My pour-over routine changed after a $12 kitchen scale on Friday

I always thought my pour-over was fine, just eyeballed the water and beans. Last Friday my old scale died, so I grabbed a $12 one from the grocery store. Turns out I was using nearly twice the coffee I thought, the ratio was way off. The first cup with the right numbers tasted completely different, smoother and less bitter. Anyone else had their whole method flipped by one basic tool?

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laura9402mo ago

Wait, you were using double the coffee this whole time? That's insane. Twice the beans and you still thought it tasted fine? I mean, I get that people get used to their own brewing, but double is like a completely different drink. That's not a minor tweak, that's basically a whole new recipe. I would have never guessed a scale would expose something that wild, I figured it would be like ten percent off not a hundred. Honestly, your old scale dying might have been the best thing that ever happened to your morning routine.

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