Saw a deal on a refurbished Cuisinart Grind and Brew DGB-600BC, for $70. =
Blade type grinder, of course, but still I was wondering what the =
collective wisdom of homeroast list is on this sort of thing. I just =
want fast, but good, coffee in the mornings!  Thx

I game my grind-n-brew to Goodwill for free - yes it was still working...
Grinds into powder = bitter;
Brews too cool;
Makes a mess = pain to clean.
Now brewing with a Clarity, modded per common custom.
Now grtinding with a Melitta burr grinder.
When I want better coffee, I grind with my Zass and brew with my Cory...
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:18:42 -0600, Myers, Larry A.  wrote:
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Regards,
Brett Mason
 HomeRoast
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   _(( )_  Please don't spill the coffee!

I use the Grind and Brew for my morning coffee during the week.    I can
get better coffee from my French Press and burr grinder, of course, but
I can't tell you how nice it is to stumble down stairs and be greeted
with the aroma of really good fresh coffee.  I enjoy making coffee, but
not at 6:30 am.  Therefore I consider this a good trade off.

I have taken a different approach for those mornings I just can not make 
coffee fresh.  I burr grind it the night before and set the timer.  My 
palate in the morning can not tell the difference in overnight burr ground 
coffee but I can tell the difference in whacky bladed coffee.  I don't like 
whacky blades anymore - the coffee is tended to sour and bitter 
together.  I would pass on the G&B.  Not good enough coffee IMO.
Sometime around 13:52 1/17/2005, Craig Rowland typed:
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John Nanci 
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Zen Roasting , Blending & Espresso pulling by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/http://www.chocolatealchemy.com/

My mother-in-law has one of these and I used it a few times
when visiting.  Based on that experience I'll second Brett's
opinion and go a step farther.  It is a royal pain to clean
because the grinder never clears out completely after whirling the
beans to death, and then the steam from brewing gets up into
the powder remainders in the grinder and turns it into mud.
While the filter holder assembly comes out like a normal drip
machine filter holder that grinder doesn't and you have to dig
that mud out by hand.
A second flaw is that the grinder bowl won't hold enough beans
for a full pot of drip coffee at SCAA strength.  It's designed
to hold 8-10 tablespoons of beans, max.
Steve Wall
On Jan 17, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Brett Mason wrote:
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I can tell a difference when I grind the night before.  What I do now
is to put the measured beans into the hopper of the burr grinder at
night, premeasure the water into the drip pot as well.  In the morning
I just hit the button on the grinder and dump the grind into a filter
and plop it into the holder. Takes all of 30 seconds more than
pregrinding at night. True - I don't have the coffee waiting for me
when I get up, but it does taste a noticeable bit better to me.
I agree - the burr-ground coffee is more consistent in taste than the
whacky blade result.  I do use a blade grinder at the office - BUT...
whacky-bladed, fresh roasted, swiss gold brewed coffee is so much
better than the coffee service's tasteless bitter Robusta-laced swill
that it doesn't matter that the blade grind is not optimal!
If I bought a "real" burr grinder to replace my little Melitta
el-cheapo, there would probably be a noticeable improvement at the
home brew, but I am not sure it would be worth the cost and the
razzing I would have to take from the better half. (I guess this costs
me some CSA points!)
Safe Journeys and Sweet Music
Justin Marquez (Snyder, TX)http://www.justinandlinda.comOn Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:00:18 -0800, AlChemist John  wrote:
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