that sure would be handy round the house when the power goes out
That does seem to be a positive "side effect" of having one.
Next week-long power outage we have, I might use it to bribe some of the neighbors out here.
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Combat Chuck
I used a coffee hand grinder like that before and I saw also lots of people using with success and definitely you will get the best coffee with this.
The electric ones will warm up or overheat the coffee and the coffee oil and aroma will suffer.
What you need now a copper tray filled with sand over a slow fire for a really turkish coffee ( and of course a copper coffee pot too )
LAMBCRUSHER
You right, I grow up where the power was a luxury and never I missed a coffee cup because of this.
That is an interesting insight, I didn't know all that about the oils in coffee being heat-sensitive, but it makes sense.
I honestly don't touch coffee at all, so I'm willing to accept that there may be a few things I don't know.
I've been using one for a pepper mill since Jeff Smith was still on PBS Saturday mornings, maybe twenty years or so.
Exactly what I was looking to hear-or- read! I was worried that the burr might be too coarse, and the pepper corns would just fall through. Though, there is potential for variation, which still worries me.
Speaking of Mr. Smith, thanks for reintroducing me to The Frug, I've been catching up on his shows on Youtube, and it's been well worth my while. I owe you a few
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Mine still works great. You can grind a tablespoon full of pepper in about 12 cranks. Nothing beats fresh cracked pepper, the pre ground stuff is a completely different product.
That's encouraging, I really want quanitity out of this, more than anything. I have a pepper mill that I've used for years, but it just doesn't deliver on the quanitity, I think twelve turns on it yields less than a teaspoon, I'm looking for a serious upgrade.
Speaking of pre-ground, I remember reading that, prior to Theodore Roosevelt's Administration, and the Pure Food and Drug Act, that unscupulous spice vendors would spike their black pepper with coal dust to increase quantity.
Ever since then, I've grown to wonder what McCormick does with all their spices.
I have a tall brass spice grinder I use all the time for all types of seeds & spices...came from India...have had it along time. It wouldn't be the best for grinding coffee beans consistently however as the adjustment mechanism is rather crude and imprecise. But I have heard good things about using the larger bore brass grinders for grinding coffee; the one I saw was over a $100 though.
After our morning of coffee together in Napa, CC, we headed over to the Oxbow Market and Sandy bought a nice hand crank coffee grinder from Ritual Coffee based upon their recommendation and testimonial. Although she bought it for french press grind when she's traveling it actually does a good job even for espresso. Its a Porlex made in Japan...it has a ceramic burr grinder.
I've played around with several manual grinders expressly marketed for grinding espresso...this is the first one that I've used that actually worked properly; but it still takes an inordinate amount of revs for espresso. I ended up getting a really good deal on an SS Capresso I use in the LC with an inverter and its fantastic.
That's rather steep, but if it works, then it speaks for itself.
I should've checked the local markets first, come to think of it, especially since Coffee is rather stylish in the area. If this one doesn't pan out, I may go that way, but we'll see.
I'll update when it arrives, but I've gone ahead and shelled out for the 14 dollar Turkish grinder on
Amazon. It was too good of a deal to pass up.
