There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
A pour-over method is a little more forgiving because the paper filter catches all of microparticles which results in a cleaner, smoother cup. You still run the risk of clogging the pourover brewer if you grind too fine (i.e. if you turn it to powder with your spice grinder). So a decent grinder is a must (ballpark ~40-99).
As for the beans, if you're going to do pour over with stale beans then you probobaly wont notice the difference between that method or an automatic drip brewer. The fresher the beans the better the taste in any brew method, but especially so in pour-over and espresso.
So if you take up making coffee with more manual control it'll be somewhat up to you as to how it'll taste.