Why You Should Avoid Pre-Ground Coffee
Today, Coffee Confidential’s Lorenzo Emden breaks down exactly why we should not be buying ground coffee. Read my key insights from his article below.
- We grind coffee, rather than use the whole beans, to let the flavor components and oils out that create our lovely cups of java
- Coffee oils are extremely delicate and easily contaminated, once you break the shell of a bean you expose these oils to taint
- 15 minutes after grinding coffee loses 60% of its aroma and the CO2 that helps the oils diffuse into the water during the brewing process, so for great coffee, grind just before you brew