If you received a bag of coffee beans as a gift from your friends but you do not have a grinder as you always buy grounded coffee. What should you use to grind it?
Here is my 4 ways that utilize tools which you might easily find in your kitchen
Yes, blender seem to work fine. However, We have to control it well. Tip is having a quick burst, then stop and repeat until you see the desired coffee grind size.
Alternative. Place a handful of the beans . Enough to make your coffee into a ziplock bag . Take your rolling pin , or a wine bottle and roll until your desired consistency.
Until the covid issue, one could use the grinder at some of my local stores. The grinders are located “after” the checkstands, on the way to the exit.
Honestly, I’d bite the bullet and get a basic electric coffee/spice grinder. If you want to go back to ground coffee after you use up the whole beans, you can repurpose the grinder for spices alone after giving it a good clean.
My secret is . I have only bought whole beans . Pre ground coffee to me me though effective is not the same .
I use the kyocera hand burr grinder . Around twenty bucks . I would use the rolling pin or wine bottle if that’s what it came to . I use my Bialetti 6 cup for brewing.