{"id":53249,"date":"2025-02-19T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/?p=53249"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:03:11","slug":"how-does-grind-size-affect-coffees-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/how-does-grind-size-affect-coffees-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Grind Size for Better Tasting Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we’ve got the preliminary<\/a> stuff<\/a> down, we’re ready to start making coffee!\u00a0 (Woohoo!)\u00a0\u00a0There are three things that affect the taste of coffee:\u00a0 water temperature, grind size, and coffee to water ratio.\u00a0 \u00a0Today we’re going to spend a little time on grind size.<\/p>\n

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Basics<\/h3>\n

Depending on your preferred coffee making method, you probably have an idea of what grind size you need for your coffee.\u00a0 Different brewing methods work best with different grind sizes, from cold brew at the coarsest, then coffee presses, then pour overs and percolator machines at a medium, to espresso at fine, and finally Turkish at the finest.\u00a0 Basically, the size of the grind impacts how fast water travels through the coffee.<\/p>\n

In general, the finer the grind, the slower water moves through it.\u00a0 This is especially easy to notice with an espresso machine or pour over.\u00a0 Of course, the grind size is still relative to your brewing method.\u00a0 Pour overs should always be ground to medium.\u00a0 But depending on how your coffee tastes, you might want a coarser or finer medium.\u00a0 We’ll get into individual brewing methods later on, but this principle is enough to get you 1% better as a home barista.<\/p>\n

What to do<\/h3>\n

Finer grind for stronger coffee, coarser grind for weaker coffee.\u00a0 As you’re making your coffee at home, you can use that idea to make small adjustments in your coffee’s flavor.\u00a0 If your coffee tastes a little weak, grind it a little finer next time.\u00a0 If it’s stronger than you prefer, make the grind a little coarser.\u00a0 This is an easy way to experiment with the flavor of your coffee and see if different tasting notes become more prevalent.<\/p>\n

Thanks for learning with us!\u00a0 Here’s to making great coffee at home!<\/p>\n

Check out some of our blends<\/a>, and start making those micro adjustments towards amazing coffee!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that we’ve got the preliminary stuff down, we’re ready to start making coffee!\u00a0 (Woohoo!)\u00a0\u00a0There are three things that affect the taste of coffee:\u00a0 water temperature, grind size, and coffee to water ratio.\u00a0 \u00a0Today we’re going to spend a little time on grind size. Basics Depending on your preferred coffee making method, you probably have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,345,377],"tags":[379,373,207,384],"class_list":["post-53249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-about-coffee","category-brewing-methods","category-great-coffee-at-home","tag-4th-wave-coffee","tag-award-winning-coffee","tag-coffee-roasters-oregon","tag-great-coffee-at-home"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53412,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53249\/revisions\/53412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindcoffeeroasters.com\/bcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}