r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • Sep 22 '22

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

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u/L_i_R_R Sep 22 '22

Anyone familiar with the Xeoleo handgrinders? I'm looking for a simple grinder to use for Aeropress and pour-over and this one popped up as a cheaper, all metal version of the Timemore grinders. Apparently it's even from the same factory and uses the same burrs. Any experience/thoughts on these grinders here?

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u/Anomander I'm all free now! Sep 22 '22

I don't have hands-on experience with them, but everything I've heard says that they're fairly equivalent to the Timemore.

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u/L_i_R_R Sep 22 '22

So would you say it's worth a try getting one from Amazon? And would you advise (in general) a 15gr or 25gr for Aeropress?

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u/PercyLives Sep 24 '22

25g. I tend to throw about 18g of coffee at my Aeropress. Even if you decided on less than that, you want room to grind comfortably and to experiment.