Filter Notes Asia edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 01 · Asia
24 July 2026
Control the variables

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.

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.

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.

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

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 two-cup, fast-flow flat-bed brewer made from BPA-free Tritan.

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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