Introducing our Silk Road Coffee bundle, designed to whisk you away on a journey of flavour exploration with its vintage-inspired manual grinder. Let's delve into the art of a coffee grinder.
Our manual grinder has 8 settings, each crafted to cater to your brewing preferences:
- 1-2: Espresso
For an espresso, you typically want a fine grind. This is because the espresso machine requires a fine grind due to the pressure that it's using to extract the coffee, allowing the water to pass through the fine grounds and extract the coffee to perfection.
- 2-3: Moka Pot and Aeropress.
For a Moka pot or an Aeropress, it is ideal to use a medium-fine grind; not as fine as espresso but finer than that used for a French Press. Aim for a consistency similar to table salt. Using a medium-fine grind allows for balanced extraction, without over-extracting or under-extracting. This is important to let the water pass through the grounds under the right amount of pressure, leaving you with a rich body of coffee but not as concentrated as espresso.
- 3-4:Chemex and other pour-over methods, including V60.
Aim for a medium-coarse grind when using a Chemex; finer than
the grounds used for a French Press but coarser than those used for a Moka pot. Medium-coarse grinds allow for slow extraction, ideal for bringing out the nuanced flavours of coffee and avoiding bitterness.
- 4-5: French Press.
This grind size is significantly larger than any of the previous grinds mentioned, ideal for a French Press as it allows the coffee to steep for a longer amount of time without over-extracting. This results in a full-bodied cup with rich flavour and minimal bitterness. Also, this grind ensures that particles of coffee do not seep through the mesh filter, allowing for a clean cup of coffee.
- 5-6: Cold Brew.
This grind size is even coarser than the one used for a French Press. As cold brew is often left to steep for 12-24 hours, this grind allows for a long steeping time without over-extracting the coffee. It also prevents sediments from forming, resulting in a smooth, mellow cup of coffee with minimal acidity and bitterness.
