<p>It's a common grammatical mistake. As our audience grows we may continue to see grammatical errors and <strong>that's ok</strong>. We can fix it up by suggesting edits. Or sometimes you can even just ignore it if the meaning is clear enough. It's good to fix up mistakes. But it is also good to be nice.</p>
<p>The standard English declension is:</p>
<p>verb infinitive: (to) grind</p>
<p>present tense indicative:<br />
[ I, we, you, they ] grind the coffee.<br />
[ He, she ] grinds the coffee.</p>
<p>past tense:<br />
[ I, we, you, he, she, they ] ground the coffee.</p>
<p>past participle (also, adjective): ground<br />
Eg. &quot;One pound of finely ground coffee.&quot;</p>
<p>related: (the) <em>grind</em> or <em>grain</em>, often refers to the size of the particles. Thus &quot;fine grind&quot; means &quot;finely ground&quot;.</p>
<p>Mnemonic: &quot;grounded&quot; means your airplane cannot fly. :)</p>

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luser droog
<p>I see &quot;to ground&quot; in use as a verb, indirectly.</p>
<p>We can get a feel for the meaning from this example about Turkish style options:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>First, you need to wait a while for the grounds settle down. Then,
pour the non-grounded part on another cup and add warm milk.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Source: [https://coffee.stackexchange.com/a/4474/15611]</p>
<p>So to ground would mean to (slowly) sink or settle by gravity through a liquid towards the bottom (ground) inside a container. (As often performed by coffee particles in Turkish style preparation.)</p>
<p>Or if we want to be more precise it could be understood as an adjective, here used to qualify portions of the result of the grounding-action as part of the brewing process:</p>
<p>grounded (part): (area inside of a container) containing significant amounts of settled particles</p>
<p>non-grounded: containing significantly less suspended particles in a liquid inside a container (by virtue of being located high, and gravity having done some grounding) and thereby being perceived as suitable or enjoyable for consumption.</p>
<p>Please do not yell, welcome to correct or improve. I am no pro on English grammar. Something is clearly happening and I enjoyed when I discovered this use as a verb or adjective.</p>
<p>To stay with the airplane: I can see in my mind a person in that part of the world rebuking the coffee grinds when taking the pot off the stove: &quot;Bad coffee! You are grounded!!&quot;</p>

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I use it to mean "containing significantly..." as an adjective. However, I am not a native speaker, too.
MTSan
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@MTSan Thank you for clarifying. It is good to get the meaning, straight from the "horses mouth". No offense meant, it is an existing idiom.
Martin Zaske
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Martin Zaske
<p>To me, the verb &quot;to ground&quot; seems inappropriate for this site, and I'd normally consider it simply a minor mistake or typo, but in
<a href="https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1833/what-gives-turkish-coffee-that-unique-quality"><em>What gives Turkish coffee that unique &quot;quality&quot;?</em></a>
it appears in the original question, in two answers, and in a comment:</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<ul>
<li>grounded coffee</li>
<li>I asked the seller to ground my coffee</li>
</ul>
<p>Answer 1:</p>
<ul>
<li>finely grounded</li>
<li>after the grounding</li>
<li>the finer the grounding</li>
</ul>
<p>Answer 2:</p>
<ul>
<li>very fine grounded</li>
<li>fine grounded coffee</li>
<li>it is grounded so fine</li>
</ul>
<p>Comment:</p>
<ul>
<li>other 'turkish' grounded coffee</li>
</ul>
<p>Other than this one word, all of the submissions are written in good English, so its usage seems to be deliberate.</p>
<p>I know that there <em>is</em> a verb &quot;to ground&quot; in electrical technology,
but is there some coffee-technical verb &quot;to ground&quot; that I haven't heard of before?</p>

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Isn´t it _to grind_?
Martin Peters
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@MartinPeters says "*Isn´t it to grind?*".  That's what I would have thought, but here are three people all using the different term several times, consistently and without any other noticeable spelling or grammar problems.
Ray Butterworth
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Not sure it warrants a full answer, but: No, there’s no particular meaning.  We do have an international user base and for many contributors English isn’t their first (and often not even the second or third) language. So some hiccups particularly with irregular verbs (there’s a reason teachers work on that topic *a lot*) are to be expected. Seems community editing hasn’t caught it yet.
Stephie
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@Stephie says "*Seems community editing hasn’t caught it yet*". That's actually what started this in the first place. I was about to correct it in the question, but then noticed that the two answers used it the same way, so wondered whether it was in fact correct. (I also just realized that I don't have nearly enough reputation on this SE site to make minor corrections without being a nuisance, so perhaps it's good that I didn't change it.) Feel free to delete this (my) question.
Ray Butterworth
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@RayButterworth I will not, as a mod, delete a question that’s perfectly fine and legitimate (even if the answer is simply “it’s a mistake”), as we have established. As the asker, you may delete your own question, as long as the question has no answer.
Stephie
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Does "to ground" have a special meaning with respect to coffee?
Ray Butterworth
# Does "to ground" have a special meaning with respect to coffee?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-07)

To me, the verb "to ground" seems inappropriate for this site, and I'd normally consider it simply a minor mistake or typo, but in
[*What gives Turkish coffee that unique "quality"?*](https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1833/what-gives-turkish-coffee-that-unique-quality)
it appears in the original question, in two answers, and in a comment:

OP:

* grounded coffee
* I asked the seller to ground my coffee

Answer 1:

* finely grounded
* after the grounding
* the finer the grounding

Answer 2:

* very fine grounded
* fine grounded coffee
* it is grounded so fine

Comment:

* other 'turkish' grounded coffee

Other than this one word, all of the submissions are written in good English, so its usage seems to be deliberate.

I know that there *is* a verb "to ground" in electrical technology,
but is there some coffee-technical verb "to ground" that I haven't heard of before?

**Tags:** terminology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Isn´t it _to grind_?  
> **username_0**: @MartinPeters says "*Isn´t it to grind?*".  That's what I would have thought, but here are three people all using the different term several times, consistently and without any other noticeable spelling or grammar problems.  
> **username_2**: Not sure it warrants a full answer, but: No, there’s no particular meaning.  We do have an international user base and for many contributors English isn’t their first (and often not even the second or third) language. So some hiccups particularly with irregular verbs (there’s a reason teachers work on that topic *a lot*) are to be expected. Seems community editing hasn’t caught it yet.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 says "*Seems community editing hasn’t caught it yet*". That's actually what started this in the first place. I was about to correct it in the question, but then noticed that the two answers used it the same way, so wondered whether it was in fact correct. (I also just realized that I don't have nearly enough reputation on this SE site to make minor corrections without being a nuisance, so perhaps it's good that I didn't change it.) Feel free to delete this (my) question.  
> **username_2**: @RayButterworth I will not, as a mod, delete a question that’s perfectly fine and legitimate (even if the answer is simply “it’s a mistake”), as we have established. As the asker, you may delete your own question, as long as the question has no answer.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2023-10-12. Score: 2

It's a common grammatical mistake. As our audience grows we may continue to see grammatical errors and **that's ok**. We can fix it up by suggesting edits. Or sometimes you can even just ignore it if the meaning is clear enough. It's good to fix up mistakes. But it is also good to be nice.

The standard English declension is:

verb infinitive: (to) grind

present tense indicative:  
[ I, we, you, they ] grind the coffee.  
[ He, she ] grinds the coffee.

past tense:  
[ I, we, you, he, she, they ] ground the coffee.

past participle (also, adjective): ground  
Eg. "One pound of finely ground coffee."

related: (the) *grind* or *grain*, often refers to the size of the particles. Thus "fine grind" means "finely ground".

Mnemonic: "grounded" means your airplane cannot fly. :)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2024-11-03. Score: 0

I see "to ground" in use as a verb, indirectly.

We can get a feel for the meaning from this example about Turkish style options:

> First, you need to wait a while for the grounds settle down. Then,
> pour the non-grounded part on another cup and add warm milk.

Source: [https://coffee.stackexchange.com/a/4474/15611]

So to ground would mean to (slowly) sink or settle by gravity through a liquid towards the bottom (ground) inside a container. (As often performed by coffee particles in Turkish style preparation.)

Or if we want to be more precise it could be understood as an adjective, here used to qualify portions of the result of the grounding-action as part of the brewing process:

grounded (part): (area inside of a container) containing significant amounts of settled particles

non-grounded: containing significantly less suspended particles in a liquid inside a container (by virtue of being located high, and gravity having done some grounding) and thereby being perceived as suitable or enjoyable for consumption.

Please do not yell, welcome to correct or improve. I am no pro on English grammar. Something is clearly happening and I enjoyed when I discovered this use as a verb or adjective.

To stay with the airplane: I can see in my mind a person in that part of the world rebuking the coffee grinds when taking the pot off the stove: "Bad coffee! You are grounded!!"

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: I use it to mean "containing significantly..." as an adjective. However, I am not a native speaker, too.  
> **username_4**: @username_5 Thank you for clarifying. It is good to get the meaning, straight from the "horses mouth". No offense meant, it is an existing idiom.  

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