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The Friday Edit
Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.
Friday Edit No. 06 · Asia
28 August 2026
Control without noise
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 without noise
A Shanghai flat-burr grinder leads a pan-Asian edit with coffees from Singapore and Hong Kong, three distinct regional tools and two small finds from Singapore coffee companies.
02 / Fresh coffee
2 bags to know
Beans for the week
A short regional edit of fresh coffees worth brewing now.
Blueprint Beans · Coffee beans
La Macarena Wush Wush
La Macarena, Risaralda, Colombia; Gallego; 2,200m · 72-hour fermented washed · Filter · grape, peach, berry tea
A high-grown Wush Wush with explicit producer and 72-hour washed-fermentation detail makes the short 150g format feel justified.
Craft Coffee Roaster · Coffee beans
Panama Finca Feryen SL28 Darkroom Natural
Finca Feryen, Alto Quiel, Boquete, Panama; Yenitzin Aguilar; 1,600m · Darkroom natural · Filter · raspberry, red grapes, plum
A Hong Kong route to Yenitzin Aguilar's 60-hour sealed, 40-day dried SL28 gives the edit a distinctly process-led counterpoint.
03 / The objects
5 more to know
The gear edit
The objects making brewing more precise, more enjoyable or simply better looking.
Common Man Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities
120ml Twisted Cortado Glass
A 120ml twisted cortado glass offered by a Singapore coffee company in three restrained finishes.
An inexpensive, correctly scaled milk-drink glass is the sort of small daily object that quietly improves a bar.
Editorially selected, never paid placement. Prices and availability can change; affiliate links are always disclosed.
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