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yakster

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Wet Grinding
« on: July 30, 2011, 01:49:29 PM »
David Walsh from Marco presented at Tamper Tantrum Live an experiment on wet grinding to minimize aroma loss, with hints that there may be a future product that would wet grind and brew.  You can see the presentation and a research paper at the following blog post.

http://brewtasterepeat.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/wet-grinding/

I gave this a try, with inconclusive results.  I definitely need some sort of water feed system, but it was interesting.  Unfortunately, I broke the outer ceramic burr of my Kyocera later that night by dropping it into the sink.  Luckily I have a spare at home.  I'm limping along in the meantime with the two pieces taped together and the grinds are more inconsistent, but I still have fresh coffee.

Here's my crude attempt.

Wet grinding coffee
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Offline headchange4u

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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 07:50:02 PM »
That looks......um......messy.
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Offline John F

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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 08:07:20 PM »
I'm not sure about this...

I really enjoy dry aroma.

Eliminating it just feels icky.
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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 03:44:40 AM »
Wet grinding, is that like when... you wake up.... really tired still... and pour your boiling water into your coffee grinder instead of into the brewer?

I can save you the trouble, it doesn't work very well, and the 'aroma' you smell may very well be electrical in nature.

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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 11:53:20 AM »
I don't think this would pass the mess test in my house as I'm already catching grief for weighting, pre-wetting, stirring, etc when making coffee in the morning. Nothing gets me out of bed faster than when she announces that she's making coffee.
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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2011, 12:10:45 PM »
Looks like a (wet) brain fart. Too messy & I just don't see an advantage? In fact, I'd be willing to bet that volatile compounds escape more with this technique than they do with dry grinding.
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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2011, 01:32:22 PM »
Is this anything at all that carries over to the cup?
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Re: Wet Grinding
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2011, 01:48:57 PM »
Quote from: Jeffo on August 01, 2011, 01:32:22 PM
Is this anything at all that carries over to the cup?

Wet grounds?
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