FERRANTE wrote:

> I have a cheap coffee grinder, one that has just one button that
> activates the blade. Anyone have one of these and if so, how do you
> know how long to grind your coffee? I use a drip-method coffee pot.
>
> Mark Anthony Ferrante

I keep my (coffee) beans frozen and grind them in my blade grinder for
10-15 seconds. I actually do it by sound as you can hear when the
blades are no longer hitting larger particles. I keep the beans frozen
both because we live a long way from where we can get beans (and so buy
in bulk) and because I have found the blade grinder does a better job on
the frozen beans. I am curious if anyone has any comments about the
practice of freezing..

While I know its far from optimal I use the same blade grinder for
expresso but run it for 30 seconds or so to pulverize the coffee.