The brightest and deepest-tasting coffee drink comes from freshly roasted and freshly ground grains.
Coffee in grains & nbsp; you can buy green and then fry it yourself at home or buy it ready-made.
You can choose from grains from light (Scandinavian) to the highest (Spanish or Vienna) degree of roasting. Coffee beans can be stored for 3-4 weeks without losing their multifaceted bouquet, but ground coffee begins to & laquo; get poor & raquo; immediately after grinding.
Therefore, it is recommended to grind the grains immediately before cooking.
How do I choose a coffee grinder?
The most common quick way to grind coffee is to use an electric coffee maker.
A serving of 1-2 cups of coffee is ground in 10-15 seconds.
Real foodies claim that the taste of coffee after an electric grinder is slightly less interesting than after a manual one. And it's all about the millstones, which in the electric grinder heat up during operation and increase the temperature of the dry coffee mass, which leads to some loss of taste.
In grinders, the milling speed is low, but sufficient to obtain the desired fraction of ground coffee.
Hand grinders come with millstones made of different materials:
- Cast iron. & nbsp; Over time, the taste of coffee can change when small particles of metal enter the ground coffee, which appear due to the physical fragility of the cast iron. Their number is minimal, but, nevertheless, this grinder will have to be replaced when the millstones wear out.
- Ceramics. & nbsp; With such millstones, coffee grinders are sold more expensive than cast iron or steel ones, but it is worth it: the resulting ground coffee does not acquire any extraneous tastes and smells, while maintaining its original authenticity. Ceramic millstones are fragile, so this grinder needs to be protected.
- Steel. & nbsp; The shelf life of such a coffee grinder is not high, since steel is a soft material. But it will definitely last for several years.
- Natural stone. & nbsp; These are the most expensive collection grinders. But they can be inherited without changing the taste of coffee even after prolonged use, without wearing out or breaking down.
Types of coffee grinding
There are several types of coffee grinding, which are selected depending on the way of making coffee:
- small,
- medium,
- large.
Turkish coffee requires fine grinding to make the drink not only strong and rich, but also viscous (due to the ingress of & laquo; dust & raquo; to liquid), which fully corresponds to the classic oriental recipe.
For coffee machines (carob type), a medium grind is required, allowing rapid extraction, but not allowing particles to penetrate the filters. For such equipment, it is important to use a homogeneously crushed mixture, otherwise the quality of the drink will be low.
And for making coffee in a drip (geyser) coffee maker or in a French press, you need a coarse mixture (with a fraction size of up to 0.8 mm), which allows you to get a quality drink without solids getting into the liquid.
There are also intermediate grinds:
- fine espresso (for espresso makers that pass steam through a dry coffee mix);
- medium thin/coarse;
- ultra-thin & ndash; to make real Turkish coffee.
Expert Opinion
The finer the coffee grind, the greater the total surface area, which means that the drink is brewed faster and stronger. Milling should be considered when determining a portion of ground coffee for one cup.
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