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Mar 14 2024
Caffeinated Tea Guide: Types, Caffeine, Flavors & Brewing Tips
Tea can be delicate and floral, dark and malty, grassy and refreshing, earthy and aged, or rich enough to stand up to milk and spices. Yet many of these dramatically different drinks begin with the same plant. Traditional black, green, white, oolong, yellow, and pu-erh teas all come from Camellia sinensis. What changes is the …
Mar 13 2024
Philips Espresso Machines: Models, Features, Pros, Cons & Buying Guide
Philips espresso machines are built around a very different idea from traditional home espresso. Instead of asking you to grind beans, dose a portafilter, tamp the coffee, time the extraction, and steam milk manually, Philips’ fully automatic machines handle most of the process for you. Fill the bean hopper. Fill the water tank. Choose your …
Mar 12 2024
Lavazza Espresso Machines: Models, Features, Pros, Cons & Buying Guide
Lavazza is one of Italy’s best-known coffee companies, but its approach to home espresso machines is very different from brands such as Gaggia, Philips, JURA, or La Marzocco. Most Lavazza home machines aren’t traditional espresso machines with portafilters. They aren’t bean-to-cup machines with built-in grinders either. Instead, Lavazza specializes in single-serve espresso systems designed around …
Mar 11 2024
Best Espresso Accessories: Essential Tools for Home Baristas
Buying an espresso machine is only the beginning of a home espresso setup. A good machine provides hot water, pressure, and—in many cases—steam. But consistently good espresso also depends on everything that happens before and after the machine’s brew button is pressed. You need coffee ground finely and consistently enough for espresso. You need to …
Mar 10 2024
Farberware Espresso Maker Review: Features, Pros, Cons & Performance
The Farberware Espresso Maker is an interesting option for anyone who wants to experiment with homemade espresso without spending several hundred dollars on a machine. The model covered in this review—the Farberware 15-Bar Espresso Machine, model FW61100042872—is a compact semi-automatic machine equipped with a stainless-steel boiler, pressure gauge, removable 47-ounce water tank, single- and double-shot …
Mar 09 2024
How to Make French Press Coffee: Ratio, Grind Size & Brewing Guide
French press coffee is one of the simplest ways to make a rich, full-bodied cup at home. There are no paper filters to fold. No complicated pouring pattern to master. No pump, capsule, or electronic brewing system. At its simplest, you need only: But simple doesn’t mean foolproof. French press coffee can taste wonderfully sweet, …
Mar 08 2024
Is Instant Coffee Bad for You? Health Benefits, Risks & Caffeine
Instant coffee has a reputation problem. Because it is processed, inexpensive, shelf-stable, and ready in seconds, it’s easy to assume that instant coffee must somehow be less healthy than coffee brewed from freshly ground beans. But is instant coffee actually bad for you? For most people, plain instant coffee is not inherently unhealthy. It is …
Mar 07 2024
Pour Over Coffee Ratio: How Much Coffee to Use for Every Cup Size
Getting the coffee-to-water ratio right is one of the easiest ways to make better pour-over coffee. You don’t need a complicated formula. You don’t need to memorize a different recipe for every mug. And you definitely don’t need to guess how many scoops of coffee belong in the filter. For most pour-over brewing, an excellent …
Mar 06 2024
Zulay Magiá Espresso Machine Review: Features, Pros, Cons & Performance
The Zulay Magiá Manual Espresso Machine occupies an interesting place in the home espresso market. It combines several pieces of equipment that beginners would otherwise need to purchase separately: That puts the Zulay Magiá Manual Espresso Machine, model SOS100, in the same broad all-in-one category as machines such as the Breville Barista Express. You fill …
Mar 05 2024
Rocket Espresso Machines: Models, Features, Pros, Cons & Buying Guide
Rocket Espresso occupies an interesting place in the home espresso world. These are not inexpensive starter appliances designed to automate coffee at the touch of a button. Rocket builds premium Italian espresso machines for people who enjoy the traditional process of grinding coffee, preparing a portafilter, controlling extraction, and steaming milk manually. The company describes …
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