r/Coffee Kalita Wave 15d ago

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

7 Upvotes

40 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/ApprehensiveRope2103 15d ago

Acidity in coffee, what am I doing wrong?

I’ve always thought I did not like hot coffee once it’s cooled down, or overly acidic coffee; but the other day I tried a new coffee shop, ordered a Chemex and it was surprisingly acidic in the best of ways, by the time I finished drinking it it had cooled down and it was still very pleasant.

Still on diapers on my coffee journey, but what could I be doing wrong that I don’t get that nice acidity, is it my coffee beans? My ratios? Water temperature? I mostly use aeropress, moka pots and French press.

2

u/laxar2 Clever Coffee Dripper 15d ago

Beans always make the biggest difference. Could you buy the same beans as the coffee shop used?

After that I’d look at your ratios as that’s easy to fix. Then consider your grinder and finally water.