I finally figured out why my morning coffee always tasted weak

I was at my kitchen counter in Portland, pouring water from my kettle into my French press. I realized I was using the same scoop for my beans and my ground coffee, so I was actually using about 15% less coffee than I thought. I switched to a small kitchen scale and the next cup was perfect. Anyone else have a simple kitchen mistake they only caught after a while?

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hayden_lane25d ago

It's wild how those ingrained habits become invisible. My partner used to make terrible rice for years by just using the knuckle method, never measuring water. A scale fixed that too, but it took a guest pointing it out for us to notice.

ray13627d ago

Feel your pain on the coffee thing, that's such an easy mistake to make. I did something similar for ages with my pour over, just eyeballing it and wondering why it was so bitter sometimes. Getting a cheap scale was a total game changer, it feels so obvious now. Those little routine habits are hard to notice until something finally clicks.

patricia55827d ago

Funny how those little things slip by. For years my scrambled eggs were always a bit watery. Turns out I was adding milk like my mom did, but she used whole milk and I was using skim. Switched to a splash of cream instead and it made all the difference. Just a tiny change in one ingredient.