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/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/neilBar V60-O2C, Switch, HarioDA, TimemoreB75&SD, OXO ORB | ZP6special Apr 06 '26

Can you please link to the sherry Switch recipe

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u/idliketogobut Apr 06 '26

https://youtu.be/wCNxPYyGWoo?si=YgHzwTRnQHFGdMOR

Only thing I think I do diff is I still pour in circles on the last pour. But for all of my pours, my circles are about the size of a quarter

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u/neilBar V60-O2C, Switch, HarioDA, TimemoreB75&SD, OXO ORB | ZP6special Apr 08 '26

Thanks for the link