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Cofe too sour? Grind coarser
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@snacks@netzsphaere.xyz hmm I kinda like sour coffee though. Better than bitter
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@anemone your coffee shouldn't be crazy bitter or sour. I was just joking about the fact that usually youcd get more sour coffee by grinding coarser, but if you're too fine that can make it sour too
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@snacks@netzsphaere.xyz yeah it generally isn’t either when I make it but if I have to go to some cafe that doesn’t know what they are doing I’ll take overly short/acid over being bitter any day
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@anemone @snacks heat activates tanins in the beans. its why luxury coffee uses burr grinders. motor doesn't transfer as much heat in to the beans that way. also why genuine cold brew tends to be smoother.
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@snacks @anemone
> coffee shouldn't be crazy bitter
HERESY!!!
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@icedquinn @anemone i'm always confused about the burr grinder thing. I don't think i've seen anyone use anything else in europe, is using blade grinders for coffee an american thing?
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@icedquinn @anemone sometimes really shitty ceramic ones, but prob still beats the shit out of blade grinders
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@snacks @icedquinn @anemone Not really, people buy blade grinders because it is cheap and doesn't require 30 seconds of manual labor to make a cofe cup.
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@phnt @icedquinn @anemone usually they get preground or instant coffee then. Again, i've never seen a person irl use a blade grinder for coffee
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@phnt @anemone @icedquinn or a fully automatic machine, which all use burr grinders to my knowledge
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@snacks @icedquinn @anemone
>usually they get preground or instant coffee then.

Usually yes, except the people that hate instant coffee, take the preground coffee losing aroma thing seriously and yet don't want to shell out quite a lot of money for an electric burr grinder or a coffee machine.

>all use burr grinders to my knowledge

Far from that when I checked ~2 years ago, only the expensive kind. At which point the person buying that is probably a cofe connoisseur as well.
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@phnt @icedquinn @anemone @snacks coffee is to weak these days. I rather bear grillz it and drink my own piss
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@phnt @icedquinn @anemone preground is prob gonna taste better than blade ground unless you do smth like french press or cold brew which are super insensirive to grind. Also, i don't think shitty burr grinders are more expensive than blade grinders and they're more compact so i have no clue why you'd put a blade grinder in a machine for nothing but coffee
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@phnt @anemone @icedquinn dammn, they are actually a bit cheaper
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@anemone @icedquinn @phnt but like, the cheapest burr grinder i can find in a few seconds on amazon is 40€ vs 18€ for the cheapest balde one
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@anemone @icedquinn @phnt i didn't even know they sell blade grinders specifically for coffee. Always thought this was just using the blade grinder you already have
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@snacks @icedquinn @anemone
>amazon is 40€

Oh that's way cheaper then what I remember.
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@phnt @anemone @snacks there's some chinese discount ones these days. or manual operated ones are cheaper still.

@mia was big on manual operated cofe grinding
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@icedquinn @anemone @snacks @mia

>@mia@shrimptest.0x0.st was big on manual operated cofe grinding

I am as well, I like the process of making cofe.
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@phnt @icedquinn @anemone @mia manual one just becomes part of the ritual of making cofe and is much cheaper once you get into good grinders
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