COFFEE GRINDING 101

WHICH GRIND IS RIGHT FOR MY COFFEE STYLE?

As for coffee grind sizes, that all depends on the way you plan to brew it. Here’s a handy primer on the ideal grind sizes for 3 of the most popular ways to brew coffee.

DRIP COFFEE

If you brew your coffee using a hand filter or drip coffee maker such as the Enfinigy Coffee Maker, you should set your coffee grinder to a medium grind size. This lets you extract the most robust flavor and richest coffee aroma out of the grounds during the relatively short brew process.

FRENCH PRESS

If you prefer to use a French press, grind your coffee beans coarsely. Because the coffee steeps for a longer timespan while immersed in boiling water in the French press, the coarser grind will ensure you pull out maximum flavor, without extracting murky bitterness.

ESPRESSO MACHINE

When preparing coffee in an espresso machine, we recommend a fine grind size. Because the water hits the coffee very quickly and at high pressure, the time to extract flavor in an espresso machine is shortened. The fine grounds will release their flavors quickly as the water moves through them.

Grinding coffee with the ZWILLING Coffee Grinder

Grinding your coffee beans just before you brew them helps to ensure that all the robust aromas and flavors locked in the coffee beans make it into your cup of coffee. The ZWILLING Enfinigy Coffee Grinder offers a variety of grind sizes to suit all your brewing needs. Enfinigy Coffee World offers the products you need to turn your home into a coffeehouse. That includes everything needed for good, full-bodied coffee: from a high-quality coffee machine to the right accessories for making your favorite coffee drinks. Use the conical burr-style coffee grinder to produce coffee grounds for a variety of different brewing styles.

The key to a great cup of coffee. It starts with fresh grounds.

For the most robust cup of coffee, don’t buy pre-ground coffee, grind it yourself just before you brew your own. The Enfinigy Drip Coffee Maker is a high-quality coffee maker worthy of the highest quality grounds.

How to get the right coffee grind size

Grinding coffee requires some skill. Armed with the right equipment and the right information from ZWILLING, you can produce a sublime cup of coffee. Learn about the many different coffee grind sizes the Enfinigy Coffee Grinder lets you achieve. The difference is in the fineness of the ground coffee that comes out of the grinder. The Enfinigy Coffee Grinder offers 140 grind sizes. Here are four popular brew styles that require different grinding grades:

1.      A very coarse grind is ideal for making coffee in a French press.

2.      A medium grind size is ideal for hand-filtered coffee and drip coffee makers, such as the Enfinigy Drip Coffee Maker

3.      A fine grind size is best suited to an espresso brew.

4.      The finest grind is for fully automatic brewed coffee or genuine Turkish coffee.

For the ENFINIGY Drip Coffee Maker set grind size on the ENFINIGY Coffee Grinder in the 60 – 70 range.

Grinding your own coffee – the benefits

You will taste the benefits of freshly ground coffee. You’ll achieve exactly your flavor preference, and your coffee will be more aromatic overall. Aromas dissipate relatively quickly after coffee is ground. Therefore, coffee that's ground days or even weeks prior to brewing is less aromatic than freshly ground coffee.

Ground coffee – how long can you store it?

We recommend that you keep your freshly ground coffee (as well as the whole beans) for no longer than 14 days. Store in a cool, dark place inside an airtight container to keep them fresher for longer. We recommend Fresh & Save vacuum bags for best results.