Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Scouted/FellowI wouldn’t call myself a coffee snob by any means, but I certainly do enjoy a good cup. I’m really into pour overs especially — I think it’s the best way to extract the most flavor from whatever kind of beans you’re working with, whether they’re cheap or the good stuff. But it wasn’t until recently I learned that the method of brewing only does so much. While I knew pre-ground bags of coffee would taste worse than coffee you ground in-store, I wasn’t sure it was worth it to invest in a grinder at home. It turns out, if you’re not grinding your beans at home, day of, you’re missing out on tons of oils and flavors. But I, like you perhaps, didn’t want the sore thumb of a coffee grinder taking up counter space or to have to grind coffee every single morning. Who does? Well, after trying out Fellow’s new Ode grinder, I can say definitively, I was wrong.Here’s how I tested it out. I bought two identical bags of coffee, same roast date, same everything. I went to the market and used their Burr grinder for one (is that allowed?), grinding the entire bag at once. I then used the Ode coffee grinder for the other, grinding one serving at a time. I used my Ratio Coffee Maker to make carafes of pour overs with each over the course of a week. While initially the flavors were close to identical, as the week went on, the market ground coffee tasted more and more stale, while the Ode ground coffee remained fresh, flavorful, and full of oils I hadn’t realized I was missing out on before. In short, grinding your coffee at home is the best way to get bang for your buck on coffee beans.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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