Filter Notes Europe edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 06
28 August 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

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.

ProcessNatural

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

ProcessWashed

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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