Manual Brewing Methods

In the early 1990s, when I started my journey in the specialty coffee industry, the landscape was unrecognizable compared to […]

The pour-over method is often viewed as the pinnacle of manual brewing. Unlike immersion methods like the French Press, where

In the pantheon of coffee history, the Moka Pot—patented in 1933 by Alfonso Bialetti—stands as a masterpiece of industrial design

In my three decades in the coffee industry, I have seen hundreds of gadgets come and go. I’ve seen the

In my 30 years behind the bar and in the roasting lab, I have witnessed many “magic moments” in coffee.

If the Chemex is a masterpiece of design, the Siphon (also known as the Vacuum Pot) is a masterpiece of

In the fundamental world of coffee extraction, there is an ironclad rule: to dissolve the organic compounds, aromatic oils, and

In the history of coffee, most iconic brewing devices were invented by chemists, designers, or businessmen. The AeroPress, however, was

In the history of coffee equipment, few devices have sparked as much creativity as the AeroPress. Invented in 2005 by

In my early days in the 1990s, “iced coffee” usually meant one thing: taking the leftover, stale coffee from the