Filter Notes Asia edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 08 · Asia
11 September 2026
Built for the second cup

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

The Asia Friday Edit: Compact, Not Compromised

Space is the constraint, not ambition. This regional set leads with an integrated espresso system, then keeps milk, capsules, hand brewing and service tightly edited.

Spotlight

Meraki · Machines

Meraki Espresso Machine

Dual boilers, dual scales, a rotary pump and guided controls bring the key espresso signals into one unusually legible home machine.

Meraki integrates dual boilers, grinder and scales but exposes pressure, temperature and weight as real brewing variables.

$1,799

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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.

Doi Saket, Thailand by Common Man Coffee Roasters

Thailand · anaerobic natural

Common Man Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Doi Saket, Thailand

Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, Thailand · Anaerobic natural · Filter · honey, almond biscotti, yellow plum

Common Man's Doi Saket keeps the origin close to the edition and brings a ripe, process-led Thai profile to the pair.

Honduras Los Naranjos by Nylon Coffee Roasters

Honduras · washed

Nylon Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Honduras Los Naranjos

Los Naranjos, Honduras · Washed · Filter · red currant, raspberry, honey, roselle

Released this week, Los Naranjos uses SL28 in Honduras to produce red currant, raspberry, honey and roselle with washed clarity.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Milk tool

Subminimal · Machines

NanoFoamer PRO

An automatic microfoam maker aimed at café-texture milk without a steam boiler.

NanoFoamer PRO automates fine-textured microfoam without requiring a steam boiler, a meaningful capability for compact filter-first kitchens.

Capsule brewer

MORNING · Machines

MORNING Mini

A compact Singapore-designed capsule machine with adjustable brew parameters for specialty capsules.

MORNING Mini shrinks the brand's pressure and temperature control into a cleaner footprint for specialty capsules.

Hand brewer

Aramse · Manual brewing

SOFI

A contemporary stainless-steel South Indian filter designed for repeatable decoction brewing.

Aramse's SOFI uses a cloth-and-mesh format to deliver full-bodied immersion brewing with less ceremony than many travel kits.

Airflow Coffee Carafe by Nylon Coffee Roasters

Small find

Nylon Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities

Airflow Coffee Carafe

A 360ml borosilicate carafe with a silicone-sealed lid from a Singapore roaster.

Nylon's Airflow carafe is a local service piece with enough visual character to make a single brewer feel like a set.

120ml Twisted Cortado Glass by Common Man Coffee Roasters

Small find

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.

Common Man's twisted cortado glass closes with a distinctly local, inexpensive object sized for short milk drinks.

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