Overheard a barista say pour-over is just fancy drip coffee and honestly I get it now

Was waiting for my order at a shop near downtown. Guy behind me called pour-over "pretentious drip." I laughed but then I thought about it. Tastes the same to me after the first sip. Why spend 5 minutes watching water drip through beans? My $2.50 regular drip at the gas station works fine. Anyone else think this trend is just a way to charge double for the same thing?

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alice33624d ago

Drank pour-over once, tasted like my Mr. Coffee drip.

walker.max24d ago

Did you try it with the same beans you use in your Mr. Coffee? Because honestly, that's probably where the issue was. I had the same problem at first - I made a pour-over with my normal grocery store medium roast and it tasted exactly like my drip machine. The thing that changed everything for me was using a lighter roast and actually grinding it a bit coarser than I thought I should. Also, I stopped worrying so much about the perfect pour pattern and just focused on getting the water temperature right. Once I dialed in those two things the flavor was completely different, way more clean and bright.

simon71721d ago

Yeah I feel you on that. "Tasted like my Mr. Coffee drip" is exactly how my first pour over went too. I was so disappointed cause everyone makes it sound like this life changing experience and I was just standing there like...this is just coffee. It took me a few tries and honestly watching some youtube videos before I got anything that actually tasted different. The beans make way more difference than I ever thought they would.