For drip coffee, how much coffee is ground in the 20 seconds? What kind of volume of grounds would I expect to get after 20 seconds (again targeting grounds for drip)?
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Bodum Bistro Electric Burr Coffee Grinder, Black In my experience as an owner of this excellent mill, at the medium setting the Bodum Bistro will grind a bit over 4 coffee measures, or almost 9 tablespoons of coffee in 20 seconds. Hope this helps.
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I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've heard they are harder to clean. Also, do I need paper filters with these? I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've... » Read More I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've heard they are harder to clean. Also, do I need paper filters with these? « Show Less
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Nothing wrong with that, but unnecessary. BTW, you can get more out of a pound of coffee by doing what I call, second coffee. After you drain the coffee, you can add 5 more cups of cold water to the grounds and let it sit another 12 hours, then drain again. With high quality coffee beans, this second run is almost as rich as the first.
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Absolutely not. I have used 20 seconds with an empty jar a number of times to brew 8 cups of freshly ground coffee.
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Ahh. the magic question. Depends on how strong you like your coffee, how fine your grounds are, how long you let it steep, even the brand of coffee. Personally, I use a scale to measure both grounds and water. I use a ratio of 1.25 grams to 1 oz of water. I know is sounds complicated but with the kg/lb toggle button it is real easy. so for a 18oz cup of coffee, I put in 24g of grounds. I let mine steep for 5 minutes then pour it all out into my cup and/or thermos. This prevents bitterness and maintains the same flavor throughout the whole pot. That is my preference. My suggestion is to start with your preferred brand of coffee, ground course, and start with your usual measure of coffee and water you would put in your regular coffee maker. Then adjust up or down depending on what you get till you figure out your magic formula.
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I have only made either 12 cups or 10 cups - to me not a significant difference in brewing time. It makes sense a smaller pot brewed would take less time. I have learned when the music plays to signal brewing has finished - it has not - that by giving it another 3 to 5 minutes it will completely finish.
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I ground a double espresso shot in a little under 2 minutes. That is around 14 g (1/2 oz), so you have to do the math for other brews (french press, drip etc).
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In 18 sec I grind enough for 24 oz of medium (2 symbols coarser than drip-symbol) dark-roasted coffee. No static dust; repeatable; just perfect!
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I put in 320ml of water, 20g of coffee and get about 250ml (8oz) of brew out of it. That's about all you can get in there without making a mess.
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I conducted a few experiments to determine the amount of actual ground coffee left between the lower burr and outlet to the chute. Here's what I did. I completely cleaned out the machine with the brush and a strong vacuum to remove ALL particles. The machine at this point was like out of the box new. I placed precisely 20 grams of beens in the hopper and ground them until they all went through. I ended up with 18 grams of coffee. There are only 2 grams left between the lower burr and the exit port to the chute. Next I repeated and ground another 20 grams and this time ended up with exactly 20 grams of ground coffee. So in essence, each time you grind a new batch of coffee, it will force out the remaining 2 grams from previous grind. That's a very small amount of beans. Around 10 beans to be precise! If you are REALLY fussy and want totally fresh coffee each time or changing to a different bean, simply toss in 10 beans and it will clear the 2 grams of beans left from the previous grind. So what I do each day is measure out my 20 grams of beans, which is perfect for a 12 ounce cup of coffee each morning. I use the drip over method directly into my insulated Bodum coffee mug. Delicious!! If you're concerned about left over coffee retention, you're only looking at a measly 2 grams! I'm REALLY impressed with this grinder!
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I like a fine ground and it takes me less than 10 seconds to get it fine. The metal filter in my coffee maker allows some fines to pass but I don't mind. I guess that it would take somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds for a medium grind.
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Press down the grounds after brewing overnight. They won't be swimming around in the coffee because they will be pressed to the bottom and trapped under the filter. As for using 24 scoops, that sounds extremely strong to me; however, you will need to experiment until you fin the perfect taste for yourself. I found 15-16 scoops to be perfect and i like my brew on the stronger side, yet not overwhelmingly so. Hope this helps & I'm sorry no one else has bothered to take 2 minutes to respond.
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It takes about 10 min. Best coffee I have ever made at home. My guests rave about it. Make sure you get coffee ground for a perculator
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The longer you run it the finer the coffee gets. 30-60 seconds will get you a finely ground coffee.
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The "timer" is not for tracking time. Your means of control is the amount of beans you place in the hopper. If there is "time" left on the timer you let it run out (you can shift the hopper "dial" so that the grinder stops while the timer runs down. If the timer runs out and there are beans still in the hopper, you reset the timer for your best guess at finishing the grinding. For a 12-cup drip, start with 2/3 of a cup of whole coffee beans which will yield about the same amount of grounds. The next time adjust the amount of beans based on your taste prefernce - more beans for a stronger coffee, less for a milder coffee. If you want to keep a voulme of beans in the hopper (I dont recommend this as the hopper is not air tight which is best for storing whole beans) you will have to experiment with what setting to use on the timer as it is not calibrated for "time" ie seconds, or minutes, etc.
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Now this is just a loose estimate, but... it takes me about 90sec to grind 2 tbsp of coffee. 1/2 cup = 8 tbsp, so quadruple that 90sec time estimate and that gives us: 6min to grind 1/2 cup of coffee. I'd add another 60sec for fatigue :-) Hope that helps.
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There are a few variables coming into play with grind times for a cup of coffee. Grinding at the finest setting (creating an almost powder consistency) takes like two or three times longer than the courser settings. Some ppl like two or three times as much ground coffee per cup. Some ppl turn the grind handle faster than others, etc.If I have it set at finest setting and grind enough coffee to fill the little glass jar about 1/3 full and go at a steady pace - I'm guessing about 10 mins or so.