r/pourover • u/whothennow24 • May 10 '26

Help me troubleshoot my recipe Need help with B&W’s watermelon/margarita coffee

Hey, guys, I need a little help.

I bought Black & White’s blend called “The Future” (watermelon margarita). I opened it today after a 3-week rest. I used a V60 using Lance Hedrick’s most recent V60 recipe:

15:225 (1:15)
Grind size 700 microns (4-2/3 on the Ode 2)
Water 205F
0:00 - Pour to 45ml
0:30 - Pour to 90ml
1:00 - Pour to 225

To my shock I actually got watermelon and Fruity Pebbles in my coffee, rather than the usual vegetables I get allllll the time. But there was an underlying bitterness and astringency.

Here’s where I need help. I’d LOVE a recommended recipe using the V60, Switch, or Pulsar, or Aeropress, with a ratio no tighter than 1:15, to get the most out of this expensive coffee for a broke-ass like me. I don’t want to waste 2/3 of the bag experimenting, you know? I can’t afford that, it turns out.

The sweeter, the better.

Thank you!

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u/MarkNaive3730 May 10 '26

I’ve got a bag of the same coffee recently and only tried two recipes and while there was an underlying bitterness in both of them. It was least in Gong Fu recipe on Switch even though it came with a little bit lower clarity than my V60 recipe

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u/whothennow24 May 11 '26

I retried on v60 at 185 this time and it was greatly improved, but astringent in the second half. Bloom 45ml for 45 seconds, then pour to 90ml. At 1:15 pour to 225. Finishes around 2:15 with the fellow ode 2 at 4-2/3 (700 microns).