On 2021-03-11 4:30 p.m., 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.
>
The trouble with in-store grinders is that if the store sells flavoured
beans, they contaminate the grinder and your coffee.