Spent 6 months dialing in a pour-over routine that should have taken 2 weeks

Got a new grinder back in January and thought I'd have my pour-over figured out in no time. Week after week I kept tweaking grind size and water temp. Turned out my kettle thermometer was off by 8 degrees the whole time. Replaced it with a cheap instant read and everything clicked in like 3 days. Anyone else waste months on something that was actually a simple equipment problem?

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emery_craig5d ago

Wound up doing the same thing with my espresso machine last summer. Spent two months pulling terrible shots, swapping beans, adjusting pressure, getting mad at the machine. Turned out the O ring on my portafilter was worn out and letting water bypass the puck. Replaced it for like three bucks and suddenly all those expensive beans actually tasted like something other than regret. Sometimes you just gotta check the cheap stuff first before you go rebuilding your whole system.

taylorc505d ago

Man that is EXACTLY the kind of thing that drives me nuts. Spent a whole summer dialing in my grinder and swapping out burrs only to find out my group head gasket was shot and letting all the pressure escape. Five bucks later and suddenly my shots had actual crema and didn't taste like burnt tire rubber. It's ALWAYS the stupid little rubber piece nobody thinks to check first.