Six months with the same hand grinder

[Typecase1984]

Brewer and filter: Orea V4 Wide; Negotiator + Sibarist FAST flat
Grinder, burr and calibration: KINGrinder K6; 48 mm conical burr; 92 clicks from zero
Bean, roaster, process and roast date: washed Ethiopia Guji; Passenger Coffee; washed; roast date 2026-07-18
Dose and water mass: 16.0 g coffee; 256 g water
Temperature and water profile: 91°C; bottled low-mineral water, about 45 ppm TDS
Pour/agitation schedule: 56 g bloom for 40 s, then three pours; no stirring after bloom
Drawdown time: 4:10
Expected and perceived flavour: expected caramel and stone fruit; perceived cup is sweet but slightly muddy
Changes already tested: rested the coffee three additional days and repeated the same recipe

I have enough contradictory impressions in my notes that I finally stopped guessing and ran the same coffee side by side. This is not laboratory science, but at least the variables are written down.

[Typecase1984]

The cleanup detail matters more than reviews admit. A tool used every day gets judged in the sink as much as in the cup.

[Civic Fish Stories]

I would keep the current recipe for another two brews before changing anything. One good cup can be luck; three similar cups is information.

[Dialect]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Ghosthouse]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

[Dialect]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Motorcity74]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Typecase1984]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Civic Fish Stories]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

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