Do you grind your own coffee?
By jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
United States
January 10, 2009 10:41am CST
I used to grind my own beans so that the coffee grounds were fresh. Then I quit drinking coffee except on rare occasions. Now I have began to drink it again after making it for company over the holidays. I bought a can of coffee but miss the really fresh taste of newly ground beans. So next time I buy coffee I'll buy beans again and start grinding my own. So do you grind your own or just buy coffee by the can?
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
10 Jan 09
We always buy coffee in the can. I've never tried to grind beans. Would probably make a terrible mess in the kitchen. I like Folger's and my husband likes to drink instant coffee. I do have an old coffee maker so I perk a pot when first waking up in the morning. I won't drink it at night because it will keep me awake. I can drink decaf if I really want something warm in the evening.
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@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
11 Jan 09
I used to at the store where I purchased it and did it ever smell good.. I don't think that the grocery store that I shop at has a place to grind it anymore.. It would be nice to get a grinder and do it at home.. Sounds so good, a good fresh hot cup of coffee..
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@eaforeman6 (8979)
• United States
10 Jan 09
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@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
11 Jan 09
Hi Jill,
As a matter of fact, we do grind our own beans. I used to do that for myself 20 olr so years ago and then my hubby and I started doing it about a year ago or so. It's just not the same to drink even so called fresg coffee if it hasn't just been ground. It's such a simple treat.
Unlike what we used to think, coffee is best stored in a dark container at room temperature. Freezer and refrigerator I guess take away the flavor. Just a little tid bit.
leenie
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@chenella0811 (70)
• China
11 Jan 09
[b][/b]I never grind coffee myself.i often buy soluble coffee in the supermarket.Maybe it taste as not good as the one you grind yourself,it’s convenient .
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
10 Jan 09
We do not drink coffee but I do love
the smell of it. My mother loved her morning coffee and ever so often one later in the day ..... oh the aroma ..... I can almost smell it now. I love walking down the coffee isle at the store. I have drank coffee before but only with milk and sugar in it but still never aquired the taste for it.
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@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
1 Feb 09
Hi jillhill.
I love freshly ground coffee beans, but I never buy whole beans anymore. I'm the only one in the house that really drinks coffee and I only drink 1 cup when I have it. So, I use my single cup brewing system by Keurig. It brews 1 fresh cup at a time using k-cups, when are individually sealed "cups" of freshly ground coffee. It makes the best cup of coffee ever. Plus, there's no clean-up as the filters re self-contained and can be thrown in the garbage after brewing a cup of coffee.
Anyway, if there were more people in my house that drank more coffee, I'd get out my bean grinder and grind those beans! Enjoy your coffee beans, Jill.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Feb 09
I don't drink coffee, but I use Espresso roast coffee beans in my Espresso Toffee. I grind them up fresh whenever I make a batch. I don't grind it fine like you would for coffee though. More of a coarse grind. I don't even like coffee and I think the stuff is good.
@menctomas (278)
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
I've never tried my own. it will be a terrible mess i bet for me!!! i drink instant coffee. but when we went to baguio, we got this grounded coffee with flavors!!! have you ever tried them?
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Well, my Dear friend I buy it by the cans. and or plastic these days. I love my coffee and it is now brewing as I type this. So I can take some to work with me. You have a great day. Doing oh my catch up. was off needed a break. Your fjriend onlydia
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Thank you very much. But right now my right arm up top is killing me. When I type it hurts and it is the same one I use at work for putting parts on press and taking off. So things mite not be as fast as before. Talk at you later have a great day. And you call in. As it is to cold to be outside. Your friend onlydia
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
11 Jan 09
No, I don't drink coffee because it gives m stomach cramps. I drink tea instead. But yes when I was young, we used to pick coffee beans when they're ripe, let them dry and then pound the skin out of them, roast them and then grind them again into fine granules. I always remember the smell of pure, tasty coffee during mornings. Sometimes when we were able to harvest more, we sell them.lol..those were the days in the village.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
11 Jan 09
A good cup of coffee begins with the grinding of the beans! The aroma of freshly ground coffee beans sends your senses into a frenzy. Once the coffee begins to brew and fills the air with that freshly brewed aroma you wait patiently for that last drop to come through the machine. Grab your cup and fix it to your preference and you are in wonderland.
We do buy ground coffee too, but there is nothing better than beans that you grind yourself!
@wrdsofwisdm (1069)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Mom and I go to Gloria Jean's and get our favorite flavored beans(on sale, of course) and I grind enough for 2 days....mom makes more than one pot per day.
That way, we can switch flavors and not leave ground up coffee sitting around getting stale. I may be nuts but I think the longer you grind it, the stronger it gets too.
I also get a flavor called mocha merriment that's only around in December there.
It's perfect for those chocolate cravings some of us get.
@lellyp (245)
• Indonesia
11 Jan 09
Am not drink coffee, but i more like smell bean coffee new grind. Smell so fresh and good. In my office no have grind machine but sometime when am going to market i like pass coffee shop sale beans coffee and grind that beans. This shop sale so many kind beans coffee, he have beans coffee Robusta, Java, etc and any coffee give different aroma. You know i still can sleep well even am drink 4 cup of coffee but i can feel fresh and not feel sleepy if am smell beans coffee new grinding heheheh...
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