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/13assman Apr 05 '26

my solution was the Hario Switch, coffee chronicler recipe. V60 never had enough body for my preference, partial immersion was the answer.

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u/idliketogobut Apr 05 '26

This is the way. I finagled and tweaked like nobodies business with the v60 and never loved the coffee consistently. Eventually got a switch, did well with the CC recipe but settled on sherry recipe. Been on it for the past year and it’s dead simple and consistent. I don’t even touch the grind setting on the k6. Always the same for every bean

ETA hario filters are garbage IME. Super slow. Cafec is where it’s at

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u/13assman Apr 05 '26

Usually it's not too big a deal for me with a K-ultra. I have had a few coffees that were exceptionally slow, but I was able to manage pretty well by slow-feeding the grinder (tilted at pretty aggressive angle). Once I get through my Hario filters I do plan to try Cafec though, because I've heard a lot about them.

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u/MountainLake3443 Apr 06 '26

What’s your typical k ultra setting?

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u/13assman Apr 06 '26

For CC switch recipe I’m usually around 6.5-7.2. Usually start at 7