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Retention

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The amount of previously ground coffee that stays trapped inside a grinder's internal chambers and gets mixed into the next dose, treated as a contamination problem to eliminate.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Switched beans and could still taste the old one — pure retention."

LORE & ORIGIN

Engineering term for grinder residue that became a central obsession once single dosing made cross-contamination between beans a visible, trackable issue.

FIRST SEEN
2016
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang

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TREND STATUS
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CULTURE CATEGORY
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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE
2016
NOW

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