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Vent: fancy coffee gear won't fix bad beans
I spent 3 months chasing the perfect shot with a $600 espresso machine and a $200 grinder. Then I grabbed a $12 bag of single origin from a roaster in Portland and it tasted like a completely different drink. The gear just reveals what the beans already are. Has anyone else wasted money on equipment before realizing the bean matters more?
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aaron70813h ago
Nah man a bad grinder will absolutely ruin even the best beans, that's just facts lol.
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adam_nguyen710h agoMost Upvoted
Hold up wait wait wait. Are you actually telling me there are people out here spending $200 on single origin Ethiopian beans and then putting them through a $30 blade grinder from Target? That is genuinely wild to me. I feel like that's the coffee equivalent of buying a Ferrari and then filling it up with the cheapest gas you can find. How do you even taste anything through all that dust and uneven grounds?
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