Interesting. I did not see that. That's fucked up.
Thanks brother.
I wasn't aware of it either while it was happening. I probably heard it on ar15.com or 4chan pol. A search finds some disappointing quotes from the head of BRCC.
Just visiting those sites probably has me on an aus gov blacklist, lol.
Fwiw, I like my Baratza Sette 270w grinder. Even though it's plasticky and it's probably made in fucking china the design is clever, spinning the outer conical burr instead of the inner so sweet fuck all stale ground retention, no clumping or clogging whatsoever. I grind into a dosing cup. Pull the rubbers off the support arms and the cup slides right in there. I might get a second one so we can have espresso beans next to milk drink beans. Really happy with its performance for the last 12 months.
Disclaimer: That's just for espresso machine extractions, you guys. If you use other brewing methods that don't need a very fine and uniform grind there's no reason to spend a lot on a grinder. Don't use a damn blade grinder for anything (the whole idea is to have the grounds the same size so that they give up their flavors at the same rate. If some are big and some are small, you don't get what you want from the big ones and the small ones overextract and yield bitterness. So blade grinders, which can't control the size or uniformity of the grounds, make lousy coffee) but a breville conical burr will do just fine for anything other than espresso.
Yes, you have to have a grinder and work from full beans because aromatics and oils are volatile and evaporate away, which obviously happens much faster with small particles than whole beans. You also have to use freshly roasted beans, which means fining a roaster and not buying supermarket beans. Ideally use beans roasted 2 weeks prior. There will be roasting date on the bag.
