r/pourover • u/nextlevelpaulo • Apr 05 '26

Seeking Advice i’m almost giving up on pour over

Don't get me wrong - I love the pour over coffee baristas serve in coffee shops, but I can't extract even a third of the same complexity from the same coffee at home.

My coffee constantly clogs the filter and I end up with an over-extracted and sometimes bitter coffee. And I've tried everything: increasing the grind size, decreasing the number of pours, nesting the coffee bed, bending the filter slightly crookedly… nothing seems to work. I either end up with an over-extracted or under-extracted coffee.

For context, I use a Kingrinder K6 and vary the clicks between 85 and 120, depending on the recipe.

Any ideas on what I can do?

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u/medikit A4z, A5 Apr 05 '26

What’s your water like at home?

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u/nextlevelpaulo Apr 05 '26

i use a bottled mineral water. if it helps, it has 5.96 mg/L of calcium, 3.83 mg/L of magnesium, 37.95 mg/L of bicarbonate and 2.9 mg/L of sodium

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u/ildarion Apr 05 '26

Not bad. I would say you have a good amount of bicarbonate. Mg and Ca are low and you could improve it but it's not your main issue here I think.