Cracked carafe forced me into pour over, no regrets

Ngl, I've been team French press for like 8 years. Bought a cheap 40 dollar one from a shop in Portland and it worked fine until last Tuesday. I went to rinse it out after breakfast and the glass just split down the side, hot water everywhere over my counter. No impact, no sudden temp change, it just gave up. So I grabbed my buddy's old ceramic V60 that's been sitting in my cabinet collecting dust, mostly because I was too lazy to buy a new press. First pour was a mess, too fine a grind, took me 3 tries to get the timing right, but the cup came out cleaner and honestly brighter than anything my press ever made. Now I'm wondering if I was just used to the sludge and never knew better. Anyone else switch methods after an equipment fail and never look back?

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avery7217d ago

Heard a coffee nerd on a podcast say the V60 shows off a bean's natural flavors way better than a press because the paper filter catches all the oils that make press coffee taste muddy. Sounds like that's exactly what hit you. Took me a month to dial in my grind size when I switched, but once I did, I got why people geek out over it. Now I'm almost glad my old press broke, it forced me to try something I would've kept putting off.

danieljenkins4d ago

Wait, a whole month to dial in the grind? @avery721 that's wild to hear. Took me like three days and I thought I was going crazy, threw out a whole bag of beans before I figured it out. The first cup I made with the V60 was so sour I almost went back to the press right then. But yeah, once you hit that sweet spot, the difference really is night and day, the clear flavors beat the muddy mess every time.