On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:28:45 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-03-11 12:59 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-11 2:47 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:57:51 -0500, Boron Elgar
>>>
>>>>> ** 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.
>>>
>>
>> Coffee tends to be much better when freshly ground. I used to use the
>> store grinders but had too many bags of beans ruined because someone who
>> used it before me had ground flavoured beans.* It doesn't take much
>> residue to taint a whole of beans. I use my Delonghi for a medium fine
>> grind for drip coffee and coarse ground, but I get my espresso beans at
>> the corner bakery and have them grind it. They don't use theirs for
>> flavoured beans.
>
>Should have read this before replying to Boron.


We all seem to be of the same opinion on this.

Flavored coffees are quite popular. I don't understand them the way I
don't understand what Domino sells as being pizza, but huge swathes of
shelves seem occupied with flavored coffees..