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ecc

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POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« on: March 22, 2011, 10:24:47 AM »
I switch between coffees very frequently, lately I have been cupping 7 or 8 at a time after roasting.  Espresso is the same, I like to keep small amounts of 3 or 4 different kinds, and try most roasts (within reason) as espresso.  Is keeping the hopper filled with more than what you are needing to grind at the moment worth the coffee waste, extra hassle, and weighing complexities?
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Offline mp

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Re: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 10:35:40 AM »
That is a good question.

I think it would depend on certain factors.

Do you do a post roast blend or pre roast blend?

How much coffee do you consume in a week?

Do you like having different origins available and mix at the last moment before grinding?

Whether you pre or post blend do you have different roasts of the same beans?

Do you have a grinder that does incremental adjustment or stepped?

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Re: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 10:42:16 AM »
It could depend on a lot of things!  How about you, mp?
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 11:00:23 AM »
I roast a week's worth of coffee at a time, and I keep it in the bean hopper of my espresso grinder. If I roast a sample it'll be brewed in a vac pot, pour over, or AP, so I keep these beans in a jar and grind as needed in the Saeco Titan.

As for the need to keep the hopper empty so I can switch beans, why bother? If the beans are good I don't mind drinking them for a week. If they're not good why keep them at all - into the trash with them!
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2011, 11:12:53 AM »
single dose espresso only. 

I use a Zass for Hario or CCD. 
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Re: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2011, 11:19:36 AM »
Quote from: ecc on March 22, 2011, 10:42:16 AM
It could depend on a lot of things!  How about you, mp?

I put in enough for the next shot.

(I assume you are talking espresso ... I have another grinder for drip.)

 :)
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2011, 11:27:45 AM »
None!
I make two pots of drip per day, and I weigh every 66 gram grinder load...
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2011, 12:03:10 PM »
My wife dumps most of the canister into the hopper in the morning before pulling some shots and I dump them back in after I'm done with mine.

I'd complain but she's got this smoking hotness thing going that covers a multitude of sins.  ;)
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2011, 12:33:03 PM »
Quote from: grinderz on March 22, 2011, 12:03:10 PM
My wife dumps most of the canister into the hopper in the morning before pulling some shots and I dump them back in after I'm done with mine.

I'd complain but she's got this smoking hotness thing going that covers a multitude of sins.  ;)

A sinfully good-looking woman is forgiven many minor transgressions, just as she's appreciated for the major ones.  ;D
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2011, 12:33:59 PM »
Same grinder for all brew methods, weigh and grind for each press/pourover/pull; the three P's at the Schmidt house.  8)  At least three coffee origins per day.
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2011, 12:38:40 PM »
Quote from: peter on March 22, 2011, 12:33:59 PM
Same grinder for all brew methods, weigh and grind for each press/pourover/pull; the three P's at the Schmidt house.  8)  At least three coffee origins per day.


I thought you seemed a bit over caffeinated! ;D
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2011, 12:41:23 PM »
Quote from: grinderz on March 22, 2011, 12:03:10 PM
My wife dumps most of the canister into the hopper in the morning before pulling some shots and I dump them back in after I'm done with mine.

I'd complain but she's got this smoking hotness thing going that covers a multitude of sins.  ;)

 ;D
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 02:00:25 PM »
I measure what I need grind it brew it and the grinder is empty the rest of the time..
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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 02:01:25 PM »
Just counted.... 94 2/3 beans ;D
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ecc

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Re: POLL: How many beans in your grinder?
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 02:16:30 PM »
Notice how well I avoided the whole less/fewer controversy...  :angel:
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