The Best Coffee Grind

Getting the best coffee grind from your grinder is easy when you know how to do it.  Here is a really fast breakdown of how to get the best coffee grind for your coffee maker.

Burr Grinder (recommended) – A burr ginder (or even better, conical burr grinder) provides the best, most consistant grind for your beans.  This will lead to a consistently better cup than standard blade grinders will provide.

1. #1 (finest) – Turkish
2. #2 – Fine Espresso
3. #3 – Standard Espresso
4. #4 – Cone Filter Drip
5. #5 (middle grind) – Universal Drip
6. #6 – Flat/Basket Filter Drip
7. #7 – Percolator
8. #8 – Stovetop Percolator
9. #9 (coarsest) – French Press

Blade Grinder – make sure to keep the grinder upright on the counter.  A common mistake is made in twisting and turn the grinder to “assist” in the grinding process.  This actually only hurts the grinder as the circular motion of the blades causes the force necessary to properly grind the beans.

1. 20 seconds (finest) – Turkish
2. 16 seconds – Fine Espresso
3. 14 seconds – Standard Espresso
4. 12 seconds – Cone Filter Drip
5. 11 seconds (middle grind) – Universal Drip
6. 10 seconds – Flat/Basket Filter Drip
7. 9 seconds – Percolator
8. 8 seconds – Stovetop Percolator
9. 6 seconds (coarsest) – French Press

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