Filter Notes Europe edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 06 · Europe
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 commercial grinder sets a serious European tone, balanced by two contrasting current coffees, three locally engineered counter tools and two small pieces of roaster craft.

Gear spotlight

Mahlkönig · Grinders

E65S

A compact commercial espresso grinder with 65mm burrs, six programmable recipes and a quiet high-throughput motor.

The E65S is the edit's counterpoint to novelty: a quiet, proven service grinder whose precision earns its footprint.

€2,098

Black and white variants were available to add to cart from Tanat's official European store.

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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.

Coffee · Natural

Cairngorm Coffee · Coffee beans

Nola Wonga Natural

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia; Nola Wonga group; 1,300–1,600m · Natural · Filter · blueberry, apricot, wine gums

S795 from the Nola Wonga group gives the edition a vivid natural-process register from an origin still underrepresented on European menus.

Kenya Gatomboya AB #027 [25/26] by Scenery Coffee

Coffee · Washed

Scenery Coffee · Coffee beans

Kenya Gatomboya AB #027 [25/26]

Gatomboya, Barichu FCS, Nyeri, Kenya · Washed · Filter · black tea, lemon, yellow plum

A current-crop washed Nyeri lot supplies a clean structural contrast to Cairngorm's Indonesian natural.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Counter order

FLATE · Accessories & oddities

FLATE Barista Station

A freestanding powder-coated steel station for portafilters, tampers, jugs and small espresso tools.

A disciplined piece of organisation can improve an espresso workflow more than one more puck-prep gadget.

Three-method brewer

GOAT STORY · Manual brewing

GINA Coffee Maker

A Slovenian three-method brewer combining pour-over, immersion and cold drip through a precision valve.

GINA makes one well-resolved valve do the work of three separate brewers without feeling like a modular parts bin.

Repairable batch brewer

Moccamaster · Machines

KBG Select – Brushed

A handmade Dutch batch brewer with full- and half-pot flow selection, a copper element and 1.25L glass carafe.

The half-pot switch solves a real batch-brewing problem while the repairable platform keeps the machine out of disposable-appliance territory.

Small find

Tanat Coffee · Accessories & oddities

Tanat T-Shirt

A cream slim-fit roaster T-shirt made from organic cotton and produced in Portugal.

A restrained roaster shirt with a credible European production note, not generic logo stock.

Small find

Rosslyn Coffee · Accessories & oddities

Ceramic Mug — White

An individually handmade white ceramic mug made for Rosslyn by London artist Melisa Dora.

A long-running collaboration between a London roaster and local craftswoman gives this modest mug real place and continuity.

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

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