Grinding beans with no electricity
Recently our power went out (at home) for some 12 hours. The gas grill did the trick getting water up to temp. but it soon dawned on me - how the heck do you grind beans with no electricity? I made a feable attempt to do a mortar & pestle type thing with the back of an ice cream scoop and a ceramic bowl. Not one to mind the lack of luxuries in life but this was serious. I wonder how others grind coffee in the absence of electricity? What do folks do when camping (I mean real camping)? Is there a decent hand grinder out there?
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Permalink Reply by Dan Dean on
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MacGyver I am not. The whole thing started with the cancellation of a Taste event by the very same storm that knocked out our power. The first night I was able to get our generator fired up and watched Gran Torino while keeping an eye on the sump pump. By the next morning the generator was dead - yes I put gasoline in it - and my wife went to open the shop so I could fix it. Ha ha - I told Cathy that all I know how to do is pull the stinkin' rope and if it starts it is fixed - if it doesn't then it is not. It was not and I was tired, hot and cranky - hence the attempt to make my French press using the grill ... .
Anyway thanks for all the suggestions for the non-powered grinders. I am hoping to stick with the Baratza and keep "camping" at Super 8.
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on
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Check the oil...
-bry
Dan Dean said:MacGyver I am not. The whole thing started with the cancellation of a Taste event by the very same storm that knocked out our power. The first night I was able to get our generator fired up and watched Gran Torino while keeping an eye on the sump pump. By the next morning the generator was dead - yes I put gasoline in it - and my wife went to open the shop so I could fix it. Ha ha - I told Cathy that all I know how to do is pull the stinkin' rope and if it starts it is fixed - if it doesn't then it is not. It was not and I was tired, hot and cranky - hence the attempt to make my French press using the grill ... .
Anyway thanks for all the suggestions for the non-powered grinders. I am hoping to stick with the Baratza and keep "camping" at Super 8.
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