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HOW TO GRIND COFFEE BEANS
The rich, spicy aroma created by the grinding of fresh roasted coffee is many people’s favorite morning ritual. Grinding coffee beans can not only be enjoyable, but a relatively simple affair with a Blendtec or Vitamix blender. There’s no need to have or purchase a specific coffee grinder (yet ANOTHER appliance to clutter up the kitchen!) because you can just use your Blendtec or Vitamix high powered blender.
You control the consistency, so make it for your preferred brewing method to get the best flavor possible! Whether you want a french press style grind or an espresso grind, you can grind as coarse, medium, or fine (Turkish) as you wish by length of time you grind.
Do you grind your coffee beans in your blender? Let us know, plus share your rating of this recipe in the comments! 🙂 Be sure to join our community for more healthy blender recipes.
- 1/4 to 3 cups whole coffee beans
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Note: Instructions are for 2 cups of coffee beans. If grinding less or more, decrease or increase the time by a few seconds.
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Place coffee beans in the jar
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Blendtec: Press the SPEED UP Button to Speed 4. Grind to desired degree of fineness (about 10 for COURSE and 15 sec for ESPRESSO) then press any button to stop machine.
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Vitamix: Use special dry grains jar. Select VARIABLE, speed 1. Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to Variable 8. Grind to desired degree of fineness (between 10 seconds for COURSE grind and 20 seconds for ESPRESSO grind) then turn off.
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All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes
HEALTH BENEFITS & FUN FACTS ABOUT COFFEE
Coffee was declared illegal 3 different times throughout history. Considering it’s the second most traded commodity in the world, with over 500 billion cups consumed every year, obviously people weren’t having that!
Coffee has a long history of being blamed for many ills, however newer studies have shown it may have health benefits, such as protecting against Parkinson’s disease, type 2 diabetes and liver cancer. Coffee can also help shed those extra pounds too! Of course, as they say “Everything in Moderation.”
Coffee grounds have other uses besides perking those sleepy eyes up in the morning. The grounds can be used as a room deodorizer, insect repellent, furniture scratch cover-up, and even help reduce cellulite!
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Thanks for the advice.
You’re so welcome!
We don’t have the vitamix grains jar. Can we use the regular jar?
Yes absolutely! Just note that grinding can pit the jar and make it cloudy looking so just be aware of that. 🙂
Use my blend tech – did 4 cups of beans in 30 seconds – Loved it and thanks for the tip!
That’s awesome, Khadija! So happy it worked out for you. Happy to hear you enjoyed it. https://www.blenderbabes.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated#comments-form
Thank you for sharing the coffee grinding experience. I own a Blendtec along with the twister jar and was wondering how effective it might be for grinding spices (Indian/Thai specifically).
From your coffee bean demo and my experience milling grains, I would assume the answer to be yes. In addition to spice blending quality, I am concerned about removing the smell from the jar post blend so any comments to this effect would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, John! You’re absolutely correct. The Blendtec is able to grind spices. You can learn more about how Blendtec grinds spices here. Regarding cleaning your blender, using water and a small amount of dish soap and turning the machine on should do, however for a deeper clean, use a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar, water, and baking soda. Let soak for an hour then clean out. The smell should be gone. More cleaning tips can be found here.
Thank you – just ground up a whole bag with my Vitamix after not knowing what to do with beans minus a grinder. Now I can have my coffee!
So happy this was helpful for you! Enjoy your joe!
I appreciate this guide- thank you for providing it.
I tried this with a (small) Vitamix dry base as instructed.
I found that the 2 cups did not circulate during the time period recommended. I had to reblend it while making it circulate with a spatula. (I know, I know, use a tamp instead).
Because of the reblending, I overblended and the coffee got warm. I believe that this indicates that the oils were released which will compromise the flavor later when I brew it.
I would say that if you are using a Vitamix small dry base (4 cup capacity) then grinding a quantity of 1 cup should work better.
Hey Sandra! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and insight with our blending-loving tribe. I’m sure it will help them when grinding coffee in their Vitamix. I personally like to only blend a little bit at a time as well so it’s fresher. 🙂 Btw, you can put your blender to use and join us for our next free challenge. HAPPY BLENDING! ~ Tarashaun
I have found that the wet container actually works better to grind coffee beans
Whoops! Messed up again! Arghhh. I need to use the dry grains jar. I had already partially grounded coffee from the broken Cuisanart coffee grinder. The motor finally stopped working after all of these years. It was a relatively small amount. I grounded it too fine and for too long so the coffee came out weak. I will use variable speed 1 and quickly increase to variable speed 8 for maximum 10 to 15 seconds. Thanks so much for your advice. Greatly appreciate it. I am so glad that I can use the dry container. This leaves the wet container free for smoothies!
YES LISA!!! Love it! I’m so glad you can use your dry jar too! I know too many buyers who spent the extra $$$ on a Vitamix dry jar only to have it collect dust in their kitchen cabinets! 😉 Happy Blending! ~Tarashaun
thank you for the fab info on grinding my own coffee…love your site.
Hi Courtney and welcome! 🙂 If you have a Vitamix you can definitely grind dry goods in the wet jar (we have tested this) on occasion. If you plan on doing A LOT of grinding you will probably want the special dry goods jar, as continual grinding will dull the sharp blades of the wet jar and make it less efficient over time. Hope that helps! HAPPY BLENDING!! 🙂
What if I don't have the special dry canister??
A little more info that is helpful.. “The Vita-Mix wet container is the default container and completely capable of producing a fine coffee grind. However, unlike the optional dry container, the wet does not allow the movement of the grinds to flow the same way which is why tapping with the tamper is required. This is also why, even with a short processing time, very fine coffee grinds will accumulate at the base of the container. These grinds are not suitable for standard American coffee and can clog coffee filters
Read more: How do I Grind Coffee With a Vita-Mix Blender? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6880903_do-grind-coffee-vita_mix-blender_.html#ixzz2NFF4ijaL
We couldn’t have said it any better! We touch on the wet vs dry Vitamix jar in grinding in our Blendtec vs Vitamix review, however not so much in this How To video. Thank you so much for providing that helpful information. 🙂 Luv, Blender Babes