Spent $80 on a digital scale and it's the best money I've ever put into my kitchen.

I used to measure flour by volume and my sourdough was a total gamble. Now my loaves are consistent every single time, and I feel like I actually know what I'm doing. Anyone else have a simple tool that made a huge difference?

3 comments

3 Comments

grant38014d ago

My old apartment had a cheap plastic scale that drifted a full ounce over time. That tiny error is why my coffee always tasted wrong until I got a proper one. It's wild how much small, precise tools can fix problems you didn't even know you had.

emma_rodriguez3014d ago

Used to roll my eyes at people weighing coffee beans. Seemed like overkill for a morning cup. Then my brother got me a decent scale and the difference was actually crazy. My cheap one was basically guessing. Turns out I'm not a coffee snob, I just needed the right tool to make it taste right.

davis.olivia14d ago

Honestly a good scale changes everything for baking, like @grant380 said about coffee. Mine showed me my "tablespoon" of salt was almost double what recipes called for. No wonder my cookies were a salty mess sometimes lol.