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Most forgiving brewing method? (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/coffee

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My significant other doesn’t care nearly as much about coffee as I do, so we always have pre-ground supermarket coffee at home. Tastewise, it’s usually rather dull and bitter because apparently, that‘s what people expect coffee to taste like around here.

I wonder if there is a method/recipe that can compensate for those flaws. The Aeropress is pretty versatile, so going for lower temperatures and/or shorter extraction times comes to me as a natural first step in this investigation. Doing a pour over with this stuff feels like I‘m wasting precious V60 filter papers though tbh 😄

Any further suggestions? I own a V60, an Aeropress, a cheap drip coffee machine and the (in-) famous IKEA french press. My kettle only allows for adjustments in 10°C steps, but features a temperature display, so I can go reasonably precise on that end.

Cheers! ✌️

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pour over is probably it. I got my mum, who prefers simple solutions, a steel filter. It's got little holes in it. Got a v60 as well. It's done really quickly and is very forgiving with grind size. Most demanding step of the whole process for her was pouring it over in circles.

Still pulls out the percolator sometimes though. Doesn't like standing over the stove doing nothing. Tastes bitter as all hell but hey, she's done her coffee that way her entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Others have suggested that pour over would even emphasise the bad taste. Hm, I might conduct a single cup experiment one day none the less.

But yeah, in my family, I also have those people who actually seem to want their coffee taste as bitter as the 8th season of Game of Thrones was. Offering them anything else feels like throwing pearls before swine.