You must try this!

Muscles

Ok, so cleaning up my kitchen on the weekend I found a manual grinder that I have had for about 15 years and never used. So I set it up on the bench and tried it out with 7 grams of my MM, PNG and Colombian Ka-Pow blend for the Cremina. The reults were outstanding!! The only problem was that it took about 24 minutes to get through the 7 gram dose... what am I doing wrong  :tearhair:

Here is a link to a similar model, have any of you used one of these that can offer some tips?
http://alturl.com/723tq

adelaidecoffee

Grind to the side of it in a swirling motion much like this  :stir A bit hard at first but when the beans break up a bit its easier. An Indian told me that this is the correct way. Also, just a side note, grinding the beans like this as opposed to using sharp blades will give different, but subtle results when tasting.

UNM

Also, some mortar/pestles are just the wrong shape and wont work well.

askthecoffeeguy

I've got the older version where you grind the coffee with your teeth then add boiling water!  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Brett H

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I've got the older version where you grind the coffee with your teeth then add boiling water!  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I believe celebrities call that the French Press cause that's why theyd like to em!