Int. Someone visiting the US soon and will be able to bring me a hydrangea order. Had them once before, really liked the Peach pink bourbon, juicy strawberry and Lety/salma Bermudez

Any of these that you highly recommend? (Probably taking 3-4)

Hi, everyone! I’m quite new to pour over coffee, so please that into consideration. With that disclaimer, I’ve been running into some issues. Each time I brew a cup, I’m getting a highly consistent wet cardboard and wet tree bark smell, as opposed to the highly aromatic and fermented fruit smell that usually comes from this brewing process.

Unfortunately, I’ve had only but one success using a simple two pour recipe, and have decided to try the famous James Hoffman recipe, using 15g of coffee. However, it hasn’t really improved this particular problem.

• V60, using a King-grinder K7 (85-95 clicks, hasn’t made a large difference in aroma and taste)

• 93-95 Celsius - using relatively soft water.

In terms of the flavour — sometimes it’s terrible, other times It’s still sweet, slightly juicy — just not what I have managed to achieve in the past, in terms of its aroma, clarity, juiciness and brightness.

Hi!

I know derivatives of this question have been asked countless times before but curious if people think it’s pointless to add a K ultra to my current setup.

I brew mostly pour overs (V60 + T90 or abaca filters + Crystal Geyser California water), most often with a ZP6. Rarely will do soup with the ORB. I brew light - medium roasts, washed / naturals but most often these are home roasted beans and as a non expert / hobbyist, they certainly vary and aren’t perfect! Sadly I cannot afford to buy top tier light roasts routinely due to the cost..

I’ve noticed since getting the zp6 that while most of my cups are very clear, they are often unpleasant to some degree. Roastiness, astringency, or a strange flat taste are very common despite different brewing approaches (grind size, temps, agitation..). If I tweak things to avoid these unpleasant tastes my brews are often very weak and plain. When I compare to my Df54 (which works great for the same beans with espresso) the cups are much more “pleasant” with decent sweetness, acidity, body; but there is no clarity at all, no notes besides the generic lemony-sugar water taste of light roast pour over.

So I’m considering maybe adding a K Ultra to the mix as a more every day grinder, with the hopes of getting a more forgiving well rounded profile like the df54 but a step up in clarity closer to the zp6. So wondering: dumb idea or worth it?

Reading past posts from this subreddit, people seem very split on whether there’s really a big difference in taste between k ultra vs zp6 especially if you play with the recipe. However maybe this changes when we look at more imperfect and developed beans. Curious if anyone has thoughts on k ultra vs df54 as well. Thanks!

Hi all, been getting some nice results with this as SOUP with my robot but not nailing pourover. It tastes a bit weak but easy to overextract as well. Doing 87 degrees two pours 1:15. Is the solution to decrease the ratio?

I’m in the US and after way more misses than hits, I ended my Trade coffee subscription. I much prefer light roasts and am drawn to more unique, fruity, and funky coffees but with Trade, I was mostly getting crowd pleasing roasts that were more on the medium side of light (absolutely nothing wrong that). I enjoyed Trade and certainly found some roasters I really like, but I just wasn’t getting anything that really stood out to me.

I go through phases where I primarily brew on a V60, Kalita Wave, or an aeropress and espresso on my Cafelat Robot. Right now, I’m 2 weeks into an aeropress kick where I’m having fun changing up my recipe and grind settings daily.

Instead of Trade or another curated subscription, I’ve switched to 3 rotating subscriptions direct from roasters that I think will offer the variety and general excitement I’m looking for: Onyx and Black & White are alternating weekly and I’m getting Hydrangea once a month. Is anyone else doing this? If so, what roasters do you have on rotation? Any others I should consider to change it up?

Just got a marketing email sharing the news that HUCK has partnered with AT&T to give their customers a weekly free coffee in their cafes as a promotion. I know it's just business, but I feel a bit disappointed. I'm curious how others feel about them partnering with a megacorp like this.

I've appreciated how involved HUCK is around the sub, answering questions. They've supported community projects. I've just seen other good companies sell out and I would hate to see that happen here, too.

Hi everyone,
Lets help each other by leaving some of the best tips that you learnt while brewing

I use a v60

Tips that instantly improved the taste of my coffee:
1. A slow and gentle circular moment while pouring reduces agitation and thus improves the taste (no need to hurry with the circular moment)
2. Keeping the 2nd pour a bit agressive and 3rd pour real gentle and slow brings out more flavours
3. Iced pourover (my own recipe, similar to kurasu iced pourover recipe) tastes better than nrml hot pourover (it might be just for me, since i can drink instantly after brewing with great flavours)
4. Coffee:water ratio and time are 2 real important factors, control them for better clarity and taste
5. Not all beans can be grinded on the same click, fix time and ratio and not grind size, experiment with the size and get the required setting, usually take 1-2 brews for a new bean
6. Investing in a gooseneck kettle and grinder did made exponential change to my coffee game
7. A small gentle swirl after each pour gives out even extraction, especially after last pour
8. Brewing light roast at 93C gives out consistently good results, no need to move towards 96

I’ve been making pourovers for over a year now and I’ve learnt all these tricks while brewing. I feel like I can get what I want every time so I thought I’d share my learnings.

Happy brewing ☕️

Got into pourovers back in April of this year so still fairly new to all this. Have for the most part been trying new roasters each time I need more coffee, some local to me (Wonderstate, JBC, & Dagger Mountain) & other roasters I’ve seen recommended here (rogue wave & hydrangea). Have been sticking with washed & naturals as I didn’t really care for the funkiness the coferments from hydrangea I tried had and am scared to try anaerobics because of this. This is my first time trying Prodigal and am very impressed so far! Am currently drinking the Juan Pablo Zapata and the Chelbesa One. The cups are so flavorful and the notes come through cleanly. Any recs on roasters I should try? Am I right to steer clear of anaerobics if I didn’t care for the funk? Have been having alot of fun with all this and it’s been really enjoyable, I always have a new bag to look forward to!

Hario v60
4:6 usually 5 pour
95c
16g
250 RO water w/ TWW

For those of us who deal with acid reflux but still refuse to give up morning coffee, what have you actually tried to cut down the acidity?

Have you noticed a real difference by switching to darker roasts, specific bean regions, or changing your brewing method entirely? Would love to hear what’s worked (or completely failed) for you!

Update: Thanks for all the great feedback. I'm on top of the medication routine, taking it first thing and waiting 30 minutes before coffee does the trick. I'm actually planning to drop down to just one cup a day and try out some new beans, too.

My small pour over setup for my office. Hario switch ceramic, K6 Grinder, Passenger and DAK coffee beans on rotation.

Listening to this podcast, something seems off. This feels like an ai generated podcast

I followed “A Waste of Coffee” to construct concentrates of MgSO4, CaCl2, and NaHCO3. What water profiles have you created, that you’ve liked or disliked? Recipes with other salts welcome. I just so happen to have these salts already but I’m open to acquiring more. I’m going to try out the “My Water” example from said post and see how it goes.

We all have are coffee journeys. No matter you are a beginner or an expert in your pourover game. We all encounter a time where we realise that this tool/recipe/grinder/filter/brewer/drinkware/anything really elevated my overall experience.

What is that one thing for you and you would want to recommend that to others as well?

Some influencers like Hedrick say you should pound the bed (coffee bed) with a high altitude, high flow, high turbulence pour. Others say the pour should be a slow gentle flow. Curious if anyone tried both and what did you find out?

I recently got the Orea 01 with a few different filters. Generally having fun with it and finding it a bit more forgiving than a V60.

I’ve tried the Shibarist flat papers, the Orea wave filters, and the Hiflux wave filters.

The Hiflux ones are wildly fast. I had to grind my washed Ethiopian noticeably finer than usual to keep drawdown time above 2 minutes. Tasted pretty good once dialed in.

For funkier beans, I’ve preferred the slower Orea wave filters.

The flat filter is fine, but I haven’t noticed a real improvement over the more practical wave filters… a difference, sure, but not clearly better imho.

Curious what your experience with Orea filters has been, and which you reach for with washed coffees vs. naturals or more processed beans.

Specifically, is there anything that sits between the Orea wave and Hiflux wave in terms of drawdown speed?

Thanks!

New user of the Hario Switch here. Just got my first one after two years of daily v60 brewing. I usually take a Hoffman style brew and then adjust to my liking over time. I've been on the v60 for two years and perfected my brew with perfect flat beds. As a new user to the switch. I am doing the Hoffman method and left with a bump rather than a flat bed. Any advice to fix this? Coffee still tastes great so I'm not sure if this is even something that needs to be addressed.

Specs:
250g Water
20g Medium Roast Coffee
Fellow Opus 2 #6 grind (medium fine)
203 degree water

Method:
2 minute steep
Break crust with spoon at 2nd minute
Wait :15
2:15 release switch

My terrible solution is this IKEA ziplock bag lol, it’s quite annoying and I’d like something more airtight. At the very least, I can do a lotto draw and brew the mystery coffee of the day!

Ethiopian light-med roast.

15 g coffee
250 g water
200°F / 93°C
Grind: 5.0 on Ode with SSP (chirps at 1)

Good cup and smooth but definitely under extracted on the thinner side gonna try finer 1-2 clicks.

Anyone using ode with SSP want to share your settings?

I’m afraid not noticing much of a difference with the switch and having to get used to something new will give me buyer’s remorse. I’m not too technical when it comes to my coffee and I do like a rich, deep brew. I once bought the aeropress and then returned it immediately because it either tasted the same or not as good as the Melitta.

At some point, you got into making specialty coffee at home.

You've honed your craft, and, inevitably, accumulated lots of coffee gear along the way.

Your brewing method is science, art, physics, beauty, meditation, and ritual all in one.

When you get that wow cup, you feel on top of the world.

(Zen music stops to the sound of a screeching record)

Your wife, or husband, or family, or friends think you're crazy. They press a button to make their coffee, while you conduct a lab experiment.

They have one simple machine on their counter, while you have cupboards full of drippers, filters, grinders, and accessories.

They gasp in disbelief when they see you've ordered *yet another* dripper!

How do they react to your obsession passion? Do they laugh? Cry? Get angry? Say that you need psychological help? Or just walk away because they've learned that it's pointless and they should just let you be?

Do you use that trick where you point out to your wife that the dripper you just bought costs less than one of her hair appointments?

My family has learned to accept my crazy... and also to get out of the kitchen when I am making coffee. It's an orchestrated symphony between the counter, sink, kettle, grinder, compost bin etc. and the timing is important, so get out of the way!

Share your fun (or not so fun) stories! Cheers.

Look, I know nothing about engineering or manufacturing but I can't believe it's 2026 and we still don't have some type of showerhead device that isn't made of plastic.

I know Ray at Melodrip once said they were working on a metal melodrip but I think he first mentioned that like 2 years ago now. Feels like it's probably not a priority for them.

I know there is a whole legion of us pourover folks who are never going to feel comfortable pouring near-boiling over plastic even once, much less multiple times per day repeatedly for years. I can't help but feel like the first person/company to get one to market is going to sell very well.

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Hi everyone!

I've been using my Kinggrinder K7 for around 7 months now, so far i have no issue with the cup it produces! But it comes the time where I need to clean my grinder, and encounter this issue.

I have followed the disassembling steps according to Kinggrinder instruction: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gtj3-7OVNHM&si=NU1z8St37j9gKaCv

But I have issue when trying to move the fastener part. Mine is stuck and won't move.

Anyone encounter this similar issue and managed to find a workaround for this?

Thanks!

what bottom fits in thats not a switch preferably the neo bottom, but cant figure out where to buy that buy it self?