CSS changes require refreshing browser 4-10 times

I’m taking over a project that uses WordPress as its CMS. When I make a CSS change, I have to refresh my browser 4 to 10 times before my local dev site reflects the change. Obviously this is not good for my workflow. How can I address this issue? I’m using compass, but I’m definitely waiting until compass re-writes the files before I refresh the page the first time.

This happens in both FF and Chrome, and it makes no difference whether I am logged into the WP site or not.

It makes no difference whether I refresh by clicking the refresh button, whether I put my cursor at the end of the location bar and hit return, or whether I use CTRL+F5. All of these methods reload the page, of course, but I have to reload 4-10 times, every time, before the browser reflects CSS changes.

This is almost certainly a WP issue, or in any case an issue specific to this project, as it’s not happening at all with my other non-WP projects.

Please do not suggest clearing my browser cache. This is a workflow issue. I am not going to clear the browser cache every time I want to view a small CSS change.

Active plugins:

Advanced Custom Fields
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
Post Thumbnail Editor
Regenerate Thumbnails
Rich Text Tags, Categories and Taxonomies
WordPress Importer
WordPress SEO

Thanks!

PS – It’s somehow specific to the theme. It’s not happening if I change the theme. Hmmm.