How the Grind Affects Flavor
The flavor of coffee depends on aof soluble compounds will be
variety of factors, including theextracted from each. If the grounds
quality, freshness, and roast of thevary in size, some will be over-
beans, the purity of the brew water,extracted and some will be under-
the cleanliness of the brewingextracted, leading to extremely poor
equipment, and the brewingquality. ItOs not surprising that a
temperature. The fineness andprecision grind is mandatory for
consistency of the grind is also critical. good espresso, which is brewed with
Coffee that is ground too fine fornear-boiling water under 9 bars of
a particular brewing processpressure.
� using a fine espressoCoffee grind quality is directly
Englishgrind in a drip coffeerelated to the type of grinder
maker, for example � willused. High speed grinders with
result in the brew watersmall burr sets are usually not
over-extracting the oils andable to produce the
aromatic compounds in thefineness or consistency
coffee, yielding a brewrequired for the best
that is extremely pungentespresso. They also
and bitter. Conversely,excessively heat the beans
coffee that is too coarsely groundwhile grinding, resulting in lost flavor
for a particular process will result inand aroma.
the under-extraction of the oils andThe Artisana Burr Grinder uses a
essences, resulting in a very thin andpair of large, commercial-style cutting
weak flavor. If the correct grind isburrs to grind coffee with precision.
used, adding more coffee simplyFrictional heating is minimized with a
makes a brew stronger withoutgear reduction system that slows burr
making it excessively bitter.rotation, and uniformity is enhanced
The consistency of the grind is alsowith a helical-gear that transports
an important factor in the flavor ofbeans to the burrs at a controlled
coffee � and absolutely critical whenrate. The result is a superb grind that
making great espresso. If themakes your coffee and espresso the
grounds are uniform, equal amountsbest it can be.
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