OK, so something similar has come up before with respect to Espresso (Regrinding Coffee - A Surprising Result - YouTube), but I've just been playing with the Aeropress and my two manual grinders at work.
Story goes: I've had a porlex tall for many years. Recently been feeling it's getting worse and worse, tried cleaning it, no real improvement. Had a look online for new burrs, found that Timemore C2 are now quite cheap (paid $70 on Aliexpress).
So I tried the C2 and it was much better. But I wasn't completely happy. When grinding, I felt it was 'catching' on occasion. Moreover, because of how the handle is attached to the lid, the lid would fall off, then some beans might fall out (I accept this could just be fixed with a bit more practice adjusting how I use my grinder, but it annoyed me).
However, I saw my Porlex just sitting there doing nothing and thought the reason it catches is because bean sizes are quite different (like pop-corning on an electric grinder). So I thought I'd just use the Porlex to pre-break up the beans. I set it up ridiculously course (it basically breaks up beans into 1/5 original size, courser than the video above). Grinding in the porlex at this setting takes about 5 seconds.
Next I put these pre-broken (think this is a more accurate term than ground) beans into my C2, ground, then brewed. Grinding was so much smoother (and faster) now in the C2, so despite using two grinders total time is probably similar (and definitely quicker than picking up beans off the floor).
Moreover, the taste was significantly better. Looked up if anyone else has done this, but only found the video above wrt espresso.
This is my new routine. Just thought I'd share, would love others to try/experiment.
Story goes: I've had a porlex tall for many years. Recently been feeling it's getting worse and worse, tried cleaning it, no real improvement. Had a look online for new burrs, found that Timemore C2 are now quite cheap (paid $70 on Aliexpress).
So I tried the C2 and it was much better. But I wasn't completely happy. When grinding, I felt it was 'catching' on occasion. Moreover, because of how the handle is attached to the lid, the lid would fall off, then some beans might fall out (I accept this could just be fixed with a bit more practice adjusting how I use my grinder, but it annoyed me).
However, I saw my Porlex just sitting there doing nothing and thought the reason it catches is because bean sizes are quite different (like pop-corning on an electric grinder). So I thought I'd just use the Porlex to pre-break up the beans. I set it up ridiculously course (it basically breaks up beans into 1/5 original size, courser than the video above). Grinding in the porlex at this setting takes about 5 seconds.
Next I put these pre-broken (think this is a more accurate term than ground) beans into my C2, ground, then brewed. Grinding was so much smoother (and faster) now in the C2, so despite using two grinders total time is probably similar (and definitely quicker than picking up beans off the floor).
Moreover, the taste was significantly better. Looked up if anyone else has done this, but only found the video above wrt espresso.
This is my new routine. Just thought I'd share, would love others to try/experiment.

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