A Good Cup of Coffee

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Derby Tup Oct 2020 9:28pm, 26 Oct 2020 47,396 posts	0 Derby Tup I’m up to something like 3 hours
Dvorak Oct 2020 11:04am, 27 Oct 2020 21,143 posts	0 Dvorak But why, RS:-o ? Do you need a mercy package sent?
jacdaw Oct 2020 1:23pm, 27 Oct 2020 3,185 posts	0 jacdaw I killed one of those krups grinders, quite quickly.
larkim Oct 2020 1:39pm, 27 Oct 2020 12,397 posts	0 larkim I've got a (2nd hand) Gaggia MM grinder (http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/grinders/gaggia_mm). Fine for what it does except for the fact that it creates massive amounts of static in the ground coffee which means when I open up the tub it flies everywhere, unless I leave it for 10-15 minutes - which sort of defeats the point of it being freshly ground. It's worst with very dark roasts, which is a shame as that's what I like. Lasting well enough though.
Red Squirrel Oct 2020 8:06pm, 27 Oct 2020 21,637 posts	0 Red Squirrel I just haven't thought about it Dvorak. Larkim - I bought a Gaggia grinder years ago (early model) for grinding spices and pastes. It was v effective.
SteveCRunner Oct 2020 6:50am, 28 Oct 2020 171 posts	0 SteveCRunner There was a tip by someone or other to put a couple of drops of water in with the beans before grinding, to reduce the static problem. I use a Dualit grinder permanenly set to its finest setting (not very fine) for an Aeropress.
larkim Oct 2020 7:27am, 28 Oct 2020 12,413 posts	0 larkim Tried that water trick but it didn't seem to have an effect. Maybe I tried too little water, but didn't really fancy putting more in.
GlennR Oct 2020 9:18am, 28 Oct 2020 53,545 posts	0 GlennR That’s an odd one. There’s a tiny bit of static with the De Longhi, but nothing that bothers me.
GlennR Oct 2020 9:19am, 28 Oct 2020 53,546 posts	0 GlennR Krups, not De Longhi, that’s the espresso machine.
larkim Oct 2020 9:43am, 28 Oct 2020 12,416 posts	0 larkim It's quite bean dependent. The starbucks espresso beans grinds fly up to 30-40cm when freshly ground out of my grinder! I think the mess bothers my better half than it does me, but it would be nice to not have to worry about it. It must be down to the specific plastics / metals in use; would love to find a good solution though. I tend to leave a spoon inside the output tub these days (as an attempt to solve the problem) and I know when there's a lot of static as I can discharge some of it with a loud "click" when I touch that. My default Costco San Francisco beans don't do it quite so much, and taste good, so that's my compromise.