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PSA: a barista in Portland told me my grind was too fine for my French press, and my coffee finally stopped tasting like mud
I argued with her for 5 minutes because I figured finer means stronger, but she was right and I switched to a coarse setting that same week. Has anyone else been brewing wrong for a decade and only found out from a stranger?
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diana_black9d ago
The part about arguing with her for 5 minutes really hits home. I did the same thing with my pour over setup, swore up and down that finer grinds gave me more flavor, and honestly I was just drinking bitter sludge for years and calling it bold. What finally made it click for me was learning that your grind and your brew time have to match. French press soaks the grounds for 4 minutes, so a fine grind just keeps steeping and over-extracting the whole time. Coarse grounds let the water flow through and pull out the good stuff without dragging all the bitter junk with it. Once I got that in my head I stopped thinking finer equals stronger and started thinking match the grind to the method. Blew my mind that nobody told me this sooner, and I worked in a cafe in college.
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