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Learning to dial in a hand grinder

28 September 2026 · coffee
Cup of coffee

I bought a hand grinder in August and immediately made the worst coffee of my life. The trick, it turns out, is changing one thing at a time.

My current recipe for the V60: 15 g of coffee, 250 g of water at 94 °C, a 40-second bloom and a slow spiral pour. Total time around three minutes.