Dropped $90 on a fancy coffee grinder and it changed my mornings way more than I expected

I finally ditched my old blade grinder for a baratza encore after reading about it for like 6 months. The first morning I used it my coffee tasted way less bitter and more smooth, and now I'm wondering if I need to upgrade my kettle too. Has anyone else found that a good grinder makes that big of a difference or am I just being dramatic lol?

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hill.david6d ago

Honestly man, you're not being dramatic at all. The grinder is probably the single biggest upgrade you can make, it's wild how much it changes the taste. But I gotta say, the kettle thing is a whole different rabbit hole. You don't need some fancy gooseneck one unless you're doing pour over, and even then a cheap one works fine as long as you can control the temp. So yeah, hold off on the kettle unless you're sure you actually need it.

gonzalez.vera6d ago

@hill.david you make a fair point about the kettle, but I wonder how many people actually regret going cheap on one. A buddy of mine bought a $20 electric kettle with no temperature control, and he ends up boiling it and letting it sit for five minutes to cool down before pouring. Seems like a pain. Was it really that big of a difference when you swapped to something with temp control, or is that more of a nice to have than a game changer?