Notes on coffee, the objects it is made with, and what we will not sell you.
A scale asks for two things you may not want to give it. It takes up counter space next to a kettle that is already there, and it turns a morning y...
Read the setupA roaster who has your favourite Ethiopian on the shelf every week of the year is not being more reliable than the one who runs out. They are doing...
Read the setupA cloth filter is the only part of a coffee setup that gets worse while you are not using it. Everything else on the counter is inert between brews...
Read the setupGreen coffee is sold as the patient option. It travels in jute across an ocean and then sits in a warehouse for months while nobody worries about i...
Read the setupYour recipe says eighteen grams in, thirty six out, twenty eight seconds. You hit all three. The shot is sour. What happens next is usually that th...
Read the setupCoffee roasted yesterday is not at its best. That is counter to everything the category teaches, and it is the reason a bag bought directly from a ...
Read the setupThe scoop that came free with your brewer is the only piece of coffee equipment that gets less accurate the better your coffee gets. That is a stra...
Read the setupPour a little water on fresh grounds and the bed swells, domes and hisses. Most people have been told this is a step you perform to make the coffee...
Read the setupMost people brewing at home are turning one dial and expecting two different results from it. That is why the coffee keeps landing somewhere betwee...
Read the setupA bad cup of coffee gives you one honest signal and a lot of noise. The noise is everything you think you know about the beans, the water, the mach...
Read the setupEvery brewer arrives with its own recipe, and the recipes disagree with each other in ways that suggest each method is its own discipline. They mos...
Read the setupPeople shop for brewers and inherit filters. It is the wrong way round. The brewer sets the shape of the process, but the thing the coffee passes t...
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