I Tripled My Coffee Dose - Here's What Happened to Flavor

It Smells Better Than It Taste — a quiet coffee newsletter where I share what I'm learning about coffee, curiosity, and daily rituals, this channel is an extension of that space: https://www.itsmellsbetterthanittaste.com/ We always talk about grind size like it's sacred, but does it actually need to change when you're brewing more coffee? In this episode I run a real dosage experiment, keeping the ratio, temperature, and grind setting exactly the same across three different coffee doses, then checking the extraction numbers and tasting each cup side by side to see what actually shifts. Same coffee, same ratio, same grind — only the dosage changes TDS and extraction percentage measured at each dose Side-by-side taste comparison across small, medium, and large doses What actually happens to flavor when you brew for a crowd Why extraction creeps up slightly as dosage increases (and why that's expected) A practical takeaway for anyone who brews different batch sizes at home Have you ever changed your grind size when brewing a bigger batch, or just left it alone? Let me know in the comments — curious how many of you have tested this yourselves. Timestamps: 0:00 Setting up the dosage experiment 1:48 Brewing the first dose (20g) 3:39 Brewing the second dose 4:16 Tasting and comparing extraction 6:09 What the results actually tell us 7:00 Final thoughts and takeaway