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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

cbayer

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3. Take them to a grocery store and ask to use their grinder?

Reply to IrishAyes (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 06:53 PM

Mar 2014

Better yet, just buy a grinder. You can get an electric one very cheap and a hand crank for practically nothing.

Then you might start grinding beans all the time which is, imo, the only way to make coffee.

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What to do with coffee beans when you don't have a grinder? [View all] IrishAyes Mar 2014 OP

Maybe put them in a paper bag LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #1

Good idea, except I think they're too hard for a rolling pin to make much difference. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #2

I owe you an apology. My idea that the beans would be too hard for a rolling pin was false. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #7

Take them to a grocery store and ask to use their grinder? cbayer Mar 2014 #3

Great suggestions that I'm not in a financial position to implement, sorry. Where I retired to a IrishAyes Mar 2014 #5

I would not simmer then overnight. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #4

Thanks. If I can grind the beans fine in the blender, I wouldn't need to throw them in the crockpot IrishAyes Mar 2014 #6

Six ways to grind coffee beans without a grinder. Skidmore Mar 2014 #8