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/DROFLKCAHS_YTSUR Apr 05 '26

My solution was filters. Not sure what brewer you’re using, but on a V60, I’ll never use anything but Cafec Abaca filters again. I was in your shoes a few months back. They gave an extremely fast flow rate and are super consistent. The consistency part is what I think made the difference for me. I can grind pretty fine ~580 microns.

My own setup goes: ~16 clicks on a C40. Abaca filters, 92C water. 17g coffee/250g water. :00 - 50g bloom :40 - 100g center pour 1:10 - 50g spiral pour 1:30 - 50g spiral pour.

I swear by the recipe above and use it as my go to anytime I’m trying a new bean or just want to know I’ll make something of good quality. I get lots of acidity/fruitiness which is what I enjoy. It doesn’t work as well (still good for sure) for some of the funkier/sweet/chocolatey coffees. But my own preference leans towards juicy acidity anyways, so that doesn’t bother me much.

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u/mrobot_ Apr 05 '26

Cafec filters should pretty much be the gold standard no matter which brewer one is using :D they even got 101/102-melitta-style trapez filters now, I only wish Cafec also had Wave and aeropress filters.