Greg Rathbone - Home Coffee Beginner

Manual vs Semi-Automatic vs Automatic Espresso Machines

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Walking into the world of home espresso can feel like the coffee gods are testing you. The machines range from

Quick Answer: Technically, no. True espresso needs about 9 bars of pressure, and most no-machine methods can’t reach that. But

Making espresso at home sounds intimidating. There’s the hissing machine, the little metal basket, the talk of “bars of pressure”

You’ve got coffee and water sitting in a jar on the counter. Now the only question is: when do you

If your cold brew has ever come out muddy, bitter, or weirdly bitter-and-watery at the same time, there’s a good

If you love cold brew but hate making a new batch every two days, concentrate is the answer. Cold brew

If you’ve been told to “buy a burr grinder, not a blade grinder,” you’ve already done the hard part. The

If there is one number that decides whether your cold brew tastes amazing or just okay, it is the ratio

Making cold brew at home feels almost too easy once you have done it once. There is no machine to