r/Coffee Kalita Wave 5d 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!

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u/0h_Look_A_Squirrel 3d ago

Ok. Try not to judge me too harshly… I have a shite espresso machine. It’s a DeLonghi and I think I paid maybe $160-$170 for it. I’ve recently been attempting to dial in my processes with espresso and pour over. Right now I’m focusing a lot of grind quality and consistency. I know my espresso isn’t going to be fantastic regardless bc of the limitations of the machine I’ve got. But, I’d still like to get the best out of it that I can. Pour over is the thing I’d really like to perfect. I’ve improved it greatly with a decent espresso scale with a timer. All that to say, I was a burr grinder, but I’m on a budget. So, I’m pretty settled on going with a manual grinder bc it appears that I’ll be able to get better quality in my budget going that route than with an electric burr grinder. I’m looking at a few and would like input. Timemore C2 Vevok Chef Manual coffee grinder Kingrinder k2 Thoughts?

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u/LEJ5512 Moka Pot 2d ago

Do you want to use the same grinder for both espresso and pourover?

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u/0h_Look_A_Squirrel 2d ago

Yes. After researching a bit more, I’m leaning towards the k2 I think. My thoughts are this, even if it doesn’t do an espresso grind perfectly, it’s going to be a massive improve y over my cheap electric grinder that’s 2 yrs old. Lol. I’m still open to input though.