If your coffee tastes bitter, weak, or muddy, the fix is usually simple. Bitter coffee usually means over-extraction, weak coffee usually means too little extraction or too little coffee, and muddy coffee usually points to grind inconsistency, too fine a grind, or poor filtration.

Better coffee usually comes down to three levers: grind size, coffee dose, and water. If your coffee tastes sour, bitter, weak, muddy, or flat, one of these three variables is usually the first place to look.

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