[HN Gopher] Study: Water spritz before grinding coffee yields le...
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       Study: Water spritz before grinding coffee yields less waste,
       tastier espresso
        
       Author : CharlesW
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2023-12-07 18:17 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
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       | siraben wrote:
       | In the limit, you can get coffee routines like this: [0]
       | 
       | [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gst_NYxAg9s
        
         | pkroll wrote:
         | "...our very expensive grinder." To save you the effort: that's
         | about $4300 of coffee grinder, in that video. (Weber EG-1,
         | Black. White is $400 "cheaper.")
        
       | wkat4242 wrote:
       | Until my Nespresso can do this, there's no point :)
       | 
       | However as a Nespresso owner I'm already taking a lot of waste
       | for granted obviously.
        
         | roflchoppa wrote:
         | I guess you could do it too if you had a reusable pod...
         | 
         | But Nespresso feels like it caters to "I want it now"...
        
       | the_alchemist wrote:
       | Lance Hendrick has a nice deep dive on this paper as well
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqVUsMPs-U&
        
       | satvikpendem wrote:
       | Yes, this has been known for quite some time by coffee experts
       | (and is presumably why it was tested in the first place, to see
       | if the dogma held true).
        
       | hagbarth wrote:
       | Been doing it for a year or so. I grind for espresso and can see
       | a clear difference in how clumpy my grinds are and how much is
       | left retained in the grinder.
        
       | ferfumarma wrote:
       | Why would static charge affect the final flavor?
       | 
       | In the event that static caused some ground beans to stick to the
       | wall of the grinder (or brewing vessel), continued use of the
       | grinder or brewer would quickly reach a steady state where the
       | throughput is ultimately the same, because the "binding sites" of
       | the grinder or vessel are essentially saturated.
       | 
       | Can an expert help me understand this better?
        
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