Filter Notes Asia edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 01
24 July 2026

Shopping region

Local availability, prices and fresh coffee sources.

The Friday Edit

Excellent beans. Interesting objects. Once a week.

The new regional edit, every Friday. Nothing else.

01 / The cover story Object of the week

Control the Variables

A plug-free espresso spotlight, two Singapore-roasted coffees with washed/natural and filter/espresso contrast, plus an automated Taiwan-route brewer and compact flow-and-water tools.

9Barista Espresso Machine Mk.2 by 9Barista

Gear spotlight

9Barista · Machines

9Barista Espresso Machine Mk.2

A genuinely compact pressure brewer with a five-year warranty and a clearer Mk.2 ownership proposition.

No voltage choice is needed, and the supplied heat plate makes true espresso practical across compact Asian kitchens.

£449

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02 / Fresh coffee 2 bags to know

Beans for the week

A short regional edit of fresh coffees worth brewing now.

ProcessWashed

Bean · Washed Geisha

Nylon Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Peru La Lúcuma

Chirinos, San Ignacio, Cajamarca, Peru · Franco Huaches Montalvan · 1,850 masl · Washed · Filter roast · Keffir lime, yellow peach, jasmine, Earl Grey

Franco Huaches’s 1,850m washed Geisha is intensely floral and carries rare competition-level provenance.

Brazil Sitio Sassafras by Nylon Coffee Roasters

ProcessNatural

Bean · Natural Espresso

Nylon Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Brazil Sitio Sassafras

Mogiana / Poços de Caldas, Brazil · Francisco Barretto and Aldo · 1,400 masl · Natural · Espresso roast · Raisin, dried currant, chocolate, honey-glazed nut

Natural Catucaí shifts the edit from floral filter to raisin, chocolate and honeyed espresso while retaining named producers.

03 / The objects 3 more to know

The gear edit

The objects making brewing more precise, more enjoyable or simply better looking.

Automated pour-over

Hiroia · Machines

Hiroia Hikaru

An automated V60 platform that controls temperature, flow and recipe timing through onboard controls and an app.

Temperature, flow and timing automation make a limited Geisha easier to repeat without flattening the ritual into a capsule.

Under US$75

OREA · Manual brewing

OREA O2 Brewer — Darth Black

A light, fast-flow flat-bed brewer sized for one or two cups.

A simple high-flow brewer is the useful manual control beside Hikaru’s automation.

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 portable concentrates add a controllable water layer across cities with very different mineral baselines.

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