On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:07:56 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:

>John Kuthe wrote:
>> Just made my third pot of coffee since buying a grinder. Finest grind
>> yielded too much bitterness, so I dialed it back to 2/3 finest and
>> went from 3/4 cup of beans to 1 full cup, and it's great! But that's
>> almost 33% more coffee per pot!!
>>
>> Good thing I'm a working man again! :-)
>>
>> Might try my coffee slicer again and see if the grinder is worth it to
>> me.
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>You might try _less_ coffee with the finest grind and see what you think
>of that. It's possible that the bitterness is just too much bean
>surface and you need less. Also consider not 2/3 the finest but more
>like 80-90% of the way toward the finest grind and, again, try less
>coffee.

Didja ever think that the bitterness is from shit coffee?

I stopped buying beans about a year ago, retired my burr grinder, and
now use strictly Walmart brand pre-ground in nitrogen pack cans...
best coffee I ever had.