Dial in a pour-over
Practise adjusting one variable at a time, with less help at each level.
Toolbox
- Brew ratio chart: Check the target ratio before you change anything.
- Taste wheel: Name what you taste before deciding what to fix.
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Challenge 1 Level 1: Guided
The cup tastes sour and thin. Which single change should you try first?
What does sourness tell you about how much was dissolved?Look at the grind and temperature rows of the troubleshooting chart.Sour usually means under-extraction; you want more extraction, not less.Sour and thin points to under-extraction. Change one variable: grind one step finer and brew again. Cooler water would extract even less.Challenge 2 Level 3: Independent
Write the adjustment plan for a bitter, dry cup, in your own words.
Bitter and dry is the opposite problem of sour.Bitter and dry means over-extraction: grind one step coarser or shorten the brew time, change only one, and taste again.