How to Share a Kitchen With Another Coffee Lover
I woke up at 6:00 AM to the sound of a metal burr grinding like a construction site. My roommate…
Author: Imre Vasarhelyi
I write about what I actually brewed this week. If a change did not show up in the cup, I say so, even when the gear cost a fortune.
Stop Buying the Expensive Ritual: Why Most Morning Routines People Build Around Knowing Themselves Are Just Expensive Ways to Avoid the Truth.
I spent three years watching people in high-end cafes perform these elaborate, choreographed rituals. They’d sit with their journals and…
The Real Annual Cost of Your Coffee Habit
People love to talk about the “lifestyle” of specialty coffee, as if you need a $3,000 espresso machine and a…
Choosing the Right Water Filter for Brewing Coffee
Stop wasting your money on those fancy, $300 countertop ion-exchange systems that promise “molecular perfection.” I see these ads every…
Why Brewing Coffee at Altitude Tastes Different
I spent three years in a high-end shop in Budapest listening to guys in expensive aprons lecture customers about how…
Slow Brewing: the Art of the Weekend Pour
I spent three hundred euros on a precision temperature controller last month just to see if it would change my…
The Art of Giving Coffee as a Gift
I once spent forty euros on a “luxury” gift set for a friend, complete with a gold-foiled box and a…
How to Store Coffee Beans Without a Vacuum Canister
Stop buying those ridiculous, overpriced vacuum canisters that promise to freeze time. I spent years behind a bar watching people…
How to Froth Milk Without a Steam Wand
I spent eight years behind a bar, surrounded by high-end La Marzoccos and enough steam pressure to power a small…
What Breaks First on the Coffee Gear You Take Travelling
I was sitting in a cramped hostel in Tbilisi last spring, staring at a pile of expensive, shattered plastic. I’d…