Coffee Beans what's in your grinder ???


 
Joe Anshien said:
Dam son.....how much coffee do you drink or grinds you use;-)? I think you must go through a bag 2x-4x as fast as we do. We both drink a 16oz in the morning and the leftover drip or a pot of Mokka in the afternoon and use about 5-6 scoops of coffee grounds a day doing it. I am guessing you use a lot more grinds for the espresso machine?
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I will pull a double shot for my after lunch shot. So 17 to 18 grams. In AM for our morning Joe I typically use 68-69 grams. So IDK, maybe 86-90 grams per day.
I don't go by "scoops". I bought myself a scale years ago. Recently replaced it with a new one I really like a lot. I have the KA grinder "dialed in" for our "8 cup" pot in the AM to dispense 68-69 grams as soon as I hit the "go button", and the Breville is dialed in for about 18 grams. I double check on the scale just to be sure.
Life is too short for watery coffee :D
 
LMichaels said:
I will pull a double shot for my after lunch shot. So 17 to 18 grams. In AM for our morning Joe I typically use 68-69 grams. So IDK, maybe 86-90 grams per day.
I don't go by "scoops". I bought myself a scale years ago. Recently replaced it with a new one I really like a lot. I have the KA grinder "dialed in" for our "8 cup" pot in the AM to dispense 68-69 grams as soon as I hit the "go button", and the Breville is dialed in for about 18 grams. I double check on the scale just to be sure.
Life is too short for watery coffee :D
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So about 90 grams a day. I will have to weigh our scoops. We still use Choc-Full-O-Nuts scoops from when my parents made coffee about 40 years go. I guess they really made those things well to last this long.
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Yeah, I gave up with scoops number of years ago. I tare out my container, then weigh the dose. For a long time I used to "bulk" grind. IOW I would grind enough for a few days worth. Then, I went to "dosing". I would weigh out XX grams of whole beans, grind then brew. Now that I've learned how to dial in the grinder within one gram, I fill it up. I weigh the grind container, tare, hit the "go" button, weigh once more to double check and brew. Saves a little bit of time/effort.
In that photo that scoop almost looks like a 1/4 cup measuring cup. :D
 
LMichaels said:
Yeah, I gave up with scoops number of years ago. I tare out my container, then weigh the dose. For a long time I used to "bulk" grind. IOW I would grind enough for a few days worth. Then, I went to "dosing". I would weigh out XX grams of whole beans, grind then brew. Now that I've learned how to dial in the grinder within one gram, I fill it up. I weigh the grind container, tare, hit the "go" button, weigh once more to double check and brew. Saves a little bit of time/effort.
In that photo that scoop almost looks like a 1/4 cup measuring cup. :D
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The scoop is roughly a tablespoon and holds 7 grams (I just got curious). I bulk grind as wife makes coffee sometimes and she doesn't grind or weigh;-)
 
I'm boring, I like Peet's Major Dickason and San Francisco Bay French roast. Been drinking both for years. Grind daily ( Baratza Encore) and do a pour over using Melitta holders and #4 filters into a 10oz Yeti tumbler. I use different containers (like a proper Victor diner mug on occasion) but this is my daily routine. Melitta goes back +40 years now and dark roast beans the same. I've tried lots of roasts but I'm a dark roast guy. Love espresso but too maintenance heavy on the machines.
 
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ChrisG said:
I'm boring, I like Peet's Major Dickason and San Francisco Bay French roast. Been drinking both for years. Grind daily ( Baratza Encore) and do a pour over using Melitta holders and #4 filters into a 10oz Yeti tumbler. I use different containers (like a proper Victor diner mug on occasion) but this is my daily routine. Melitta goes back +40 years now and dark roast beans the same. I've tried lots of roasts but I'm a dark roast guy. Love espresso but too maintenance heavy on the machines.
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Peet's Major Dickasons is straight up good coffee. I think the SFBCC French roast is pretty good too. I used to like their Fog Chaser as well.
I believe SFBCC is the supplier for some of the Costco Kirkland brand beans.
 
Jay D in Jersey said:
Peet's Major Dickasons is straight up good coffee. I think the SFBCC French roast is pretty good too. I used to like their Fog Chaser as well.
I believe SFBCC is the supplier for some of the Costco Kirkland brand beans.
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I thought it was Starbucks that made Kirkland's coffee beans as SFB is already quite reasonably priced. I just wish they didn't sell it in 3# bags.
 
ChrisG said:
I'm boring, I like Peet's Major Dickason and San Francisco Bay French roast. Been drinking both for years. Grind daily ( Baratza Encore) and do a pour over using Melitta holders and #4 filters into a 10oz Yeti tumbler. I use different containers (like a proper Victor diner mug on occasion) but this is my daily routine. Melitta goes back +40 years now and dark roast beans the same. I've tried lots of roasts but I'm a dark roast guy. Love espresso but too maintenance heavy on the machines.
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Nothing "boring" there IMO. Peet's is good stuff no doubt there. If you only have that one mug no reason to not simply use the Melitta pourover basket. I own one myself for just those occasions when all I want is a single cup and don't want to bother with espresso
 
LMichaels said:
Nothing "boring" there IMO. Peet's is good stuff no doubt there. If you only have that one mug no reason to not simply use the Melitta pourover basket. I own one myself for just those occasions when all I want is a single cup and don't want to bother with espresso
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Oh, I have more than one! I have three of the Yeti 10 ouncers, a couple of 20 ouncers, and a good variety of vintage Victor diner mugs and other porcelain/china/stoneware coffee mugs as well. I grind for the ounces of water and don't like Chemex, Hario, etc. from the pourover world. I love espresso but just don't want to take the time or go through the expense of a better grinder and proper espresso machine. And no way, I'm dong pods! ;)
 
ChrisG said:
Where was this info procured?
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It used to be printed on the bags of the Kirkland Signature House Blend and I believe the KS French Roast too. It no longer is...Roasted by Starbucks.
SFBCC as a supplier for Costco coffees information comes from a source that knows a board member.
 
So just switched back into the Kirkland House Blend beans in the KA grinder as I'd used all but the last few beans of Kirkland Columbian Supremo. Noticed a peculiar thing. I had the KA "dialed in" for dispensing between 68-69 grams reliably by fine tuning the grind time. IOW, 68-69 grams to 40oz water. So, by careful measurement and timing I had the grinder dialed in to give me that measure in a given time.
Today with the House Blend loaded up, it only produced about 50 grams in that time. Only change............the beans.
Not sure why that would happen
 
LMichaels said:
So just switched back into the Kirkland House Blend beans in the KA grinder as I'd used all but the last few beans of Kirkland Columbian Supremo. Noticed a peculiar thing. I had the KA "dialed in" for dispensing between 68-69 grams reliably by fine tuning the grind time. IOW, 68-69 grams to 40oz water. So, by careful measurement and timing I had the grinder dialed in to give me that measure in a given time.
Today with the House Blend loaded up, it only produced about 50 grams in that time. Only change............the beans.
Not sure why that would happen
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Is the Columbian Supremo a darker roast ? Darker roasts are less dense and would likely (maybe) yield a lower output in a given amount of time. Were the beans a similar size ? Asking because just finished up a bag of Ethiopian coffee and opened a bag from El Salvador and El Salvador beans are at least half again as big as the Ethiopian.

Clearly just guessing but maybe trigger a hypothesis or two.
 
Keith P said:
Is the Columbian Supremo a darker roast ? Darker roasts are less dense and would likely (maybe) yield a lower output in a given amount of time. Were the beans a similar size ? Asking because just finished up a bag of Ethiopian coffee and opened a bag from El Salvador and El Salvador beans are at least half again as big as the Ethiopian.

Clearly just guessing but maybe trigger a hypothesis or two.
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Good points. Bean size would definitely explain it to a degree. But I believe most ever type of whole bean Costco sells is Arabica...larger beans.
 
Keith P said:
Is the Columbian Supremo a darker roast ? Darker roasts are less dense and would likely (maybe) yield a lower output in a given amount of time. Were the beans a similar size ? Asking because just finished up a bag of Ethiopian coffee and opened a bag from El Salvador and El Salvador beans are at least half again as big as the Ethiopian.

Clearly just guessing but maybe trigger a hypothesis or two.
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In outward appearance they appear about the same. In terms of roast and size they did not appear not much different. A little more oily but otherwise not much different (the House Blend appears a little more oily)
 
Just got back from Costco. If I'm not mistaken, the Colombian Supremo dropped in price a few $$.
 

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That's what I paid for it. It's a great deal but honestly I like the HB better. IDK it's smoother, richer tasting. Maybe I did not experiment enough with the Columbian Supremo but it just did not come off as smooth on my palate. Good, to be sure but not as good
 
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