bitter

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7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-08-07

Final complete day: 2026-08-07. Attention was 1.2% — this entity appeared in 9 of 723 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (11 mentions).

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Recent mentions

1. 2026-08-07 08:29 UTCComment

   You can, but Turkish grind is powder-fine, finer than espresso. If yours is just "fine", the Turkish method gives you a muddy cup with sludge at the bottom. Beltter for one 8oz cup, no gear: grounds in a mug, pour water just off the boil (not boiling, that turns fine grounds bitter), stir once, wait 4 min. Then decant slowly and leave the last cm behind, that's where all the sludge sits. Clean cup, lose one sip. Still gritty? A tea strainer or paper towel over the mug on the pour catches the fines. Cheaper then any gadget for a daily cup.

2. 2026-08-06 18:54 UTCComment

   I am more into the amateurish side of the hobby, but I've found that roast is pretty much what kills or makes the experience for me. I mostly drink moka pot, french press and a wacaco nanopresso that is quite convenient for day to day, and eventually I found out that coffee roast and also origin was pretty much what gave acidic, bitter, or sour notes to my coffee. What I did was finding a place where I enjoyed the coffee beans they get, and pretty much haven't switched beans and roast ever since. For bitterness a little bit of salt may help, but I suggest trying to find the beans and roast you enjoy the most

3. 2026-08-02 04:55 UTCComment

   I can tell that you really want to learn how to fully appreciate coffee, and I think that with time you'll develop a good sense of how to appreciate many of these different coffees that right now seem like they're not hitting the mark for you. First of all, Trader Joe coffee is terrible. It's not you, it's just them. I've never had Stumptown, but I wouldn't be surprised if their coffee is kinda crappy also. It just screams "well packaged for the discriminating hipster Gen Z wannabe gansta" to me. So it's still probably just them. There's a lot of popular bad coffee out there in the same way that Jose Cuervo is the most popular tequila out there, and Jack Daniels is the most popular whiskey. Both are absolute garbage. One thing that stands out to me is that you mention filling the machine up to such and such line. Coffee machines are very often unreliably marked. For best results weigh both your coffee grounds your water in grams. At the very least, confirm the volume marks on your coffee maker by weighing out water and verifying it reaches the expected mark on the machine. One mL = one g for water. But the biggest thing that stands out most to me is that I get the impression that you're looking for a coffee that is perfect, as is, no assembly required. Making good coffee is as much a culinary experience as making anything else. Every coffee has its own flavors. A chef understands how to take something that might have imperfections, and turn into something more consumable. Generally, this is done by balancing and offsetting imperfections and undesirable traits. For example, some people don't like bussels sprouts. After all, they're very bitter. But if you combine them with something sour, and maybe even add a little fattiness too, those will balance out the bitterness and can yield a very nice dish for something that you otherwise might not like. There is no food item that a chef is going to prepare by simply putting it in front of you, as is. Coffee is the same. The whole purpose of adding either cream and/or sugar is to balance out too much acidity or too much bitterness. So when people say they take their coffee this way or that way, I always kind of chuckle. When people ask me how I take mine, I always tell them it depends on the coffee. I usually just add a bit of sugar, but I have to taste it to know what, if anything, to add. It would probably help you to start understanding how to use additives to complete your coffee. One final thing is that you may want to learn about how origin affects coffee taste. A lot of Americans tend to normalize their idea of coffee's taste to Latin American coffees. Or, as I like to call it, the muddy coffees. For me, Latin American coffees rank at the bottom. I do love Ethiopian, and I might suggest trying to add just a bit of sweetness to balance out the bitterness.

4. 2026-08-01 20:23 UTCComment

   But isn’t an espresso roast supposed to be more bitter and not sour? I’m just confused as to why it’s so sour. It’s not bad coffee by any other means.

5. 2026-08-01 15:40 UTCComment

   I‘ve read up on your grinder and most people seem to be anywhere from 8 - 12, so 2 sounds way too fine. On your grinder it should be labeled as fine also. You need medium-coarse grinds for drip coffee. For me, it looks like table salt. Maybe you want to start at 10, if the coffee is too sour, grind finer, if the coffee is to bitter, grind coarser. Play around with the grind size and stick to one coffee until you figure out your recipe. Also weigh your coffee and your water. Go with the recommended ratios. Once you find your sweet spot you will never drink bad coffee again