In rec.food.cooking, butch burton > wrote:

> If you are buying really freshly roasted beans from a roaster and use
> them in less than 2 weeks-go to alt coffee and search on grinders.
> The problem with the blade whackers is the huge range of particle
> sizes from dust to boulders.

The other problem is that they tend to fracture the beans along the cell
walls, instead of slicing the cells open.

That being said, even an el-cheapo whirly blade will make a HUGE
difference compared with buying coffee pre-ground. I wouldn't discourage
anybody from starting with a cheap whirly-blade, considering the
alternative.

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