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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (21 children)

What's the deal with pour over?

It's not at all popular here. Everyone has pod machines.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (9 children)

It’s easy and makes good coffee and you don’t have to fuck about with a machine or pods and all kinds of waste

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

How does the coffee compare to espresso though?

I'm not a connoisseur so genuinely asking.

I don't have a pod machine. I grind coffee by hand and use an espresso machine.

My understanding, rightly or wrongly, is that you need the pressure to "crack" the ground coffee and get the good stuff out.

Edit: it's ok people I get it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A well made pour over will be every bit as “good” as a well made espresso. It’s also way less demanding in terms of equipment and technique.

Making an espresso on par with the best coffee shops requires a great deal of skill/experience and thousands of dollars in equipment. If you don’t have the skill or equipment, straight espresso is usually pretty disgusting.

You can make a phenomenal pour over with a YouTube video and $150 in gear.

However, they’re different styles of drinks. A pour over is much less concentrated and doesn’t have the crema/body of espresso.

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