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Friend told me my coffee tasted like dirty water so I bought a scale
I was making pour over coffee for like 6 months and thought it was fine. Then a buddy tried it and said it just tasted thin and weak. He asked how much coffee I used and I said I just eyeballed it. He told me to get a $15 scale from Amazon and weigh out 20 grams for every 300ml of water. First cup after that was way better. Now I wonder how much bad coffee I drank before that. Anyone else have a friend who gave them a brutal but helpful coffee critique?
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the_sam4mo ago
yeah that scale was the game changer for me too. once you actually measure instead of guessing everything just hits different.
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charles6784mo ago
Measuring things just kills the mystery of whether you're actually good at eyeballing it or not.
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barbara844mo ago
Did you really think it was fine before, or was it more like you just got used to it? I was the same way with my French press, I used a scoop and thought it was perfect. Then a friend pointed out my coffee was always bitter and I finally got a scale like @the_sam said. Turns out I was using way too much water and not enough beans for years. The difference is night and day now.
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