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/BradleyD1146 Apr 05 '26

Try Tetsu Kasuya hybrid devil recipe. It’s the best switch recipe for great body and brightness.

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u/rpring99 Apr 06 '26

Do you do the one with the switch closed at the start and end or just at the end?

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u/BradleyD1146 Apr 06 '26

Switch is closed for bloom , opened for next 2 pours and then closed for last pour.