On 3/11/2021 3:30 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:12:14 -0800 (PST), bruce bowser
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 2:57:25 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 2:47:53 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:57:51 -0500, Boron Elgar
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:53:59 -0600, Snag > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In my case , I'm looking for a decent conical burr coffee grinder .
>>>>>> Mine's about 15 years old and starting to make funny noises occasionally .
>>>>>
>>>>> Encore by Baratza. I use mine daily.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to go fancier, go for the Vitruoso+ by Baratza.
>>>> People who grind their coffee don't grind their meat. DUH
>>>>
>>>> It makes far more sense to have the store where one buys coffee beans
>>>> to do the grinding with REAL grinders instead of those Toys R Us
>>>> grinders with fancy schmancy Italian names... Italy has never grown
>>>> even one bean. A&P has real coffee grinders.
>>>
>>> There's no A&P here. Every grocery store with a grinder was self-serve.
>>> If any in-store coffee grinders have survived the pandemic (most self-serve
>>> things have been shut down), I still don't want to grind my coffee at
>>> the store because of jackwagons who grind flavored coffee there.
>>
>> Several COSTCO's that i've been in have coffee grinders that you can use.
>
> Pre-pandemic- the local ones no longer have them, though I suppose
> that might vary.
>
> 15 or so years ago, the Torrance Costco had a huge roaster in-store.
> The coffee was roasted decently, too.
>


OK, I really know nothing about coffee. But I assume the beans last
longer than ground coffee, so using a store grinder really depends on
how soon you will consume the ground coffee, right? If you don't want
to shop often, you should grind at home, right? What time limits make
sense?