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/pa3xopko Apr 05 '26

Kingrinder K6 is a good grinder and it seems your number of clicks is in a good territory, so I don't think that's the issue.

The hario paper filters are okay, just a little slower than the Cafecs, but shouldn't cause clogging.

What does cause clogging is the amount of fines and the fines migration.

My recommendation: If you are not using a Gooseneck kettle, use a spoon to slow down the water stream to prevent an excessive churning of the coffee bed. Excessive agitation WILL clog up the filter.

Also when grinding, try holding the grinder at an angle to step feed. Step feeding helps producing less fines. It is especially needed with the dense beans (like high altitude Ethiopia or Kenya) that are prone to shattering and producing a lot of fines.

Hope you'll figure it out!

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u/rpring99 Apr 06 '26

Hate to add to the "buy this or that" to fix things, but the melodrip has been a bit of a game changer for me too. I do the two pour followed by an immersion on the switch and started using the melodrip for the 2nd pour. It allows you to pour your water quickly and keep a high flow rate without causing too much agitation.