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A barista in Portland told me my grind was too fine for pour over and it fixed 3 months of bad cups
I was complaining about slow drains and bitter taste, and she asked to see my grind. She pointed out it looked like espresso powder and had me go 2 clicks coarser on my hand grinder. Next morning the drawdown dropped from 4 minutes to 2:45 and the cup tasted way cleaner. Anyone else get humbled by a random tip like that?
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the_jamie18d ago
My own humbling moment came at a cafe in Austin where the barista watched me grind for about ten seconds and just said "that's your problem" without me even asking. I had been brewing the same beans for two months wondering why every cup tasted like burnt toast and dirt. Turns out I was so scared of a weak cup that I kept going finer and finer until I was basically making mud. The fix took one small turn of the dial and the next cup actually tasted like the berries on the bag. Three months is a long time to suffer when the answer was two clicks away.
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