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Bed depth: why it matters

Scott Rao · 11 Nov 2025

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  1. If a bed is too deep, one has to use a very coarse grind. The result in the cup may or may not be good enough, but the extraction level will be low, which is inefficient, in the sense of wasting coffee material.
  2. Channels that manage to reach the bottom of a coffee bed carry larger, astringency-causing compounds out of the bed and into the cup.

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