Pour-over without guesswork
A repeatable starting recipe for a clean, balanced cup.
Coffee Wanker
Coffee guides
Short, testable advice for buying and brewing better coffee.
Practical notes
Change what you can taste
A useful grinder setting
How to adjust grind from what the coffee tells you.
Buying beans
Roast date, origin and process without the label anxiety.
Water that helps
A short test before you buy minerals or filtration.
Core method
Hold the dose. Move the grind.
Make one controlled change. Coarser usually runs faster. Finer usually extracts more.
Fast answers
How much coffee?
Start with 60 grams per litre of water.
How hot should the water be?
Start near boiling. Use slightly cooler water if a dark roast tastes harsh.