Back when I was in college the latest of many coffee crazes started. Coffee shops started opening, beans began showing up in gourmet shops, people started to learn how to prepare and drink good coffee. Like others I learned that if I were to make a GOOD(tm) cup of joe I had to buy whole beans and grind them myself just before brewing.
I have lived with that lie for years. Recently I decided that my home coffee was simply not so good (better than Open Eye's but thats different). We ended up replacing our grinder and still I found our coffee to be lacking to when I bought a cup at a good coffee shop.
Taking matters into my own hands I asked for my coffee to be ground by the seller to the specifications of my coffee machine (cone-shaped, gold filter). This is, far and away, the best cup of coffee I have had at home. I now do not buy that notion of grinding at home - sure, if I didn't drink it every day it might be better as the bean might stay fresher, longer. But drinking as fast as I do, I don't have that problem.
So I say burn that bra and ditch the grinder people. Don't be so much of a snob, grind at the store and enjoy one less step and a better tasting brew!
Posted by dmason at July 17, 2004 08:50 AM