Notes on coffee, the objects it is made with, and what we will not sell you.
A cloth filter is the only part of a brewing kit that can spoil while nobody is touching it. Leave one to dry on the edge of the sink over a weeken...
Read the setupAsk which clay holds heat better and you will get an answer with real physics behind it and no numbers attached. Earthenware retains, porcelain let...
Read the setupThe buy-it-for-life pitch asks you to pay up front for a promise the object cannot keep on its own. A mug is a brittle solid with a thin glass skin...
Read the setupThe argument in most kitchens is about foam volume, and it has been settled in the wrong direction for years. Whole milk does not foam more than sk...
Read the setupA syphon takes about fifteen minutes of your attention to produce roughly one minute of brewing, and it does it over an open flame in two pieces of...
Read the setupMost people who start buying bottled water for coffee are solving the wrong problem. They taste something flat or chalky, decide their tap water is...
Read the setupFour labels compete for the same patch of a coffee bag, and they are not four versions of the same promise. One guarantees a price. One guarantees ...
Read the setupEvery product page for a cup, mug, tumbler or flask claims the same virtue, in the same words: it keeps your coffee hot. It is the only property th...
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