Coffee is still a relatively new thing for me. Tim has drunk coffee all of his adult life. His parents are big coffee drinkers; they always have a pot going at their house, or if people come over to visit, that’s the first thing they do – go put on a pot of coffee. A very social thing, I think. 😆
For the first 8 years we were married, Tim drank coffee all by himself. Then, two summers ago, I made a herculean effort to learn to drink coffee. I have to add lots of splenda and creamer, but I can drink it now, and I actually enjoy it. Of course, it has tons of calories and is very sweet (think light brown, really light!), but I do like it. I love going to Starbucks or Cups and trying new coffee concoctions in the summer and winter alike. But, not my Tim. He just drinks plain coffee, black. We’ll go to Starbucks and he gets lots of quizzical looks by just ordering plain coffee. But, he goes with me, and that always makes me happy.
We’ve made coffee at the house since we were married, but we have always bought and used ground coffee. Community brand, to be specific. I buy really small sizes of flavored coffees for me, but for Tim, we buy Community ground coffee, dark roast. And he’s been perfectly happy with that. I’ve been trying to talk him into trying whole beans for a while, and finally, on Sunday afternoon while shopping in Sam’s, he agreed. We bought a bag of whole beans:
Now, we’re trying to figure out the proportions of how much whole beans to grind to make a big pot of coffee for us. The first one was a disaster – too watered down. We’re slowly getting there, but I honestly think it takes more whole beans to make coffee like he likes it than it will of ground coffee. Which, in turn, makes me think it will be more expensive to buy whole beans and grind them. But, we’re going to experiment and give it a try. He wanted to try some Hawaiian coffee first. I’m not sure if we’ll stick with this, try another kind of whole bean, or just chuck it and go back to ground. 🙄
Please leave me a comment if you have any sage advice about grinding whole beans, how much to use, what kind to buy, etc. We’d really appreciate it!
We just recently bought a Kitchen Aid Coffee Grinder. It was a bit pricey but totally worth it since my husband is a BIG coffee drinker (any time of the day) as well. It comes with a little measuring cup so it measure as it grinds. Being the OCD person that I am, I know that I can count to 16 and it will be the perfect amount for his 4 cups of coffee in the morning.
We bought ours at Amazon…go check ’em out!
We used to do the ground the beans thing (it is sooooo much better) Lately, we havn’t been drinking coffee as much at home. What I did when I was starting out was get a really good air tight container to hold coffee and then ground what I thought would be enough–(what looked like, when ground, as much as I put into the pot normally-which for us is more than the recommended scoop size I must say)……but if I had extra I would put it into the air tight container and at the end of the week, we would just use that up for a pot. You get used to how much you need pretty quick. Happy coffee grinding!!
I am a big first thing in the morning coffee drinker…And I make 4 cups…that is how much my little coffee maker makes…my husband drinks hot tea (which I think is a drink for when one is sick…but whatever).
I drink Gevalia…Breakfast Blend (whole bean). And I mix it, usually, with Gevalia Chocolate Raspberry.
What I do (and I like it strong so that when I add my cream and splenda:-) it doesn’t water down) is put water for 4 cups…then I add 2 scoops (which I think each scoop is 2 TBS) of Breakfast Blend.
Then I add one scoop (which I think is 2 TBS) of Raspberry Chocolate. Then I pour the brewed coffee into a 2 cup travel mug, add 3 splenda and about 3 TBS cream. The second time, for some reason, I only need 2 splenda.
Anyway, that’s it. And I always have it when I first get up…it starts my day on a happy note.
Good luck finding the strngth that is right for you.:-)
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grind enough for two or three days and put in an air tight container, then you’ll learn eventually how many beans to grind !
enjoy !
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