Filter Notes Asia edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 14
23 October 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

The Friday Edit Asia — Engineered for clarity

Asia-Pacific gets the most architectural edition: Rocket's saturated-group flagship, two sharply contrasted Melbourne-roasted coffees and three distinct brewer geometries — modular, machined and wooden — with strong regional buying routes.

Asia-Pacific spotlight

Rocket Espresso · Machines

R Nine One

A single-group machine derived from Rocket's commercial R9 platform, with a saturated group and programmable pressure profiles.

A gear pump, saturated group and five stored pressure curves bring real commercial-machine control to a serious home or light-service setting.

A$11,895

In stock with insured Australian shipping and two-year warranty; 10A/1600W local configuration. Buyers outside Australia should use Rocket's official in-country dealer route.

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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

Washed Kenya

Code Black Coffee · Coffee beans

Kenya Thunguri AA

Kirinyaga, Kenya · Washed · Filter · citrus, lime, dragon fruit

Classic washed Kirinyaga structure: bright citrus, precise fruit and a process designed to preserve separation.

Panama Hiu Los Lajones Bambu Gesha by Code Black Coffee

ProcessHoney

35 bags

Code Black Coffee · Coffee beans

Panama Hiu Los Lajones Bambu Gesha

Boquete, Panama · Honey · Filter · floral, bergamot, pear, white sugar

A water-free honey Gesha from the high slopes of Barú, with biodiversity and post-harvest detail to match the rarity.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

V60 Dripper SUIREN — Transparent Black by HARIO

Open-wall V60

HARIO · Manual brewing

V60 Dripper SUIREN — Transparent Black

Hario's spiral ribs become a modular open-wall brewer with twelve removable transparent-black fins.

Removing the outer wall makes the V60's airflow visible, while interchangeable ribs turn a familiar cone into a genuinely playful industrial object.

Machined flat-bed

Yeoyu · Manual brewing

Yeoyu Dripper

A double-wall 304 stainless flat-bed brewer with a removable channelled flow puck.

The removable stainless puck routes coffee through engineered channels for an even drawdown, while subtly angled walls keep 185 wave papers sitting naturally.

Carved timber

Yasukiyo · Manual brewing

Wooden Dripper

A sculptural timber cone sold through Melbourne specialist Brew Methods in three current variants.

The carved body makes material and hand-feel part of a familiar cone workflow without adding electronics or gimmicks.

Small find

Yardstick Coffee · Accessories & oddities

Bobby Mug

A compact roaster mug in Yardstick's restrained Milk, Kawa Kawa and Whale colourways.

A useful, region-specific café object with more design restraint than most branded drinkware.

CBC Melbourne T-shirt by Code Black Coffee

Small find

Code Black Coffee · Accessories & oddities

CBC Melbourne T-shirt

A restrained black crew-neck printed for Code Black's Melbourne roastery and café network.

Clean regional roaster merchandise that names Melbourne without turning the shirt into a novelty graphic.

Editorially selected, never paid placement. Prices and availability can change; affiliate links are always disclosed.

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