Buying Guides
One dripper. One light roast. That was the constraint I set myself last weekend, because I’d been bouncing between a V60 and an Origami for months without committing…
Buying Guides
If you’ve already locked in your grind, dose, and water, the kettle is the next variable worth fixing.…
Beans
Three mornings, same recipe, three different cups. A refractometer is what finally broke that pattern for me. It…
Coffee News
Six months ago my standard pour-over was 19g in, 305g out, every morning, no thinking required. Now it’s…
Beans
Pull a bag roasted yesterday, brew it this morning, and the cup often comes out thin and sharp.…
Last Tuesday I weighed out 15 g of a Kenyan from Sey at what my Baratza Encore calls setting 18, poured 250 g of water at 96 °C, and pulled a 3:10 brew that…
Specialty coffee inched closer to the grocery aisle this week, and the bag sitting on your counter is the reason to care. Five stories, one through-line: who roasts your beans, who sells them, and…
Most “V60 vs AeroPress” posts read like spec sheets in a trench coat. The question almost every first-time buyer is actually asking is narrower: you have one slot on the counter and roughly fifty…
I woke up Wednesday to a Sprudge review that made me laugh out loud at the sink. A porcelain kettle, beautifully made, that dribbles down its own chin instead of pouring. Spout geometry, it…
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the Kona coast this week and ripped through the irrigation and wet-mill water lines that Hawaii’s most expensive coffee depends on, according to Sprudge’s on-the-ground reporting (Sprudge). For home…
Last Tuesday I weighed out 15 g of a Kenyan from Sey at what my Baratza Encore calls setting 18, poured 250 g of water at 96 °C, and pulled a 3:10 brew that…
Two bags sat on my counter last month, both labelled “single origin Ethiopia,” bought from two different roasters. One was £11. The other was £19. I brewed them back to back on my V60…
Most beginners pour a quick splash, watch the bubbles fizz for a second or two, and start the main pour the moment the foam settles. That shallow wet is usually why the cup lands…
Last Tuesday I weighed out 15 g of a Kenyan from Sey at what my Baratza Encore calls setting 18, poured 250 g of water at 96 °C, and pulled a 3:10 brew that…
Two bags sat on my counter last month, both labelled “single origin Ethiopia,” bought from two different roasters. One was £11. The other was £19. I brewed them back to back on my V60…
Most beginners pour a quick splash, watch the bubbles fizz for a second or two, and start the main pour the moment the foam settles. That shallow wet is usually why the cup lands…
Most “V60 vs AeroPress” posts read like spec sheets in a trench coat. The question almost every first-time buyer is actually asking is narrower: you have one slot on the counter and roughly fifty…
The question most readers are actually asking is narrow: after a year of real use, does the Timemore C2 still earn its sub-$70 slot, or does the Comandante C40 quietly justify costing roughly four…
Most “best hand grinder” lists at this price sort by Amazon stars. I sort by the thing that actually changes your cup: how tightly the grounds cluster around your target size, and whether the…
Specialty coffee inched closer to the grocery aisle this week, and the bag sitting on your counter is the reason to care. Five stories, one through-line: who roasts your beans, who sells them, and…
I woke up Wednesday to a Sprudge review that made me laugh out loud at the sink. A porcelain kettle, beautifully made, that dribbles down its own chin instead of pouring. Spout geometry, it…
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the Kona coast this week and ripped through the irrigation and wet-mill water lines that Hawaii’s most expensive coffee depends on, according to Sprudge’s on-the-ground reporting (Sprudge). For home…
Last Tuesday I weighed out 15 g of a Kenyan from Sey at what my Baratza Encore calls setting 18, poured 250 g of water at 96 °C, and pulled a 3:10 brew that…
Most “V60 vs AeroPress” posts read like spec sheets in a trench coat. The question almost every first-time buyer is actually asking is narrower: you have one slot on the counter and roughly fifty…
The question most readers are actually asking is narrow: after a year of real use, does the Timemore C2 still earn its sub-$70 slot, or does the Comandante C40 quietly justify costing roughly four…
