DF64 Gen 2

“I’m a total coffee noob. I usually drink the crappy drip coffee at work, and don’t totally hate it. But a gas station near me put in one of those grind-and-brew machines, and I tried the light roast offering. It obviously wasn’t amazing, but tasted way better than any coffee I’d ever had. I always hated Starbucks because their normal Pike Place roast is way too bitter for my tastes. But this gas station coffee wasn’t bitter, and had other tastes I’d never experienced in coffee. Around the same time, I started watching James Hoffman videos on YouTube. He, of course, preaches about how light roasts and fermentation-processed coffees have lower bitterness, fruit acidity, sweetness, etc. That sounded amazing, so I’ve been trying to get into making specialty coffee at home. I ordered a grinder (MiiCoffee DF64 Gen 2) and a Hario V60. The grinder is unfortunately back-ordered, but I wanted to get started. I went to a local specialty roaster, and bought a bag of an Ethiopian washed coffee. They offer free grinding for however you plan to brew, so I had them grind the whole bag for the V60. I’ve now made six, ~500mL pour overs, and I think I’m doing it wrong. The texture is amazing compared to what I usually drink. But I don’t get any acidity. There is no sweetness at all. The bitterness isn’t terrible, but it’s worse than the aforementioned gas station coffee, and the bitterness lingers in the finish. If I really concentrate, I can taste the flavors listed in the tasting notes (grape candy, powdered sugar, lime, bergamot, juicy), but they aren’t nearly as pronounced as I was expecting. I’m using James Hoffman’s V60 technique to a tee. I’ve experimented with ratio and water temperature, but they all taste pretty similar. All resources I find say to adjust grind size first, but I don’t have that option until my grinder arrives. I’m pretty bummed because my coffee sucks, and it’s starting to dampen my newfound coffee excitement. So my questions are… 1. Given my description above, is something wrong with my process, or would it probably be fixable with grind size adjustments? 2. If it’s fixable with grind size, what was wrong with the grind I got (I.e, too fine, too coarse, etc)?”