What Are The Benefits Of Grinding Your Own Coffee?

14 June 2009 in Coffee maker

I am thinking of buying a coffee mill and whole bean coffee, rather than buying pre-ground coffee. I am just wondering if there is a difference in the quality of the coffee and the price of buying the grinder and the beans


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14 June 2009 Coffee maker

8 Comments to What Are The Benefits Of Grinding Your Own Coffee?

  1. The benefits are immense…make sure you buy a burr grinder (they are more pricey..but then you can adjust the grind for your brew methods). Starbucks makes a good one, plus if it breaks, they’ll fix or replace it for free. Coffee tastes fresher and more complex when you grind it yourself. In the long run…it is way more worth it, when you taste your first cup, you’ll know.

    2. Funny Fight Videos on 14 June 2009

  2. The beans stay fresh for a week if you store them in an opaque air tight container, ground coffee only stays fresh for a day. Whole bean is the same price as ground.
    Grinders are about $20 and will last for many years with daily use.
    Once you start grinding your own, you wont go back to pre-ground. The difference in quality is that significant.

    3. Lisa on 14 June 2009

  3. preground coffee isn’t as fresh as coffee that is freshly grounded. My Step grandfather wouldn’t drink coffee that was pregrounded.. he owned a hand grinder and ground his coffee before making it! He also had a Cafe in Dorion Ont. He had the Freshest Coffee. Back then it was $0.20 a cup but I was too young to drink it but not to serve it!

    4. ShortcutHerbal Goody on 15 June 2009

  4. When you grind your own coffee, you are getting a much more robust flavor and aroma, compared to buying coffee that is already ground; especially if you are used to buying coffee that comes in a can (Yuban, Folgers, etc.)
    Grinding your own coffee beans also gives you access to fresher coffee, a wider variety of beans and flavors.
    I’m spoiled. I’ve been grinding my own coffee beans ever since I started drinking coffee as an adult
    Grinders cost anywhere from $14.00 to $24.00. Grinding your own beans is a more expensive way to go, but there is no doubt, there is a higher quality difference when you grind your own beans.

    5. Cool Video Clips on 15 June 2009

  5. Grinding your own makes for a fresher tasting and more aromatic coffee experience. Not sure if this will save you any money as I believe that the pre-ground coffee often contains filler which the whole bean bag would not have so theoreticaly it would be more costly.

    6. rbsb1999 on 15 June 2009

  6. Fresher tasting coffee, usually costs a bit less for the whole beans, that mesmerizing aroma it produces! The only drawback I can see, is the noise it can make!

    7. grizzly_ on 15 June 2009

  7. Depending on what kind of grinder you get, one benifit is that awsome forearm muscle :) i doubt you meant a manual one tho’.
    Benifits: you know exactly whats in your grounds, you control how fine, usually you can get a lot more bang for the buck buying beans. Youll get a large can of folgers for what, 15 bucks? You can find 2 lb bags of beans for about that much, and it makes 5 times as much. I find that the quality doesnt vary much, personally i prefer home ground coffee as i dont drink it often and it just tastes “fresher”, not like it sat on a shelf for months or in a pot all day long.

    8. Blue on 15 June 2009

  8. The benefits is better and fresher tasting coffee. Coffee beans stay fresh in whole form a long time. When you buy ground coffee the minute you open the can the coffee starts to degrade.
    In buying whole bean coffee, keep it in a air tight container in the refrigerator NOT the freezer. I have no idea how the myth of freezing coffee got started.
    I live in the only state in the US that grows coffee.

    9. mason pearson on 15 June 2009

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