Used a $15 scale for pour overs for a year. Bought a $60 one last week. Huge difference.

My old scale was off by like 2-3 grams every time. Didn't think it mattered until I weighed my beans on a friend's Acaia. Now my brew ratio is actually 1:16 like it should be. Anyone else notice cheap scales messing up their coffee?

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the_vera27d ago

Oh man, you just called me out hard. My cheap scale was off by like 4 grams and I thought I was being fancy with my pour overs. Then my buddy brought over his nicer scale and we weighed my beans - I was accidentally doing a 1:18 ratio for months thinking I was at 1:16. Made my coffee taste weak and watery and I just assumed I was bad at brewing. Now I've upgraded and suddenly my morning cup actually tastes like it's supposed to. It's wild how much we trust the cheap stuff until we realize it's basically guessing.

robert24827d agoMost Upvoted

That 4 gram difference is a killer though because it compounds with every pour. So if you were off by 4 on the beans and then 4 on the water you were probably floating around 1:19 or 1:20 by the end of the brew. What made you finally trust your buddy's scale enough to even bother checking? Seems like most people would just shrug and say "close enough" for months or years.