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How do I grind coffee beans without a coffee grinder?

5.3K views 12 replies 9 participants last post by  urbanbumpkin  
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#4 ·
Now you're into my kinda bodge job territory.

In the past I've used:

A pestle and mortar (very hard work)

A salt grinder (also very VERY tiring)

A rolling pin and two tea towels (not so much hard work, more tedious)

A porlex with no handle using a set of pliars (tedium)

A rhino with no handle using pliars (again, tedium).

I'd take them to your local shop and get them ground. If its a decent independent, take them out of the Starbucks packaging though.
 
#5 ·
I heard you can 'grind' Starbucks beans by putting them in a sock and stamping on them.

Alternatively you could purchase a cheap hand grinder such as the Rhino from Coffee Hit or if you've a few quid spare a reputable electric grinder around the £200~ mark.