Coffee Conversation Event 84 (Sep 21 - 23)

sandracabrera 2 months ago

Greetings...
We currently have a broken coffee grinder 😒

Yesterday I woke up and when I can't grind the coffee...oh, I didn't know what to do.

So it occurred to me to grind the grains in the blender...and...voala! We drink coffee. It turned out perfect 💯

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selflessgem 2 months ago

Great idea for those who do not have grinder my dear friend. I believe it taste better too. Thanks for sharing your great idea.

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mdosev 2 months ago

Blender seems like a good backup plan. After all the cheaper blade grinders use a similar mechanism to crush/cut the beans. The burr grinders are superior, but blade ones surely do the job!

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Thank you, @mdosev I'm going to need some opinions when I decide to buy my new grinder.

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honeydue 2 months ago

Where there's a will (for coffee) there's always a way! :D I'm sorry to hear your coffee grinder is broken, but hopefully you get it fixed or a new one soon. It's sure good you found an alternative in the meantime.

sandracabrera 2 months ago

It was a real blow to realize my coffee grinder was no longer working...the blender is for a moment, while I gather the money to buy my grinder again...
Happy Saturday, @honeydue

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Happy Saturday, girls from @cinnccf
Thank you.

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neilamarcano 2 months ago

This answer brings back memories, when the shortage here in Venezuela, I got coffee beans and we do not have mills, my husband's dad advised us to grind in a blender, it turned out great 🥰.

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Yes. Well, there was a time when I didn't have a coffee grinder...I wasn't used to buying coffee beans yet. One day my brother brought me some and I thought of using the blender...it turned out well. So I remembered to solve it again...
Happy Saturday, @neilamarcano

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neilamarcano 2 months ago

That's great, it's the best solution for this issue, greetings

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beauty197 2 months ago

Yes I believe strong blender that blends dry things can ground coffee very well.

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neilamarcano 2 months ago

I also believe it is possible, I already tried it 😁

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qwerrie 2 months ago

Dont abuse your blender too much, just in case... or maybe soon you will have to replace two devices instead of one. I wish you be getting a new shiny grinder very soon!

sandracabrera 2 months ago

Yeah...I've already thought about it...I'll have to hurry up and buy a new grinder. It is true every appliance usage time.
Thanks for the warning, @qwerrie
Greetings.

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marlyncabrera 2 months ago

Too bad your coffee grinder is broken 💔 Many people I know use their blenders to grind their coffee beans. I'm glad yours worked just fine 😌 And I hope you can get a new grinder soon.

Cafecito for you ❤️

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maleidamarcano 2 months ago

Wow... It would be good to try this method no tWow... It would be good to try this method, he hadn't thought about it, in the absence of a coffee grinder. I've tried grinding corn kernels, but never coffee kernels...

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honeydue 2 months ago

Is cafecito a little coffee? May have just discovered my favorite word in Spanish. :)

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marlyncabrera 2 months ago

Hehe, yes! Little coffee 😆 For us, a cafecito is usually black, then little black coffee. A "negrito" is another word you may use.

qwerrie 2 months ago

Nice word, cafecito! Spanish is the most nice and musical language, I guess there is no doubts in this in the whole world. 🥰

marlyncabrera 2 months ago

I think some people would agree that our language is indeed a little musical.

And I'm thrilled that you guys liked this word so much. Cafecito for you, too!

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qwerrie 2 months ago

weeeeeee! 😘 🎈 🎈

sandracabrera 2 months ago

I had that same question when I wrote about a very small coffee establishment called "mi cafesito" some time ago...in the end I settled on the translator's option "small café" I welcome your questions about Spanish, @honeydue ☺️

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qwerrie 2 months ago

Frankly, I am not convinced thats a good solution. (Maybe using blender for hard beans instead of soft juicy vegetables will do the job, but will not be healthy for a long life of one's blender?.. I am full of doubts)

marlyncabrera 2 months ago

A friend of mine has an old Oster blender like mine (almost 25 years old); it's been doing the job for a decade, says she...

qwerrie 2 months ago

"Good for you!", as English say. 🙃

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rinconpoetico7 2 months ago

We could say that it was an improvised grinder, when our passion for coffee is great, we can do ingenious things. It was very informative to read your comment, next time I will use a blender.😋

I leave you a cup of coffee for this day.☕

sandracabrera 2 months ago

Thank you, the blender has gotten me out of trouble several times. You can use it, but you have to go little by little so that the grains are well ground.
Greetings, happy weekend ☺️

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beauty197 2 months ago

Hot coffee so sweet, the aroma is always given, with whatever way to ground let our coffee be ready for consumption.

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beauty197 2 months ago

You will have to replace the grinder so as to ground your coffee for the family.

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Certainly... I'll have to buy one.

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blkchn 2 months ago

In April I was on Corfu and had really good coffee. It was coffee with a nut flavor. Will be there in November again and hope to get this coffee again. ☕️

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

In Venezuela they sold a very good coffee with almond flavor...it was excellent...very aromatic.
I consumed it for a while, but it has not been released again. ☕️

qwerrie 2 months ago

Never used a blender for this (and I will take a notice, tho I would afraid doing this: my guess it will go strictly against the instructions ). I think the best option would go and buy a pack of a ready-made ground coffee ☘️ At least once I found myself in a situation when my 1st Siemens electric grinder (it was doing the job since 1998! maybe even earlier), I momentarily ordered a new one, same model. Of course, I easily can imagine when it is not an option, be it lack of money or location where you simply dont have access to the market goods. Just imagine that you were teleported back to XIX century and found yourself with a pack of beans and without electricity... in such circumstances your favourite electric grinder really would be out of hand. 😳

So, speaking about my personal experience: once I visited my friend who always obtain ground coffee, but she was presented a pack of beans as a birthday gift exactly on that day, there was a big company, all claimed they wanted to test the gift - and there was no electric grinder in the house at all. But, my friend is very fond of vintage stuff, she visited Holland many times and paid a proper attention to the local flea markets - she have got a lot of cool stuff there, including this traditional manual grinder. This one wasnt too old, but it is exactly the same model, as they used in XIX century.

So, I had a fat chance to practice in using this gadget. Also note: I had to grind beans for a big company, not for a self doze. Of course, I don't remember in details how that coffee have tasted, but here's what I remember for sure: the coffee grinder provided a very coarse grind, delivering grains of 0.6-1 mm, but the grinding speed was even worse. I turned the handle on and on and ground for 20-30 minutes (it did not feel like fun!), and it was then that doubts took root in my mind, that manual grinding is no good. Yes, perhaps it was a great option a hundred years ago, when people had a different pace of life, but not now. Said friend told me about another personal case - this is not my experience, but I think it is worth retelling here for everyone.

A situation may happen in your life (nuclear war? hurricane? or a trivial 3-day emergency blackout), when you cannot use your electric coffee grinder, and a manual coffee grinder was not purchased in advance. Given the beans and the desire to drink coffee no matter what - what will you do? what can be done? My friend in this situation used a rolling pin. Having laid the beans out on the table, she covered them with a cloth and rolled a rolling pin over beans getting coarsely ground coffee quite quickly. I can't say how much effort it took her (it can be quite subjective)... So a rolling pin is a very useful and multifunctional item that definitely should be kept in every household!

I wish you had a great coffee everyday, my dear friends 😍

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selflessgem 2 months ago

What a nice vintage coffee grinder. How nice of you that you made to try this manually operated grinder.

qwerrie 2 months ago

Grazie! I do love vintage stuff, both from the visual side, and operating it too. But on the daily basis, I prefer to operate my electrical grinder 😎 More efficient, less time consuming, simple as that. Wish a delicious coffee in your cup. ☘️ !PIZZA

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selflessgem 2 months ago

thank you😊

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marlyncabrera 2 months ago

What a beautiful photo of a beautiful manual coffee grinder. Love it. I guess it's not fun for me either, having to grind coffee beans for half an hour, but not having coffee is far less fun.

The rolling pin is genius 😄

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qwerrie 2 months ago

The rolling pin is genius 😄

...manual production, with a lot of spirit / soul investments, as advertising likes to put it, hehe. But, my experience proved: such grind is very coarse (with all the consequences), !LOL

marlyncabrera 2 months ago

I guess so. I tried to use a mortar and pestle once and it was a nightmare. My friend was sure it wouldn't taste like garlic 😏 We got coarse coffee "powder" and garlicky coffee 🤢

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qwerrie 2 months ago

Wait... you used mortar for grinding coffee?.. oh my. I can imagine... the situation like this reminds me a picture I once saw and could never forget: old Indian women grinding flour using flat stones :)

Ha! 10 minutes of googling and I found it. this:

marlyncabrera 2 months ago

Oh my! That's amazing. Look at their hairstyles. Well, they have enough time to let their hair grow while they grind all that wheat 😮

They look like dolls in a dresser--or parts in a human machine. What a job and what a photo!

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rinconpoetico7 2 months ago

A rolling pin is a good option, I'll keep it in mind when I don't have a coffee grinder at hand. A very good idea that you share with us today.

Excellent day.

qwerrie 2 months ago

Its not that good as a choice, but... its a proven emergency solution :P
lets share a juicy !PIZZA - and praise the #learningcurve! 😃

sandracabrera 2 months ago

Hello. I think that each technique has its charm.
Coffee beans have their varieties.
The blender has gotten me out of trouble twice. Although its function is certainly not to grind coffee.
I have never had a manual grinder, but I know that some are slow and require effort.
And yes. The ideal is to have ground coffee and beans at home... so that you don't get up and end up without coffee if the electric grinder doesn't turn on...
Regards, @qwerrie

qwerrie 2 months ago

A little emergency supply of ground coffee would be a wise idea, agree.
Of course, one may eliminate personal grinding at all and rely on the ground coffee from a shop totally... but that would be a 'second grade', figuratively speaking, one will steal a good chunk of fun from himself.
Manual grinders are different, thats for sure. I tried only this certain model, and it is very very dated. I know I should update my experience with more up-to-date models - maybe my experience will change dramatically to better? It, just, did not happened yet, so theres a plenty room for further explorations. Which is a good thing. Have a Hive !PIZZA from me, dear friend, and best wishes. 🐈

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Yes. Freshly ground coffee is priceless.
Happy weekend.

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mdosev 2 months ago

This grinder surely looks vintage. If I don’t have the option to get my grinders I would be extremely sad. I can imagine trying to crush the beans with some sort of hammer… but this means that I can simply lose my time. 😁

qwerrie 2 months ago

Such "mill-type" grinder is way better than a hammer... but I keep no illusions it is a thousand light years behind your high-tech Timemore C2. I envy you (well, in a good way!) 😛 lets share some Hive !PIZZA 🍕🍕🍕

mdosev 2 months ago

This time more grinder is really the best possible option for that given price!

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maleidamarcano 2 months ago

I had never thought of using a rolling pin, which I will keep in mind when grinding coffee, as a contingency plan.

I loved that old mill, ufff it's a rel😍😍😍

qwerrie 2 months ago

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tibilopez 2 months ago

Hi everyone, I read all your comments and I would really like to have that experience of grinding coffee at home, I have never owned a grinder, never ground coffee, it must be a nice experience.😃

beauty197 2 months ago

Same with me, I have never grounded a coffee before, I only buy grounded coffee, it will also be a good experience for me.

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selflessgem 2 months ago

True, it would be a better experience. I don't have coffee grinder at home too that is why I don't have any experience grinding coffee beans.

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

Hi everyone, I read all your comments and I would really like to have that experience of grinding coffee at home, I have never owned a grinder, never ground coffee, it must be a nice experience

Hello, @tibilopez, we invite you to try it. Grinding coffee is part of the job, ha, ha, ha, ha. I didn't do it before either. It was also because here in my city, coffee beans were not sold that much... they were for coffee shops. Now the market has grown and we have that possibility... and it is very nice to do the whole process at home until you enjoy it as part of your favorite routine...

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tibilopez 2 months ago

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mdosev 2 months ago

I cannot remember grinding my coffee without any of my grinders. I have a Hario Skerton that is the grinder I bought firstly. It didn’t grind coffee even enough and this led to many problems with good coffee extraction.

I simply prederred to buy ground coffee, which wasbt good either. The coffee was just losing its flavor too quickly. Then came the electric grinder, which was one of the best investments in my coffee gear so far.

It had the disadvantage that when I change the grind setting from super fine espresso to a medium filter coffee grinds, it needs to grind some amount of coffee to get rid of all the fine particles. This resulted in some extra bitter filter coffee… the good decision was to buy another grinder, which would be dedicated for filter coffee and AeroPress.

And now my setup is complete!

I really cannot imagine grinding or crushing beans in another way… it would really be a great pain. I would really skip my coffee until I find a good grinder! 😁

maleidamarcano 2 months ago

What a good investment when grinding some grains of paWhat a good investment when grinding coffee beans...

I'd love to try this way... Hopefully I can buy one of these machines to savor a good freshly ground coffee😍😍😋

rinconpoetico7 2 months ago

Without a doubt, having a good grinder makes a difference when it comes to preparing excellent quality coffee. It's good that you've found a good option for grinding your coffee.

I leave you a cup of coffee for this day.☕

sandracabrera 2 months ago

I really cannot imagine grinding or crushing beans in another way… it would really be a great pain. I would really skip my coffee until I find a good grinder! 😁

The variety of grinding tools is interesting...getting quality is also good., @mdosev

mdosev 2 months ago

I will always have a grinder to process my whole beans!

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

👍💯🙂

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marlyncabrera 2 months ago

That's a good collection, even if the first one was not that good in the end. My favorite one is the small hand grinder; I'd love to have one of those. Mine is electric, not so good with all these power failures, but I love it, and it's been doing a good job for several years.

P.S. Skipping my coffee because I can't find a grinder...? I don't think so 🙊

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maleidamarcano 2 months ago

Thank you for making our community #coffeelovers a family that supports each other and what better task to start with making our imagination fly and get creative with these practices...

Honestly, right now I don't have a coffee grinder, so I haven't had this magical experience. However, I hope that in the future I can enjoy it🙌🙌🙌

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beauty197 2 months ago

Grounding coffee is not something common in my country because most times we get to see grounded coffee in different shops and of different makes, but I would have loved to ground my coffee myself, I have a blender for dry things and am certain that it will ground coffee smooth.

mdosev 2 months ago

The blender will definitely work to some extent. I wonder about the result though! If you try some day, please share in the community!

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selflessgem 2 months ago

Good day coffee friends. I enjoy reading so much of our coffee conversations. Aside from learning the different experiences, we gain more friends.

We don't have any coffee grinder at home. My parents and I only used coffee powder as our daily consumption at home. There was a time when my parents once used our blender as a substitute to grind coffee. Since we don't have coffee grinder, we agreed to use it just for once. But the ending, we need to purchase another blade because the blade overheat and it won't function anymore.

Lesson learn, we kept on using ready mix coffee powder to avoid unnecessary cracks to our blender again. 🍻

mdosev 2 months ago

A sad story about a neat blender. It is interesting why the blade was worn out so quickly, but maybe the beans were too hard for it 🤷🏻

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selflessgem 2 months ago

yes, maybe it's not meant for grinding. Thanks for dropping by.

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rinconpoetico7 2 months ago

Excellent Sunday of conversation coffee lovers.

A new topic of conversation has been brought to us by our dear coffee friends. Today we are asked if we have ever ground coffee without a grinder and how we did it.

Very rarely has anything other than a grinder been used for coffee beans at home. The rare times that another element has been used to grind coffee has been with a grinder, those that are attached to the table and that are used to grind corn, peanuts, meat, etcetera. The good thing about these mills is that you can adjust the grinders to make it finer or coarser, and for coffee it is very practical. It's a pity that I can't show you a picture of the grinder since it's not at home anymore. That was the experience I wanted to share with you.

I hope to continue reading you in the comments about your coffee grinding methods.

I wish you all an excellent start of the week with lots of coffee.☕

selflessgem 2 months ago

We don't have coffee grinders at home. We just keep on using ready made coffe powder. It will lessen the time preparing and less hassle to my parents. But if given the chance to have the coffee grinder it would be so much fun also.

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sandracabrera 2 months ago

I've always wanted a manual grinder... I've seen a few and asked for prices. I bought the electric one because when I decided to look for one I found it on sale... and it looked very good and pretty. In fact, it lasted a long time... until a few days ago it didn't turn on.
I can't compromise on a manual one because there are only my son and I in the house, so we can grind just the coffee of the day.
The fact of grinding by hand is more artisanal and more attractive to me... Greetings,@rinconpoetico7 y @tibilopez

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marlyncabrera 2 months ago

Oh, you've just made me remember we have an old big manual grinder somewhere in the backyard. It was fixed to a table and my husband's family used it for grinding corn--to make arepa dough--, but it's too big; I don't think I'd clean it just to grind some coffee beans...

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