Feel you on this @josephbailey. Its wild how we look back at our parents just taking whatever the evening news said as gospel, but then we turn around and do the same thing with our favorite influencers or podcasts. Theres this comfort in trusting a voice that feels familiar, even if its just as filtered and biased as the old school TV broadcasts were. Solidarity on recognizing that cycle, man. Were all just trying to figure out who to listen to without getting totally played.

Ever think you just overcomplicate simple fixes?

Totally, that temperature shift is the whole game. I was getting such sour, weak cups before and couldn't figure it out. Skipping the rinse made my brews way more balanced, like it just slows everything down at the start so you don't over-extract right away. Had to go a full click finer on my grinder to get it right.