Why does coffee taste terrible at work?

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Why does coffee taste terrible at work?

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Why does coffee taste terrible at work?

Why does coffee taste terrible at work?

minimum dose size?

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...

Why does coffee taste terrible at work?

I normally don't drink the coffee at work but have been wanting to out of convenience from time to time. The coffee has been tasting terrible, very strong and bitter and I'm trying to figure out why.

Here is what we use…

Avantco C15 commercial coffee maker

Bunn 32130 3.0L lever action airpot

Cuisinart DBM-8 grinder

The actual coffee we get is from a local coffee shop/roaster so it is decent quality and not just supermarket stuff. Its on the darker side and is their house blend of Kenya, Brazil, and Sumatra beans according to the label.

As for water we have reverse osmosis water which we use to brew with.

Now keeping that background info in mind I finally decided to bring in a scale to measure out the right amount of grounds and see if I can get it to taste good. I measured out what we normally grind and it came out to about 156 g, about 5 clicks away from coarsest setting. So for 3L that is about 1:19 ratio. I thought that should be on the weaker side. I did find out whoever brews usually uses 2 filters instead of 1 so I thought I'll just start with not changing anything but the filter. Still super strong and bitter.

Anybody have any suggestions?

I do remember years ago the coffee tasted better when we used a glass lined airpot. Could the bad flavor be coming from the stainless steel in the airpot we use now?

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