Is there a cost to just grinding? The 4 Risks of Barista Grind Beans for You

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Recently, the editor saw an article and decided to share it with you.

This is a post from the Facebook barista community--

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A barista, has his own coffee shop, long-term operation also has a large number of regular customers and members.

Then you will meet these regular members to grind them with coffee beans bought by themselves or given by friends.

At first, the barista thought it was a piece of cake, as long as the beans were not too bad, and then one day, a member took 5 kilograms of beans to grind them.

This coffee is thinking about the idea of paying for grinding while grinding, not only because it has been ground for a long time, but also because the bean grinder is very hot after grinding.

After that, another guest asked for a grinding agent, and the barista said: 20 Taiwan dollars (equivalent to 4 yuan) for one kilogram. Unexpectedly, the guest left angrily.

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So is the surrogate mill charge really reasonable?

Well, if the editor thinks it's too much, it's necessary.

Maybe the little friends who don't have a bean grinder will think that they are just grinding beans, as for it? What the editor wants to say is that everything has its service life, and overwork will speed up its "death".

Wear and tear of bean grinder

The loss of the bean grinder mostly refers to the loss of the cutter head. The knife head is the most important part of the bean grinder, it grinds the coffee beans into powder, and in the process, friction will occur, and excessive friction will heat up, resulting in damage to the knife head. It is said that if the bean grinder specializes in grinding the fine powder Espresso, then the life of the cutter can only grind 600lb (272KG) of coffee beans.

The risk of substitute grinding

In addition to the loss of the bean grinder, the risk of grinding is also quite large.

/ / beans are not clean

Generally speaking, the possibility of grinding sundries is very low, but there is still a precaution. If you accidentally grind sundries, the damage to the cutter head is small, and if it causes a short circuit in the bean grinder or other problems, it will really be a nightmare.

/ / flavor or spice

In order to make coffee beans easier to sell, some merchants add "unknown objects" to coffee beans to make them smell better. Well, if Daimo encounters such a situation, then this kind of spice smell is really haunted.

/ / difficult customers

I was kind enough to grind your beans, but when I finished grinding according to your request, you said, "this is not the degree of grinding I want."... This is really, depressing.

Manpower cost

This is a very direct problem, when helping guests grind beans, one has to keep watch. Apart from the difficulties that may be encountered by the above bean grinder, there is also a "pause" in terms of manpower and time.

In fact, no matter for the coffee shop or itself, the generation mill is not a good choice.

Because 40 seconds after the coffee is ground, the aroma begins to lose; for the most forgiving barista, the aroma of the coffee powder is seriously lost if it is ground for half an hour.

If you want to make your own coffee at home, you are sincerely advised to buy your own bean grinder. At present, the price of the basic Pegasus 600N bean grinder on the market is about NT $2500. Although there is still a gap between the Pegasus 600N and the commercial bean mill, the flavor of the freshly ground bean mill is still the most perfect and irreplaceable.

In addition, if you are a barista who runs a store, you might as well set the standard of grinding and make it known to the public, so as to reduce disputes and conflicts. And if a customer questions your standards, share this article with him.