Graham wrote:
> 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.

Even if the store only sells pure and perfect beans, it's still a risk.

When you grind your beans, there is no way to know if somebody just
walked by the grinder and farted, thus tainting your expensive beans.