Culinary Prestige Ceramic Burr Manual Coffee Grinder, User Manual

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Grind Coffee Beans with a Burr Grinder
Did you know that coffee begins to lose about 40% of its aroma and essential oils
within 15 minutes of grinding? Approximately 1000 different volatile flavours and
aromatics concentrated inside a coffee bean are exposed by grinding and begin to
oxidize as soon as the seal is broken! Grinding just before brewing gives you the
best chance of getting most of those flavors into your cup!
Once you figure out what bean is best for you, it’s time to grind it up at home and
get ready to brew it. Since ground coffee can go stale quickly, it is considered best
to grind your coffee in individual batches when you’re ready to brew a cup. This is
because once the coffee is ground up, its flavor can begin to degrade if not stored
properly. Oxidation is what leads to the staling of coffee. This is when oxygen mole-
cules that are in the air come into contact with the chemical compounds of the coffee
and cause them to deteriorate. This will affect both the flavor and the aroma of your
coffee. This is why it’s best to keep coffee beans and coffee grounds in an air-tight
container. For this reason, we highly recommend the Culinary Prestige Air Tight Cof-
fee Canister (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N54TSHA)
Grinding coffee at home can lead to better cups of coffee. You can grind your own
coffee beans with blade grinders, but it’s best done with a burr grinder. We highly rec-