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Ground coffee is one of the most common options in any home when preparing our favorite drink. It is usually also the most comfortable and economic choice if we compare it with the single-dose capsules and coffee beansOf course, each option has its advantages and disadvantages and they depend on our tastes and the type of coffee maker we have.

When we buy ground coffee, we must know that it is obtained after a grinding process that can be very varied and that is then hermetically packaged so that it reaches our homes preserving all the aroma and flavor. There are many mixtures that we will find, the types and the tricks that we must know to savor a delicious coffee. This guide will help you choosing the best ground coffee.

Best brands of ground coffee

It is true that we can find numerous brands. from the White marks even the most famous houses that have been behind a product like this for many years. Of all of them, we highlight some of the best and the most purchased or valued.

Marcilla ground coffee

One of the great coffee brands is Marcilla. With great aroma and flavor, it presents us with this option of ground coffee that we can find everywhere. It has both mixed varieties (80% natural – 20% roasted) and 100% natural. highlights Marcilla Creme Express, designed exclusively for espresso machines and offering excellent value for money. the range Marcilla Great Aroma It is used for all types of coffee machines, and in all cases there are varieties of decaffeinated coffee. It is not an excessively bitter coffee, which is why many users choose it as the best.

Bonka ground coffee

Café 100% Arabica and sustainable cultivation of the Nestlé brand, which will also be perfect for both filter and express coffee machines depending on the range we buy. Both the intensity and the aroma indicate that you are facing one of the best options for your palate. It is characterized by being quite mild, even more so than Marcilla, which makes some users consider that it has an insufficient aroma.

Lavazza ground coffee

Aromatic and with a mild flavor, this is how this other type of coffee most demanded by consumers is presented to us. It will also be perfect for all types of coffee machines. There are several ranges, such as Lavazza Super Cream, Lavazza Cream and Aroma y Lavazza Qualita Rossa, which in addition to being one of the best sellers has a light chocolate touch, ideal for cocoa lovers.

Saula ground coffee

room offers packs of cans of specialty coffee. Packaging in these cans and a protective atmosphere mean that they are preserved much better than when distributed in plastic bags and other formats that allow the coffee to oxidize and progressively lose its aroma and flavor. You can find it at:

• Pack 3 – Intense: It is a pack of 3 cans of 250 grams each with Arabica ground coffee from small mountain plantations. This gives it an intense aroma and flavor, with fine acidity and sweetness from its creamy and chocolate tones.
• Pack 2 – Ecological: it is an ecological coffee and 100% Arabica, with great quality in a pack of 2 cans of 500 grams each. It comes from Peru, Indonesia and Central America. With fresh, aromatic, outcropping and cereal notes, body and fine acidity.
• Pack 2-Original: pack of 2 cans with 500 grams each, with 100% Arágiga from Peru, Indonesia and Central America. With flavors similar to organic, but with an intense flavor and sweet chocolate tones and persistent cream.

Consuelo ground coffee

In the Consuelo brand you can choose between Great Aroma and Brazil, two different types of ground coffee that provide very different things to users. As for the first, it is a rich and intense aroma perfect for any time of the day, with the Arabica variety from Brazil and Robusta from the Far East. As for the Brazil, it is a selection of 100% Arabica from the South American country, with unique mixed flavors with notes of chocolate, hazelnuts and vanilla for your moments of relaxation.

Pellini ground coffee

The Italian firm Pellini has two recommended varieties, such as the Expresso Bar and the Traditional. The traditional is a selected mixture of different countries of origin, with a medium roast and with an intense and classic aroma and flavor. As for the expresso, it is a blend with different origins of natural and washed arabica, with natural robusta, medium roast and a balanced aroma and flavor.

KIQO ground coffee

This other prominent brand also has several options for you, with a flavor creamy, intense and classic. The creamy variety is a blend of Arabica (15%) and Robusta (85%), smooth and low in acidity, with the flavor that Italians love so much. The intense one has extreme strength, with the Arabica variety and a high acidity that lovers of authentic coffee like so much. As for the classic, it is a 35%-65% blend, with a more balanced flavor.

Happy Belly Ground Coffee (Amazon Brand)

Amazon has a number of private labels for various products, including ground coffee. In addition, their products are highly studied and are usually a bestseller due to their value for money. You can find several options of ground coffee from this white brand of the sales giant, such as Expresso Forte, Caffé Intenso and Ethiopia, for those looking for a strong body (great body and intense), an intense flavor (strong and aromatic) and an Ethiopian appellation of origin (balanced and fruity touches) respectively. All 100% Arabica variety.

Illycaffe ground coffee

Conclusion good quality coffee cans of this firm made in Italy. It is of the expresso variety, which is preserved with all its aroma in the pasteurized can. With 100% Arabica variety and intense roasting. Remember that being in a can, once opened you can store it in the fridge without problems.

Starbucks ground coffee

If you are a fan of the chain starbucks coffee shops American, you can buy this coffee from this firm. A coffee so you can feel that flavor that these coffee shops give you, but from home. With options of deep roast and also medium roast to select according to your taste. Remember that the intense has a light touch of cocoa with intense body. Instead, the medium is more balanced with aromas of nuts.

Other gourmet coffee brands

Types of ground coffee

The first thing is to know how many types of ground coffee there are and what characteristics each one has, because depending on the type of roasting the coffee beans are subjected to, we will obtain a very different aroma, flavor and properties. In summary, these are the three types of coffee that we can find:

roasted coffee

Although we start from a natural grain during the roasting process, sugars are added. This technique can be done with coffee beans that have a lower quality and for this reason it is less popular today. Why is it used then? Because thanks to roasting, manufacturers can protect coffee from humidity, make it last longer and offer it at a lower price than other types.

plain coffee

Here we are not talking about any type of additives, during its roasting process it does not contain any type of ingredient apart from the selected grains. Its aroma gives it away and it will also be something softer than roasted. Its price is usually higher, although it depends a lot on the manufacturer that its quality is also higher, and will be an error to think that for the simple fact that the roasting is natural we will always obtain a better coffee, as we will see below.

coffee mix

As its name says, in this case we have a combination. On the one hand, from natural coffee but on the other, from roasted coffee. The mixture can be seen in different amounts, it can be 50% or a larger part that would be around 80% natural coffee with 20% roasted coffee. In our country it is one of the most popular and best selling, and in many cases we find excellent products made following that 80-20 ratio.

Prepare your own ground coffee

For this we will need a grinder or a coffee maker that already has it incorporated. We will always follow the instructions of both appliances to achieve good coffee beans. We must also remember that it is essential to use quality coffee beans and grind them just before drinking.

The perfect grind for your best coffee

• fine grinding: If we take a little of this coffee between our fingers, it will stick to them. So it will be perfect to enjoy an espresso coffee. In this way we ensure that the coffee has the necessary moisture, leaving us all the flavor.
• medium grind: In this case it comes off from the fingers, if we take a little product between them. So it is not such a sticky mixture and it will be perfect for Italian coffee machines.
• coarse grinding: Coffee does not stain fingers at all. Thus, we can use it with drip coffee machines. Its taste may be more bitter.

How to preserve ground coffee?

As long as we do not open it, it is always advisable to store it in a cool and dry place. Once opened, then its rapid consumption is convenient. More than anything because we don't want it to lose its rich aroma or flavor. So it doesn't hurt Keep the ground coffee in an airtight container, keep it away from sources of heat.. Remember that the temperature should never exceed 20º C to keep it in its optimal state.