Coffee beans grounded?

hats199

Anyone know where I could get whole coffee beans ground down?

Seaneh

Galway Roast will do it for ya I'd say.

Irishgoatman

Better still, if you're going to use beans on a regular basis, much nicer than pre-ground, invest in a coffee grinder.
At a push you can use a food processor.

Amazon have them from around 15 euro, so you should be able to get one locally for a reasonable price.

If you go abroad at all, bring beans back with you they are much cheaper in France, Spain and Portugal.

Archer Hack

mccambridges have some pretty good freshly ground coffees. as mentioned though, can't beat a cheap spice/coffee/nut blender off amazon for 15 quid and grinding your own.

hats199

Thanks for the replies, I've found amazing coffee from http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ but they sent me whole beans by mistake instead of ground stuff. I suppose if I'm going to the effort of getting coffee from overseas I may aswell grind it freshly myself. Ahhhh coffee

macgabhs

If you're using a French press to make your coffee then the cheaper blade type grinders would be ok but if you are using an espresso machine these grinders will not give you a fine enough grind. For that you need a burr grinder which are much more expensive although you can get manual burr grinders for cheap if you don't mind putting the elbow grease in!

Irishgoatman

I've got a Spong manual grinder and yes it does need elbow grease if you want a finely ground coffee. I've had it for about 30 years now. How many electric ones would I have got through in that time?.

But there's a certain personal satisfaction in grinding the beans this way. Electric machines have no personality.

biko

Galway -> Coffee

I can just chime in with the others, get beans and grind it at home.

PPC

hats199 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I've found amazing coffee from http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ but they sent me whole beans by mistake instead of ground stuff. I suppose if I'm going to the effort of getting coffee from overseas I may aswell grind it freshly myself. Ahhhh coffee

If you mail Steve in HasBean he may be able to help you out, especially if they sent you whole beans by accident.
HasBeans customer service is second to none and he should be able to help you out.

Mr Magnolia

Whirly blades don't grind beans they smash them to bits. Buy a little manual grinder or splash out for a good electric one but you need a burr type grinder for coffee beans.

hats199

Well, I had a look in town and the manual grinders certainly look the business, they're pretty expensve though (and the thought of grappling with one at 8am every morning is fairly unappealing) so I think I'll just send the beans back and get Has Bean to grind them down for me. Thanks again

mandarin

You can get decent hand grinders (eg Hario, Porlex) for around 30-40 euro from likes of Badger and Dodo, Hasbean, Amazon etc.

Wigsy

hats199 wrote: »

Well, I had a look in town and the manual grinders certainly look the business, they're pretty expensve though (and the thought of grappling with one at 8am every morning is fairly unappealing) so I think I'll just send the beans back and get Has Bean to grind them down for me. Thanks again

Had you considered asking somewhere like 3FE coffee to grind them for you as they have close ties to Hasbean ?