The KinGrinder K2 Grind Size Chart vs the Setting I Actually Use
Oct 9, 2026
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KinGrinder gives you a grind size chart with the K2. It's helpful, and after a while it will probably frustrate you. Here is how the clicks actually work, how to find zero on your grinder, and the one setting I leave mine on for almost every pour over, plus why I change the water instead of the grind.
• Finding zero: seat the handle in the adjuster and turn it clockwise until it stops (mine stops at 7)
• KinGrinder's chart: 20 clicks Turkish, 40 espresso, 60 moka pot and AeroPress, 100 pour over and siphon, 120 French press
• How to count: each number on the dial is four clicks, one full turn is forty
• My setting: about 70 clicks, finer than the recommended 80 to 100 for pour over, and I leave it there
• What I change instead: water temperature, water profile and pour technique
• French press on the same setting, and why I don't use the K2 for espresso
What kind of coffee drinker are you, and where do you keep your grinder set? Do you change it every bag, or leave it alone?
Timestamps:
0:00 Recommended grind sizes, and why they frustrate
0:26 Context is everything
1:42 Finding zero on the K2
2:12 KinGrinder's recommended clicks
2:37 How to count: 4 per number, 40 per turn
2:57 Dialing in for pour over, my 70 clicks
3:51 Start with the recommended range, then taste
5:27 Why I set it and forget it
6:27 Changing the water instead of the grind
6:53 French press and espresso
8:02 Why this grinder will frustrate you
9:10 These are just suggestions
#kingrinder #coffeegrinder #pourover
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