What is the difference between fine and extra fine grind coffee, other than the size?
Monday, June 28th, 2010 at
3:24 pm
I have a coffee maker, so which grind should I buy?
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I have found it is always the best rule to follow the manufactures recommendation that are included with the maker you purchased. In case you are like me and others if you cannot find the booklet ETC. that came with your maker,you can always visit the website of the type coffee maker you bought. They usually not only have the recommended grind but most have a good hosts of tips to make even a better cup of your morning joe. I have recently discovered that my food processor grinds Coffee beans if you happen to buy whole beans and forget to have them Ground at the market. I found this one very cold morning around 5am!
Extra-fine coffee grinds are more for espresso type coffee. If it’s too fine, however, you might get a bit of a bitter taste in the coffee and it might be too fine for your coffee machine to properly percolate the water through to get a nice taste.
I would go with drip coffee grind or maybe fine ground, but don’t go any "finer" than fine grind.
It all depends on what kind of coffee maker you have, and those kind of categorizing tend to differ depending on the brand.
But fine is mostly ground for espresso machines, while extra fine would be more suitable for turkish coffee.
If you coffee maker is more like a drip coffee then you need a more coarser bean.
If you really like coffee, I would recommend you to buy a grinder though.
Because coffee beans start losing its freshness from about 5 to 7 days after being roasted, and a couple of hours after being grinded. And it wouldn’t make much difference if it is in a fridge or freazer as what makes coffee lose its flavor is the contact to air not so much the temperature. Storing it in the freazer will only give your coffee a freazer smell.
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Which SHOULD you buy? Whole bean and grind yourself
If you must purchase preground, then you would likely require just the fine grind. Preground coffee is prestale coffee, give fresh roasted whole bean coffee a shot and you’ll see the difference!