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Seven years behind a bar before starting Brewing Coffees. Writes most of the equipment coverage and tests every machine on this site in an ordinary home kitchen.

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Espresso beans at a local roaster. Photo by Jonathan Farber on Unsplash. Coffee Beans The 4 Best Espresso Beans for Home Brewing The best espresso beans aren’t necessarily the most expensive ones, they’re the ones suited to high-pressure extraction. Medium-dark to dark roasts with chocolate, caramel, or nutty… May 27, 2026 Coffee beans being roasted. Photo by Tyke Jones on Unsplash. Coffee Beans Light vs Dark Roast Coffee: The Complete Guide Light roast and dark roast coffees come from the same beans, just roasted to different points. Light roasts taste bright, acidic, and complex, with the bean’s… May 28, 2026 Medium roasted coffee beans. Photo by Ivan Yeo on Unsplash. Coffee Beans The 4 Best Medium Roast Coffee Beans Medium roast coffee is the sweet spot of the roast spectrum, balanced enough to brew well in any method, complex enough to show real flavour character,… May 28, 2026 Italian moka pots on a wooden shelf. Photo by Babak Eshaghian on Unsplash. Drinks & Brewing How to Use a Moka Pot: A Step-by-Step Stovetop Guide A moka pot makes strong, concentrated coffee on your stovetop in about 5 minutes, no electricity required, no pods, no $500 espresso machine. Water boils in… May 29, 2026 A cup of coffee, black, no caffeine kick required. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. Coffee Beans The 4 Best Decaf Coffees You Can Actually Enjoy Modern decaf coffee is so good you genuinely can’t tell it apart from regular coffee in a blind taste test. The Swiss Water Process, used by… May 29, 2026 Barista pouring steamed half-and-half into an espresso to make a breve coffee. Drinks & Brewing What is a Breve? The Creamy Half-and-Half Coffee Explained If you’ve ever scanned a café menu and wondered why a “breve” costs a dollar more than a latte, the answer comes down to one ingredient:… May 30, 2026 An affogato, a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a freshly pulled espresso poured over it. Drinks & Brewing What is an Affogato? The Italian Espresso Dessert Explained An affogato is an Italian coffee dessert made by pouring a freshly pulled shot of hot espresso over a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream, usually… May 31, 2026 A close-up of roasted coffee beans, ready for brewing, including the decaffeinated kind. Coffee Beans How is Decaf Coffee Made? The 4 Decaffeination Processes Explained Decaf coffee is made by removing 97% or more of the caffeine from green (unroasted) coffee beans, using one of four processes: the Swiss Water Process,… June 1, 2026 Iced coffee topped with a layer of cold foam in a glass Drinks & Brewing How to Make Cold Foam (Sweet Cream + 5 Flavors) Cold foam is cold milk (or a milk-and-cream mix) aerated into a thick, pourable foam that floats on top of an iced drink instead of melting… June 2, 2026 Milk being steamed with an espresso machine steam wand Drinks & Brewing How to Froth and Steam Milk at Home (With or Without a Machine) Frothing and steaming both add air to milk, but steaming uses the pressurized steam from an espresso machine to heat and texture the milk at once,… June 3, 2026