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Judgment of Coffee Grinding thickness

Published: 2026-04-05 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/05, Generally speaking, when we judge the degree of grinding of coffee, we will combine some commonly used particles in life to make auxiliary judgments, such as sugar, salt, flour and so on. In the relevant materials of SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association), there is a more accurate description. With regard to the grinding thickness of coffee powder, the American Fine Coffee Association has given the following according to different coffee brewing utensils

Generally speaking, when we judge the degree of grinding of coffee, we will combine some commonly used particles in life to make auxiliary judgments, such as sugar, salt, flour and so on.

In the relevant materials of SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association), there is a more accurate description.

With regard to the grinding thickness of coffee powder, the American Fine Coffee Association gives the following suggestions according to different coffee brewing utensils:

1. French pressure: each coffee is ground into 100,300 coffee powders, about diameter 0.7mm powder, that is, about the size of No. 2 sugar particles.

Filter: each coffee is ground into 500,800 coffee powder, about diameter 0.5mm powder, that is, about coffee with sugar (fine granulated sugar) particle size.

Saifeng (siphon pot): each coffee is ground into 1000-3000 coffee powder, about diameter 0.35mm powder, that is, about the size of food refined salt particles.

Espresso (Italian concentrate): each coffee is ground into 3500 coffee powders, about the diameter of 0.05mm powder, that is, about the size of flour particles.

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