I'm likely to use several different types of coffee beans in a day in single cup servings. How well would this work with frequent switching of beans?
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The BCG800XL Smart Grinder™ can quickly switch between various fineness/coarseness settings and grind amounts. You will have some residual grinds in the burrs when you do switch out so it might be best to add in a small handful of beans that you are switching to and grind those through to remove the previous coffee grinds.
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It takes a while to properly clean the grinder. You could switch beans and grind a little and dispose of the "cleansing" ground beans.
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You can choose 2,4,6,8, or 10 cups, add the water necessary for each, and it automatically grinds enough beans. Oh yes you can also choose three different strengths of brew, we like the strongest.
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Sorry, I can only tell you the unit does well with all coffee beans I have used. This is my 2nd as I wore my first out after 4 years.
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It works better if you clean grinder daily. If you let it go for a couple of days there is build up of beans that don't get ground up and of course the coffee doesn't taste as good.
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I think it works perfectly fine but I like my coffee pretty strong and probably use more grounds per cup than most. It is a finer grind than say, Folgers. Hope this helps.
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Interesting thought... the scaling cycle is fixed...X# of cups. I can tell you the cappuccino is great. My first was 9 years ago... it lasted 8 years and 2 people had coffee 2x a day.We have a new one now... and we enjoy it as before. You cannot use very oily beans, they stick to the hopper. I make a blend of 3 beans...so the oils are shared. We love it. If your intending on charging $4.59 a cup...and descale every 10 days (you will likely brew more coffee)...do the math. But it does make great cappuccino. Unit cost, maintenance, beans (blend a 35% dark with 65% medium)
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Each bowl has a different type of blade. One blade is for chopping and has sharp points. The other blade is for grinding as for coffee beans. I've only used the chopping bowl once for nuts and it was very efficient. I grind coffee beans every day in the other and it does a fabulous job. I would think that changing uses for any of the bowls would be a matter of cleaning between uses. However the secret of using this product is to never grind/chop for more than a few seconds at a time. I just pause for a moment in between 3-5 seconds of use.
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I would say probably not. Have you looked into renting a machine? I worked with one that ground the beans per cup and made coffee, espresso, cappuccino and latte with a touch of a button.
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I am mentioning coffee beans but actually, I am planning on grinding dehydrated vegetables and they are about the consistency of the coffee beans. I need the bur grinder to do it real thin, almost volatile. I also need a big compartment to throw the veggie chips, like between one to two cup capacity... The regular coffee grinder only takes small amounts at a time.
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I started with regular coffee and it worked fine but recently, I changed to espresso beans, ground fine with a conical burr grinder. The difference in the flavor is amazing! I will never switch back.
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For what it's worth, I don't depend on the timer to decide how much grounds to dispense. If you want to ensure a consistent cup of coffee every day, I would recommend figuring out how much coffee by weight you need to make an ideal-tasting pot of coffee and then measuring out that amount of beans on a kitchen scale. That way you merely set the timer to run long enough to empty out the hopper. HTH.
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Thank you for the advice! I've tested 2 of the included samples using 9-10oz and using the pulse button and it's not to bad... like I said I'm pretty bland when it comes to my coffee :) I bet a 12gram pod and maybe using pulse will be perfect! There aren't any reusable pods yet for this machine that would let me use my own ground coffee are there?
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The coffee will probably be weaker since the grounds don't react the same with hot and cold water. Unfortunately this will probably break before you get much use out of it though. I got 8-10 uses from 2 of them before the reservoir gasket fell out.
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That the beans are not uniform is the only downside. Plus, you have to carefully time the process to not get it too fine. If you do French Press a lot, a burr grinder might be better. I used to have one, but I don't find the higher price fully justified replacing it once it broke. It might if I regularly did a lot of different coffee grinds.Otherwise I find with just a little experimentation I can find the sweet spot for most coffee using the blade grinder. To me the results are not that different than some might have us believe.
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No matter which coarseness you select with the switch, you will get a certain amount of finely powdered coffee. I've never tried it, but I wouldn't doubt if the grind could be adjusted so the entire grind is super fine. The resulting coffee would have to be used in a machine with a different filter system though, because the mesh screen in the SoloFill cups would allow too much to pass through and you'd end up with a lot of sediment in your coffee.
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I would imagine that if it can turn coffee beans to coffee grounds, that it could do the same for most similar items, but I'm honestly not sure. I could try it on mine for you and let you know the results if you'd like, I'm actually selling mine on Amazon.
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Sure, it's up to you how much ground coffee you put in the filter. You can experiment. We make our morning coffee every day using the Melitta Cone Filter Coffeemaker.