In article et>,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> Uh, she happens to be correct. I've had and gave away three coffee grinders
> over the past years. Why? I can't *stand* the annoying sound of the
> grinder first thing in the morning, fiddling with it, cleaning it, it
> taking up counter space, etc. I've got better things to do with my
> time...it's just another useless appliance IMNSHO.
>
> I get my coffee from a non - chain store on my corner. They let me know
> when the freshest stuff comes in (they roast all their own beans). I go
> through a pound about every week or so, and I let them grind it. Then it
> resides in a zip loc bag in the freezer. Tastes just fine to me and my
> guests...very little if any loss of taste. We aren't a bunch of
> professional tasters in Sao Paulo or wherever who take a sip and then spit
> it out. We just like a nice cuppa Joe...

Just because you do not have the palate to appreciate coffee quality
doesn't mean that it's all the same.

I suppose you're letting the coffee come to room temperature before
opening the bag, so that moisture doesn't condense on the coffee? Or are
you putting it into individual serving-size bags so that you don't have
to re-freeze?

"Annoying sound of the grinder?" Only if it's a cheap, crappy
grinder--sounds like you were using those useless blade grinders. No
wonder you didn't see a difference. My burr grinder is much quieter than
my microwave oven. No fiddling required, and only needs to be cleaned
every few weeks.


> I like good coffee, but it *is* just coffee - I'm not going to be all anal
> to the nth degree about it. As long as it's reasonably good, I'm happy. No
> reason to get all silly and snobbish about it. I've got plenty of other
> things to be silly and snobbish about ;-)

So what isn't "just..."? Anything can be reduced to "it's just...," so
why bother discussing the quality of anything?

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