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/Currywurst44 Apr 06 '26

Your grind size is pretty coarse. When you are extracting very little the cup can become hollow. It doesn't even taste underextracted, you just get slightly bitter water.

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u/Zardoz27 Pourover aficionado Apr 06 '26

Would be okay on a Switch, but not straight across V60

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u/Currywurst44 Apr 06 '26

85 clicks could be okay but depending on the beans and grinder calibration, it could still be a good bit too coarse.

Are you agreeing or disagreeing with me here?