Reviews

Photography by Grace Walker.  When planning for camping trips, coffee is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. However, if you’re a coffee drinker, all the natural beauty...

Summer is the perfect time for home projects—if you’re in need of a way to spend your evenings or weekends, why not transform your kitchen into the ultimate home espresso...

Dads are notoriously hard to shop for. But if you’ve got a dad who enjoys coffee, we’ve got a gift for you: our Father’s Day Gift Guide, chock full of...

If you’ve got a wedding to attend this summer and want to get the happy couple something you know they’re going to really appreciate, you might want to consider some...

Mother’s day is on the horizon. If you haven’t started thinking about what gift you’re going to get the woman who raised you…well, you might want to.  For anyone whose...

Nico Wiedemann wasn’t a woodworker.  In fact, it wasn’t until he got a home brewing setup that the idea of crafting wooden espresso machine accessories even occurred to him. Nico...

Home baristas looking to brew good espresso on a budget just got something to celebrate: the all-new Gaggia Espresso Evolution.  Fresh off the manufacturing floor in Milan, this impressive manual...

As a coffee enthusiast, you understand that the road to brewing professional-barista-quality coffee at home doesn’t end with upgrading to a home espresso machine.  In fact, the espresso machine is...

A quality espresso scale is a necessary tool for any home barista on the quest for the perfect extraction. Sure—technically you could use a standard kitchen scale to brew espresso,...

We understand better than most just how big home espresso machines can be. Just because you don’t have a ton of counter space, however, that doesn’t mean you can’t be...

If you’re looking for consistency at espresso-fine grind settings, burr type matters.  Compared to conical burrs, flat burr grinders result in a higher level of consistency and generally have better...

What is the best espresso grinder? We asked our staff to help out with this one, and came up with nine of them.