Shoutout to the barista who told me I was grinding too fine

I've been doing pour-over for about 9 months and couldn't figure out why my coffee always tasted bitter and took 5 minutes to drain. A barista at a shop near me watched me do a brew and just said "your grind is choking the filter." I backed off two clicks on my grinder and now my brews finish in 3 minutes flat. The flavor opened up completely less sour and more of the fruity notes came through. Anyone else had a stranger fix a problem you'd been fighting for months?

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the_stella2mo ago

Oh man, I spent a whole month blaming my tap water before realizing I was just grinding my beans into dust.

carr.elliot2mo ago

My buddy did the exact same thing with his espresso machine.

harper6931mo ago

Dropped a whole bag of beans into the grinder and had it set to Turkish without checking. Took me an hour to clean that mess out of every crevice.