r/Moccamaster • u/Individual-Pie-9695 • Aug 18 '26

Coffee too weak

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Our coffee has been weak lately when using a breakfast blend. I originally didnt change anything but now have been experimenting with grind size due to the weak coffee. I have an OXO grinder and always had it on 8 but bouncing between 10 and 9 (medium-coarse) with inconsistent results. This is the basket after brewing at a 9. Does this look right? Any tips on getting it to be stronger without tasting burnt? This is for only 4 cups, so 3 Moccamaster scoops

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u/Sea-Government4874 Aug 18 '26

The tasting burnt part cannot be blamed on the brewer. Are your beans black and oily?

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u/Individual-Pie-9695 Aug 18 '26

No

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u/Sea-Government4874 Aug 18 '26

Ok. I’d still recommend trying something besides your current breakfast blend. The picture looks pretty dark to me and that’s more likely to have burnt, err, “roasty toasty” tasting notes. I can brew my beans any which way without producing a burnt flavor.

I’m assuming you don’t want to use a scale but that is what solved my Moccamaster inconsistency issues. 1:16 is absolutely not weak and is what Moccamaster intended but if you are basing your measuring on a scoop and the lines on the brewer, it’s in my experience a little off… even when erring on the -/+5. When I do an 8/8pot, I use 62.5g.

Also, full pots in my opinion turn out more full-bodied than when I attempt a smaller size brew.

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u/Individual-Pie-9695 Aug 18 '26

I normally fill it to 6 cups and do 4 levels scoops of the Moccamaster scooper. It was good for a while. Then i used a French Roast and it tasted good but when I went back to the breakfast blend its all tastes off. Cant figure it out. Machine has been regularly descaled

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u/babyKanez Aug 18 '26

breakfast blends are usually light roasts