Why you want a coffee scale

It’s possible to just use a scoop, of course, but unfortunately, scoops are wildly inconsistent. If you measured out coffee beans with a one tablespoon scoop, then measured out coarse coffee grounds with the same scoop, and finally fine coffee grounds with the same scoop, you’d notice something very surprising.

All three measurements would weigh different! The fine grounds would weigh the most, followed by the coarse grounds, followed by the beans.

The beans are the biggest and most irregular, so there’s a lot more air in between each bean, occupying volume but not mass. The same logic applies to the coarse and fine grounds.

Not to mention that some beans would be poking above the scoop, and some grounds may not come all the way to the lip of the scoop. There’s just too many possibilities for inaccuracy.

As you can see, you’d end up making wildly (well, maybe not wildly, but at least subtly) different beverages if you just used volume to measure instead of weight.

When you measure with weight, you know that you’re using exactly 15 grams of coffee per serving, whether that may be beans, coarse grounds, or fine grounds. This will add precision and consistency to your coffee brewing process.