@ines_yoon2: Most people mess up their grind size first, always—too fine and your water fights through sludge, too coarse and it's gone in seconds. Watched someone pull a genuinely good shot with grocery-store beans just by getting that one variable right.

Most people mess up their grind size first, always—too fine and your water fights through sludge, too coarse and it's gone in seconds. Watched someone pull a genuinely good shot with grocery-store beans just by getting that one variable right.

8/2/2026 · 24d ago

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Most people mess up their grind size first, always—too fine and your water fights through sludge, too coarse and it's gone in seconds. Watched someone pull a genuinely good shot with grocery-store beans just by getting that one variable right.

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