Filter Notes Europe edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 09 · Europe
18 September 2026
Control the variable

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 the variable

Europe's edit scales the same idea up: an extreme-speed conical grinder, a compact Linea Micra and precise small tools, bracketed by one lucid washed coffee and one high-expression natural.

Gear spotlight

FM Grinders · Grinders

Yoda 120

A 23kg single-dose grinder built around 120mm conical burrs and variable 100–700rpm speed.

The unusually broad speed range makes burr behaviour a first-class recipe variable rather than a fixed assumption.

€4,700

Available to preorder through Tanat; the official listing requests a separate order and direct delivery discussion.

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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 · Washed

Tanat · Coffee beans

Isaac Obua [Washed]

Mount Elgon, Uganda · Washed · Espresso · caramel, milk chocolate, orange

Nyasaland, SL14 and SL28 from Mount Elgon give the edition a dense but clearly structured washed reference.

Coffee · River Flow Natural

Tanat · Coffee beans

Elto [Elora RF8 Natural]

Ethiopia · River Flow Natural · Filter · cherry, dried rose, bubblegum

A river-cooled sealed fermentation offers the expressive counterweight without losing producer and process specificity.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Linea Micra — Stainless Steel by La Marzocco

Compact dual boiler

La Marzocco · Machines

Linea Micra — Stainless Steel

A compact dual-boiler home espresso machine offered through a current UK specialist route.

Its stable temperature and compact footprint make repeatable traditional espresso practical in a small European kitchen.

Fast-flow brewer

OREA · Manual brewing

02 Brewer

A compact fast-flow manual brewer designed to make flow and contact time easy to manipulate.

Its geometry keeps the relationship between grind, pour and drawdown unusually readable.

Compact scale

TIMEMORE · Tools & water

Piccolo Coffee Scale — Blue

An ultra-compact USB-C scale with 0.1g resolution and manual, automatic and espresso modes.

Its small footprint and automatic modes make dose and yield feedback easy to keep in the workflow.

Small find

Workshop Coffee · Accessories & oddities

Workshop Tote Bag

A roomy dark-green embroidered tote with reinforced handles and an internal pocket.

It is a useful, low-key piece of UK roaster design rather than disposable launch merch.

HIGH FAST Flat Circle Filters 165 by Hiflux

Small find

Hiflux · Accessories & oddities

HIGH FAST Flat Circle Filters 165

A 50-pack of high-permeability Lyocell flat-circle filters designed for faster flow.

A ten-euro consumable can materially widen the usable grind and flow window.

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

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