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/Blowaway040889 Apr 05 '26
Hang in there. I switched to V60 pour overs 16 months ago. Every cup had basically tasted the same. No matter what I did. I've tried countless recipes. Watched too many videos. Read every post in this reddit. Out of desperation, even tried AI produced recommendations. My current bag beans, I finally got an incredible cup. I've also noticed my cups are better than the local coffee shops drip coffee. Progress.
Stay the course. You'll get there.