Back on the ground
May. 14th, 2019 08:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqI picked up a new coffee grinder recently. While it's not a professional-grade grinder, neither is is one of the cheap ones that you might find for sale at Wal Mart or Target. I stopped in a fancy, local kitchen store and snagged a conical Breville grinder to replace the old BRAUN grinder that I have been using for the past 30ish years.
On the one hand, I feel a little guilty replacing a grinder that, other than being held together with painter's tape, has been working reliably for over a quarter of a century. On the other hand, using this new grinder has really illustrated to me how poorly my old one has been working for the past few years. It's not that it wasn't grinding coffee when asked, it's that it was essentially giving me chunks and powder instead of a consistent grind.
I'd decided that it was time to replace it when I was cleaning it one day and discovered that the burs had worn themselves almost smooth over years of use in the old grinder.
It took a few tries before I settled on the grind size and amount that works for me with the new grinder, but now I have it set up so that I just press a button and it gives me a perfect grind every time.
The best part is that I can really taste the difference in the final product. I am getting much better, and more consistent coffee than I ever could with the old grinder.
I guess everything has its time to retire.
On the one hand, I feel a little guilty replacing a grinder that, other than being held together with painter's tape, has been working reliably for over a quarter of a century. On the other hand, using this new grinder has really illustrated to me how poorly my old one has been working for the past few years. It's not that it wasn't grinding coffee when asked, it's that it was essentially giving me chunks and powder instead of a consistent grind.
I'd decided that it was time to replace it when I was cleaning it one day and discovered that the burs had worn themselves almost smooth over years of use in the old grinder.
It took a few tries before I settled on the grind size and amount that works for me with the new grinder, but now I have it set up so that I just press a button and it gives me a perfect grind every time.
The best part is that I can really taste the difference in the final product. I am getting much better, and more consistent coffee than I ever could with the old grinder.
I guess everything has its time to retire.
