Hello all.
I've been brewing on a CCD for awhile now. In the pursuit of a brighter cup I picked up a V60. I've pretty much got things wired, 24/350 ratio, hario kettle, 2:50 extraction time (from start to finish, is that good?). The cups have been pretty decent for how new I am, maybe slightly underextracted and that's why I am posting.
When I see these videos of people blooming the coffee and pouring staying in the middle without touching the filter walls I am dumb-founded. My grind is the 3 notch from the zero point of a skerton which seems ok, no clogging and the full v60 drains in about 60 seconds. I shake the cone, make a small indention with my finger in the middle but the second I pour in the water goes where it wants no matter how controlled I am. The coffee (fresh Intelly) doesn't bloom very big. It also seems like the bloom doesn't rise with my short pours and that I am eventually pouring water on water. I get lots of bubbles coming up as well. I feel it is all the water running through the side filters that is giving me the overly bright snap. Any suggestions on how to control the V60 and get better technique?
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