I am on vacation. I am open to trying new things. I have time to try new things. At my daughter’s house I have a blade coffee grinder, or at least I am told it is there. Every time I try to ask about it I get a run-around. At my son’s house I started the trip with frozen, year old, ground, flavored coffee. I am not a coffee connoisseur but I tell people I can tell really bad coffee. This was really, really bad coffee.
Since he doesn’t have a grinder I went a local shop, bought some beans from Papua New Guinea and had them grind them for me. But I still wanted to grind my own. I was not willing to invest in another burr grinder like I have at home so I looked into inexpensive hand crank jobs.
I got this little contraption that will grind enough for two cups of coffee. I need to do enough for three cups and that gives me enough to make a good sized mug.
I have never hand ground my coffee before. I have experimented with the coarseness of the grind. If you set it too coarse the flavor is weak. If you make it like powder it comes out too bitter. Finally I reached my baby bear level and it is coming out as I want it.
It takes about the same amount of time to grind as it does to bring the water to a boil in the microwave. Works for me, at least on vacation. And I can store it away so if we have a power failure I can still grind coffee.
Now the search for the perfect bean.
homo unius libri
Now THAT'S preparedness! ;-)
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