For most of my adult life, coffee had always been a caffeine delivery vehicle or an excuse to step out of the office. Like cheap beer, the taste was something be tolerated as a means to an end. There was a dorky sense of pride in drinking it without loads of milk and sugar. It took a single pour-over from The Java Shack to change all that. Instead of overwhelming bitterness dominating each sip, it had fruity and floral notes, which I didn't even know could exist in coffee. It was a pleasure to drink, well-balanced, no pungent flavors causing facial contortions on the way down. Naively, I decided to start making coffee like that at home. The guy at the shop literally just poured some hot water over a bunch of coffee grinds. How hard could it be? The first attempts were... not good, but the hive mind at /r/Coffee/ quickly pointed me in the right direction. I learned that the two most important factors are bean quality and grind consistency, and unfortunately those c
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