First Month Using a Kitchen Scale for Coffee
A $25 piece of equipment changed how I make coffee more than the $200 I'd previously spent on grinder upgrades. A first-month report on what actually happened. I'd been making coffee at home for two years before I bought a scale. I'd watched dozens of YouTube videos that all said "weigh your coffee," and I'd ignored all of them. Eyeballing scoops worked fine for me. The cup was OK. I didn't see the point. Last month I finally bought a cheap kitchen scale ($25) and tried weighing for two weeks. By the end of the first week I'd thrown away my coffee scoop. Here's what I learned about why "eyeballing it" was costing me more than I thought. The thing nobody told me I assumed my "scoop" of coffee was roughly consistent day-to-day. It wasn't. When I started weighing, the same scoop ranged from 14g to 22g depending on: How loosely or tightly I packed the scoop How fresh the beans were (older beans are less dense) ...
