How to Grind Coffee Beans – Simple & Easy DIY – Inspira Building

The methods on how to grind coffee beans are frequently sought by most people.

Having good quality coffee beans at home but not the coffee grinder is such a bummer.

 

You may think that it is not possible to grind the beans without the grinder.

 

However,

it is not true as there are so many different ways to grind the beans without any fancy tools like a coffee grinder.

Here are some of the methods.

 

 

Easy Ways on How to Grind Coffee Beans Without a Grinder at Home

 

1. Using Food Processor – How to Grind Coffee Beans

 

• Pour in the Coffee Beans

The first method on how to grind coffee beans here is to use food processor.

It is believed that food processor is one of the most common appliances that everyone has.

 

Pour the beans into the container of the food processor, about 2/3 way through.

Then, close the lid of the container.

 

• Grind the Beans in Pulse Setting

Set the food processor on its pulse setting.

You can also press the power button on for five seconds and then stop.

Do that over and over again until the coffee beans are all smashed and broken.

 

 

• Scrape the Edges of the Container

Now open the container and use a scraper to scrape the edges of the container as the coffee tend to stick there.

Gather all the ground coffee in the middle of the food processor again.

 

• Continue to Grind

The last thing to do is continue to grind.

Now you can do the grinding on and on until the desired constancy of the coffee is there.

You probably want the grain to be super fine to make sure it produces great-tasting coffee.

 

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1. Using Mortar and Pestle

 

• Fill the Mortar

Using mortar and pestle is like arm workout.

You are going to like this for sure.

 

The first thing to do here is filling the mortar with the dried coffee beans.

Fill like the 2/3 part of the mortar.

 

• Smash the Beans with Pestle

Now hold the pestle with your right hand,

or left (if you are left-handed),

 

and then smash the beans from above until the beans are all cracked and broken.

Keep pressing and smashing until no beans are still intact.

 

 

• Continue Grind in Swirling Motion

Now continue grinding in swirling motion.

You want to do this to make sure that the coffee is properly ground and getting on the consistency that you desire.

Usually, you want a finer consistency.

 

• Sieve the Ground Coffee

Sieve the ground coffee that you have just made.

It will make sure that any hard pieces from the coffee beans shells are not getting into your cup.

 

If you do not own a coffee grinder, you know now that it is not the end of the day ^^.

 

You can do basically many things to grind the whole thing,

including using those two methods above.

 

You can try using rolling pin and blender as well if you like.

 

Understanding the methods on how to grind coffee beans is going to help you a lot,

especially when you love drinking coffee in daily basis.