If you have found your way to this article then chances are that you are only a small step from beginning to explore the exciting world of pour-over coffee. Pour Over or manual drip is a rediscovered method of coffee brewing that has exploded all over the globe with the so-called Third Wave of Coffee. …
The Fellow Opus is Fellow’s newest offering to the specialty coffee community. Unlike its elder brother the Ode (or Ode v2), the Opus is not a brew grinder but is intentionally designed to be a multi-purpose grinder. The Fellow Opus grinder claims to be able to grind anywhere from espresso to cold brew and all …
A coffee scale is one of the most valuable yet most undervalued tools in your coffee kit. It is the point of difference between precision and luck of the draw; between development and stagnation in your coffee brewing journey. And the reason is that an accurate scale gives you control and repeatability. It allows you …
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The release of the Lelit Mara X in 2020 has been an exciting development for fans of the Lelit espresso machines. While Lelit is less well known than some other Italian coffee companies, it has garnered a faithful following in the specialty coffee community particularly due to the success of the Lelit Bianca. The Lelit …
These past few months I decided to give the Standart coffee magazine a shot. Now I am not usually a magazine sort of a guy. I love books and articles, but magazines have never really been my jam. However, when I heard it was advocated by daddy Hoffmann, Scott Rao, and Sprudge, AND that it …
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The DF83 grinder is … well surprisingly pretty amazing. This long-anticipated elder brother to the DF64 is everything customers have been looking for. It feels far more premium, is ridiculously fast due to the 83mm burrs, needs next to no modding, and doesn’t require you to 3D print a bunch of stuff for optimal performance. …
The newly released La Marzocco Linea Micra is La Marzocco made truly domestic for the first time ever! The Linea Micra is a home espresso machine true to the heritage of La Marzocco La Marzocco And this newly released domestic espresso machine is certainly making waves. Any La Marzocco released is a cause for a …
With the rise of specialty coffee, many home baristas have at least tried their hands at roasting their own coffee beans. I mean it’s cheaper, more hands-on, and can be highly satisfying. However, I have never roasted my own coffee beans and I never intend to. This post will explain why not and why I think …
Well it is pretty amazing that it is this time of year again already! Black Friday 2022 is almost here. The Black Friday sale starts Friday, November 25 and goes through the weekend and on to Cyber Monday. This is a great chance to get a head start on the Christmas shopping with a ton …
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In 2022, How to Make the Best Coffee at Home was released by Youtube coffee luminary James Hoffmann. This is his newest book since The World Atlas of Coffee in 2014 (incidentally the very first coffee book I ever read cover to cover). Over the last five years or so James Hoffmann has really become the poster boy for …