Calibrating Your Grinder for Better Coffee

in coffee •  last month

    I've found with v60 you can grind relatively fine (finer than other pour overs) to get more flavor, assuming your grinder doesn't produce too many microfines slowing drawdown. Sometimes a finer grind even speeds up drawdown.
    I had to do that to calibrate a Sey recently, pictured (using seasoning beans, not wasting good coffee ) 9 grind size yesterday on the left, to 7 today on the right, on a calibrated-to-chirp Timemore 078. The 7 produced a sweeter more complex cup than the 9, at a very similar drawdown time.

    What type of beans you're brewing matter too. I've found 88-92c(190f-198f) produces a more pleasant cup with some natural beans, while 96-99c(205-210F) is preferable for many washed beans. You may not notice a 2F change like you did, consider trying larger temperature adjustments when playing with temperature as a variable, 4-5F. terracore

    If you wanna get real fancy, you can try a Samo bloom too. Bloom for 60 seconds at either 50/60/70c and brew the rest at your normal temperature. Theoretically helps keep more of the initial complex flavor notes in the cup. My best cups are with the v60+Abaca and sometimes the Pulsar. I've been grinding finer and finer to see how fine I can go with the V60 + Timemore 078, haven't had a problem yet.

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