Susan wrote on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:28:31 -0500:

> James Silverton wrote:

>> I use a quite cheap Braun blade grinder and I don't find the noise
>> objectionable. It only takes a count of 80 for my
>> preferred grind.
>>
> But you're not getting a grind, you're getting chopped coffee.

> Big diff in uniformity and brewing quality.

> Burr grinders give you quality ground coffee.

I think you have been brainwashed. All that is needed is to break down
the beans sufficiently to allow extraction and I once had a burr
(millwheel) grinder and didn't notice any difference.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not