Gear spotlight
9Barista · Machines
9Barista Mk.2
A twin-boiler stovetop machine that produces a 40–45g espresso at 9 bar without an electrical pump.
It turns the ritual of a stovetop brewer into true 9-bar espresso without a plug or pump.
Filter Notes
Global edition
The Friday Edit
The beans, brewing gear and useful oddities worth knowing this week. Independent picks, chosen for where you shop.
Friday Edit No. 01 · Global
31 July 2026
Control the variables
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01 / The cover story
Object of the week
Control the Variables
A stovetop espresso machine with real engineering theatre, a matched washed-and-natural CGLE17 pair, and three tools that make grind, flow and water deliberate.
02 / Fresh coffee
2 bags to know
Beans for the week
A short regional edit of fresh coffees worth brewing now.
Bean · Washed
La Cabra · Coffee beans
CGLE 17 Washed
Potosí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia · Café Granja La Esperanza · 1,800 masl · Washed · 20h cherry fermentation + 35h open-tank fermentation · Light omni roast ·...
CGLE17’s jasmine-and-citrus lift is especially legible in Café Granja’s controlled double-fermentation washed lot.
Bean · Natural
La Cabra · Coffee beans
CGLE 17 Natural
Potosí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia · Café Granja La Esperanza · Natural · Light omni roast · Violet, red berries, floral spice
The same rare house hybrid and producer, now natural, makes process—not provenance—the controlled variable.
03 / The objects
3 more to know
The gear edit
The objects making brewing more precise, more enjoyable or simply better looking.
Serious grinder
Mazzer · Grinders
Mazzer Philos
A low-retention single-dose grinder with 64mm flat burr options and stepped or stepless adjustment.
Low retention, two distinct 64mm burr choices and switchable stepped/stepless adjustment make one grinder genuinely multi-method.
Under $75
OREA · Manual brewing
OREA O2 Brewer — Darth Black
A two-cup, fast-flow flat-bed brewer made from BPA-free Tritan.
A fast-flow two-cup brewer is the simplest way to expose the matched coffees’ process contrast.
Water tool
APAX LAB · Tools & water
APAX LAB Nano Box Set
Three 20mL mineral concentrates for steering clarity, sweetness, body and florality in brew water.
Three mineral profiles make water a tunable ingredient instead of an invisible source of brew drift.
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