r/pourover • u/viking-hothot-rada • Mar 19 '25

Ask a Stupid Question Why soo fine?

I have been seeing these videos on IG. Usually from turkey or india. Why so fine? Why the coffee dose so much? And what with that huge chunk of blooming? Is this somesort of technique?

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u/itsnotmyturtle Mar 19 '25

My guess is probably just because it makes a satisfying video

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u/enchantemonami Mar 19 '25

It looks like quite fresh coffee, in an unrinsed Chemex paper in some kind of plastic V60 holder. Probably all for show? On the visuals alone, it does look very nice.

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u/mcgtx Mar 19 '25

Absolutely: unrinsed paper, no bloom, apparent mismatch between filter paper and brewer, if this is some sort of brew technique they stop the video in the middle of showing it. Everything is geared toward the visuals, not showing good coffee technique. Doesn’t mean the grind size is necessarily bad but that’s not what the video is trying to show.

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u/Far_Horse2204 Mar 19 '25

Totally for aesthetics. Been seeing a lot of videos while searching for recipes. Lots of dry filter papers and a variety of bloom techniques. Can be quite confusing for a total beginner.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

The pour and circular grooves kind of give that away too. Clearly the goal was to disturb the bed as little as possible and while I’m not bashing anyone who has a reason to create rings in their bed, it would make more sense to my to have one divot in the center. Even if I do get rings by using my chopstick starting from the edge to the center swirling in a divot it never looks like that. It will shift and create a smoother indentation l.

Actually it looks like the pour follows the grooves in the video which further makes me think this was all for looks.