So wait a minute i think there is something I greatly missunderstood.

When we hear to increase the "blandness" of a coffee you increase the dose and grind coarser you are

You are increasing the strength, or ratio of the beverage by extracting the similar amount of beverage but with a higher dose (this is where I miss understood I think)

Joe, if I understand you, you did misread.

Flow affects tha acid-bitter balance

Dose affects sweetness with lower doses increasing sweetness (the flow remains constant)


I believe keeping the flow constant is causing your misunderstanding. If reducing the dose, to keep the flow constant, you must grind finer. If increasing the dose, you must grind coarser.

I hope this helps.

Ya, a lot. It all makes sense, its actually simple i guess.


If you increase the dose and grind coarser you have similar extraction but turn up the "volume of the flavors"

If you decrease dose and grind finer you have similar flow but turn the volume down

So my simple question is if you increase dose and keep grind the same of say a well balanced 14g shot what would you expect to get?

If you keep the grind constant and increase the dose you will be slowing the flow which will push the acid/bitter balance towards the bitter side. Increasing the dose will increase the "volume" of flavors at the expense of sweetness. So I would expect a more "in your face", more bitter shot.

Awesome, That makes perfect sense, thanks