How can I improve my coffee brew? It always tastes bitter

How can I improve my coffee brew? It always tastes bitter

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How can I improve my coffee brew? It always tastes bitter

How can I improve my coffee brew? It always tastes bitter

minimum dose size?

Jan 31, 2024 |

I use the Hario switch to brew my coffee and am trying to reduce my caffeine consumption. Hence I would like to brew smaller cups of coffee. I am currently using 10g of coffee with 160g of water. (1:16 Ratio) I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of coffee...

How can I improve my coffee brew? It always tastes bitter

Hi folks, I'm hoping someone can help give me some guidance on how brew better coffee. My goals are to maximize aroma and minimize bitterness. I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I buy fresh (within ~1 week of roasting) medium-roast beans which I store it in an air-tight coffee container (I never replace the little C02 valve though), and it lasts me about a week (the coffee tastes pretty bad by the end of the week after I open the bag). I have the strength figured out (grounds to water ratio). I grind it roughly in the middle of the fine to course settings dial (very slightly more towards the coarse). I then brew it in a regular cheap Walmart coffee brewer. Because I only brew one cup for myself, if I just put the pot under the coffee maker and let it brew, there's so little water in my one cup that all of the grounds won't even come in contact with the water. For this reason, I remove the pot from the coffee maker and let the hot water accumulate inside the basket for a few minutes, stir it with a spoon and then put the coffee pot in place to let it drop into the pot.

The coffee is okay, but it's never as good as when I get the same drip coffee brewed from the coffee shop I get it from. I suspect that some of the culprits might be:

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  • Coffee beans just aren't fresh enough 1 week after roasting
  • Grind setting
  • Letting the coffee sit in the basket for a few minutes, causing over-extraction
  • Perhaps the water temperature is off in the cheapo Walmart coffee maker

That's all I can think of.. maybe I should just measure the water temperature myself, switch to pour-over and increase the grind coarseness (and therefore also increase the quantity of beans)? Anything else I'm missing?

Thank you!

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