It's really just experimenting to find what works with your preferred coffee. Try different volumes of grounds, find the right coarseness in grinding, and play with how you pour. There are youtube coffee pour over videos that give some tips. I've found that pouring very slow and even around the grounds is best and I bring the water to a boil then pour. This seems to work best for my tastes no matter what beans I have.
I was hooked after I had a really great pour over that a friend made me. Before that I never knew how awesome coffee could be. I started experimenting and found that if you want to extract maximum flavor, you have to find the right technique for the coffee bean that you are working with. It's not complicated, just get a baseline technique down then change things until you get whatever bean you are working with to really pop. The biggest variables are how you grind and volume for me. Just experiment.
I will brag a little bit. I do pour overs at my desk at work. When our S. American colleagues come in to the office they stop by my desk just for my coffee. If anyone knows good coffee it's those guys so I was happy with it but when they show up and tell me it's good I believe them.
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