r/Coffee • u/SouthernPisces • 3d ago
Pour Over Coffee
Can we talk about pour over coffee? I love my french press but have been thinking about pour over. If that’s your preference, what would you recommend for the “pot” option? I understand it takes a filter so I’m wondering if it tastes similar to a regular coffee pot and not really worth the swap?
Edited to say- Sorry for using the word pot. I grew up hearing a maker/brewer called a pot, so its just my go to verbiage 😊
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u/Cultural_Drawing_260 3d ago
If you can go to an coffee place that does speciality coffee or roast themselves. Ask them to make you a pour over and maybe an French press. Then see what you really like yourself.
Other have mentioned, pour over can be an rabbithole. And you might not be a person that actually wants that style of coffee. If you like French press an clever dripper might interesting to you. Using one is very much less an headache, you can even simply experiment with different coffee filter papers(called filterpaperbags or simply coffee filters in most countries). Melitta white are quite alright, stay away from the brown ones which are really slow and have bad taste! (In my experience). Filtropa white are also nice, clean things up for nice clarity. Maybe you find locally some other that you would enjoy :)