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With the world cup soccer on, I’ve been staying up late watching the games with my dad. I do my best to impress him whenever I make him a coffee, so I whip out my V60, it is the baristas go to brewer after all. I love brewing with the V60 and I want...

Next up in our keeping it special at home brewing series, we walk you through how to brew a full-flavoured delicious cup of coffee with the Kalita Wave. The Kalita Wave offers a classic brewing dynamic to the pour-over method which has become very popular in specialty coffee circles. These wave drippers feature a...

If you've been following our articles about brewing coffee at home, you will know that we love to brew in different ways ... some traditional, some not so. We wanted to write about all these interesting ways to brew coffee, as a way to tempt you to follow us into the world of alternative...

Alternative brewing methods in the specialty coffee scene has taken off over the past few years which gets us really excited. One of the newer methods is the AeroPress which was invented in 2005 by Alan Adler. This is the same guy who invented the Aerobie long-flying frisbee, you know the one with the...

The Chemex is a delicious way to brew coffee and is perfect for charming your guests with a smooth, full-flavoured coffee which highlights the stunning nuances of where the coffee was grown. Just quietly it’s one of our favourite ways to enjoy coffee at home. But don’t just take our word for it, the...

I’ve always loved siphon coffee brewing from the moment I first experienced it. I loved it long before I lived in Tokyo, which only deepened my passion and taught me their flawless brewing methods. My love was further enhanced by the theatre of the old-world siphon bars in Japan. These siphon-brewing coffee shops in...

What’s a coffee recipe? You may have heard the term “recipe” being referred to in conversations, especially in relation to espresso brewing. What people are referring to when they use the word “recipe” in relation to brewing, is the amount of ground coffee that goes in, the amount of coffee extracted out into the...