Hi guys,
recently I've been experimenting with various pouring techniques and was curious if anyone did anything similar? I know most vids for drip coffee show people pouring mostly in the centre, so that you don't mess up the sides, but I was always curious why? doesn't that overextract the coffee in the middle?
Also I was wondering how fast do you pour the water in? so that the whole thing takes 3min? I'm never able to do that, I'm usually finished in around 2min and if I grind finer I don't like the taste too much. Do you pour everything in at the same time and simply wait for the water to go through the coffee, or do you try to keep a low level of water above the grounds by pouring very slowly? Perhaps you use a pour-stop technique, pouring for a while, stoping, waiting for the water level to drop and then pouring some more?
Another thing is the colour the coffee has while you pour in the water. I tend to get a rather blond, pale colour near the end of the whole process, mostly in the places where I pour. Is that normal? or am I pouring too much water in the same spot?
Would be awesome if you could share your thoughts, perhaps go into the details of how various techniques affect taste for you?
Regards,
dsc.