2, the ideal time to grind coffee, is to be cooked before grinding. Because the ground coffee is easy to oxidize and lose flavor, especially in the absence of proper storage, the coffee powder is also easy to change the flavor, naturally, can not be cooked out of the aroma of coffee. Before the invention of the bean grinder, man used a stone mortar and pestle and a bowl to grind coffee beans. A doctor once experimented with this ancient tool and compared it with modern bean grinders, and it was said that the coffee powder ground by the pestle and mortar was the best for brewing a mellow flavor.