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Coffee drying on raised beds across the hills of a Kayanza washing station, Burundi

Burundi: small hills, serious coffee

Burundi’s best coffee is built around tiny farms, central washing stations, highland arabica and an unusually communal supply chain.

Burundi: small hills, serious coffee

Burundi’s best coffee is built around tiny farms, central washing stations, highland arabica and an unusually communal supply chain.

Sipi Falls plunging over an orange cliff in the Mount Elgon coffee highlands of Uganda

Uganda: Africa’s unsung giant

Uganda is a major coffee producer with an unusual identity: indigenous canephora in the lowlands and arabica on high mountain systems around the country’s edges.

Uganda: Africa’s unsung giant

Uganda is a major coffee producer with an unusual identity: indigenous canephora in the lowlands and arabica on high mountain systems around the country’s edges.

Water poured onto a coffee bed in a white paper filter cone, lit low

Filter papers: Sibarist, Cafec, Hario

Filter paper is not neutral. Its shape, thickness, fibre structure, creping and permeability can change drawdown and the amount of fine material that reaches the cup.

Filter papers: Sibarist, Cafec, Hario

Filter paper is not neutral. Its shape, thickness, fibre structure, creping and permeability can change drawdown and the amount of fine material that reaches the cup.

An espresso machine group head pulling a dark shot into a glass, lit low

Choosing your first espresso machine

The right first machine is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that fits your drinks, your grinder and the amount of routine you actually...

Choosing your first espresso machine

The right first machine is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that fits your drinks, your grinder and the amount of routine you actually...

Ground coffee dosed into a bottomless portafilter basket on a dark machine

Why baskets matter

An espresso basket is simple hardware with a difficult job: hold a coffee bed while allowing pressurised water to leave in a controlled, repeatable way.

Why baskets matter

An espresso basket is simple hardware with a difficult job: hold a coffee bed while allowing pressurised water to leave in a controlled, repeatable way.

A burr grinder dosing fresh grounds into a portafilter, lit low against a dark background

The grinder matters more than the machine

For most home coffee setups, the grinder is the better place to protect your budget. Not because machines are unimportant, but because the grinder controls a variable you cannot repair...

The grinder matters more than the machine

For most home coffee setups, the grinder is the better place to protect your budget. Not because machines are unimportant, but because the grinder controls a variable you cannot repair...