Journal — brew

Before you put milk in that cup of coffee...

There was a point where I didn’t understand the value of each coffee bean. I didn’t think about (or know) the fact that each bean came hand-picked from a farm hundreds of miles away and may be a group of people’s main economical resource and livelihood. It’s a heavy thought to sit with at any point in the day, especially when you just wake up groggy, vulnerable, and oblivious to most (or all) of your surroundings (depending on how hard you partied the night before).

Grinding your coffee before brewing it will always make it taste better. Pre-ground coffee stales much quicker than whole bean. There are two ways to go for a home grinder:

Blade Grinder ($33) : Two blades spin and whip your beans apart. The longer you hold down the button, the finer the grinds become.
or
Burr Grinder ($115): You set your two burrs to grind your coffee quickly and at the same grind lever every single time.

Burr grinders are easy. The obstacle with the blade grinder is to get a consistent grind every time so your...