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A gooseneck kettle pouring into a cone dripper, lit dramatically against a dark background

Pour-over showdown: V60, Orea, Origami, Kalita

Four drippers can share the same coffee, paper and ratio and still behave differently. Geometry matters — but not as much as coffee internet folklore sometimes suggests.

Pour-over showdown: V60, Orea, Origami, Kalita

Four drippers can share the same coffee, paper and ratio and still behave differently. Geometry matters — but not as much as coffee internet folklore sometimes suggests.

Cupping bowls of ground coffee and a cupping spoon on linen, lit warmly against a dark background

Cupping at home: the SCA protocol, demystified

Cupping removes most brewing technique from the comparison and puts several coffees under the same conditions. That is why the coffee trade uses it — and why it is such...

Cupping at home: the SCA protocol, demystified

Cupping removes most brewing technique from the comparison and puts several coffees under the same conditions. That is why the coffee trade uses it — and why it is such...

Dark coffee being poured over ice into a glass, lit dramatically against a dark background

Cold brew vs iced pour-over

Both are cold coffee. Almost everything about how they extract — and how they taste — is different.

Cold brew vs iced pour-over

Both are cold coffee. Almost everything about how they extract — and how they taste — is different.

A moka pot steaming on a stove, lit warmly against a dark background

How to brew with a moka pot

A moka pot makes concentrated stovetop coffee under modest pressure. It is not espresso, and it does not need to be treated like one.

How to brew with a moka pot

A moka pot makes concentrated stovetop coffee under modest pressure. It is not espresso, and it does not need to be treated like one.

A Chemex coffee brewer beside a mountain lake

How to brew with a Chemex

The Chemex is as much a filtration system as a brewer. Its unusually heavy bonded paper creates a clean, light-bodied cup and rewards a slightly different approach from a V60.

How to brew with a Chemex

The Chemex is as much a filtration system as a brewer. Its unusually heavy bonded paper creates a clean, light-bodied cup and rewards a slightly different approach from a V60.

A gooseneck kettle pouring water into a dark coffee dripper, lit dramatically

Water for coffee

Water is most of the drink and all of the solvent. The useful question is not “hard or soft?” but which dissolved compounds are present — especially how much buffering...

Water for coffee

Water is most of the drink and all of the solvent. The useful question is not “hard or soft?” but which dissolved compounds are present — especially how much buffering...