don't abuse the beans other than to quickly grind them.

And a burr girnder can grind from very coarse to very fine, so it's not an issue of the fineness of the grind.

[Zomby Woof]

7. a convincing case

Although you FAILED to explain how the burr grinder claims to align the chakras of each bean and make sure the hexagonal quantum griding qualities also allow the beans to pass through a magnetic field.

And you didn't mention that the best beans are grown in fields with crop circles.

I will have to try some coffee with the burr grinder. Old fogeys like me don't mind abused beans, as long as they aren't Millstone. ;-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. oops, sorry. They're aligned by long distance Reiki

using Energy and Womynist chants of the Hopis.

[Zomby Woof]

9. And if I recall

The burr grinder uses psi technology to allow astral transport of the full flavor directly to your cup, so you don't even need to brew!

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Oh, that's true! For the truly faithful, brewing no longer is necessary

In fact, it ceases to have meaning. Once you hit your higher level of spiritual awakening, you realize that brewed coffee is just a manifestation of The Energy, and can thus conjure it up at will whenever you want it.

[complain jane]

14. well FOR GODS SAKE PEOPLE we certainly can't wolf THAT down

all soaked up in the Dunkin Donuts I just "baked", now, can we. *sigh*

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Mmmm........donuts

Is there anything they can't do?

My favorite is the Dunkin Donuts chocolate cream filled powdered donut.

[mrbassman03]

15. hehehehe...

I don't have any problem with buying pre-ground premium coffee... ooops, was that a mistake to say that?

[kestrel91316]

4. I have a little hand-cranked coffee grinder....................

and grind my beans fresh every morning no more than 5 minutes before brewing. The ONLY way to do coffee.

[mrbassman03]

16. I really don't see the big deal...

Not with drip coffee at least. I guess you guys look down at putting the grounds in the filter and setting a timer for the morning...

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. It definitely does make a taste difference

the fresher the better. Absolutely.

But on a normal workday, when the coffee is more part of the morning routine and not part of life's slow-down and enjoy ritual, I'm happy with coffee ground the night before, and water that has warmed to room temerature in the water tank. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Well, the burr grinder worked like a charm

except I forget to check the setting, so I got a very coarse grind. "Fine", I says, "I'm using the drip maker anyway." So I make the coffee, not really paying any attention, and realize, when I go to pour it out, that I used about twice as much water as I should have. I shoudl have been paying attention! So now the coffee is Midwest Lutheran weak.

Dang. But maybe a good thing, for so late at night.

[bratcatinok]

13. What kind of coffee pot did you use and what

bean?

[Zomby Woof]

10. you should rename it

The Rabrrrrrr Grinder.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. ROTFL!!

Hadn't thought of that one. Great!