Collected all of the spilled ground coffee from the grinder tray over the past week or so, this morning I weighed out 19 grams of the stuff and pulled a shot with it, the result? well, not as bad as you would imagine.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give my average shot with freshly ground beans a score of about 8 to 9, the stale coffee scored about a 4, drinkable (just) bearing in mind Ive been served coffee that scored well below this in commercial establishments and paid $3.50 a cup for the stuff.
So, I hear you ask, what does all this prove? well, it proves that freshly ground is by far the best option (we all knew that) but makes you wonder what the establishments that serve up this sh*t coffee do to sink to such a low point, I guess its a combination of stale coffee, cheap beans and poor technique (I suppose we all knew that as well)
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give my average shot with freshly ground beans a score of about 8 to 9, the stale coffee scored about a 4, drinkable (just) bearing in mind Ive been served coffee that scored well below this in commercial establishments and paid $3.50 a cup for the stuff.
So, I hear you ask, what does all this prove? well, it proves that freshly ground is by far the best option (we all knew that) but makes you wonder what the establishments that serve up this sh*t coffee do to sink to such a low point, I guess its a combination of stale coffee, cheap beans and poor technique (I suppose we all knew that as well)

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