Filter Notes Europe edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 10
25 September 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 the clutter

Europe's edit keeps the engineering visible and the worktop quiet: an unusually configurable one-group machine, two transparent coffees and a mostly metal-and-glass supporting cast.

Spotlight

Sanremo · Machines

YOU

A compact Italian pressure-profiling espresso machine with independent brew and steam systems.

YOU turns pressure, flow and temperature into repeatable recipes without the visual bulk of a commercial two-group.

€5,899

Authorised Espresso Perfetto cart live at €5,899 with 4–6 week delivery when checked 24 September 2026.

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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

Beans

Coffee Collective · Coffee beans

Kieni

Nyeri, Kenya · Washed · Filter · blackcurrant, blackberry, rhubarb

A returning Kenyan relationship rendered with enough acidity and sweetness to expose small recipe changes.

Centroamericano Natural Anaeróbico by NOMAD Coffee

ProcessNatural anaerobic

Beans

NOMAD Coffee · Coffee beans

Centroamericano Natural Anaeróbico

Costa Rica · Natural anaerobic · Filter · cacao nibs, wild berries, tamarind

A controlled-fermentation counterpoint to Kieni, carrying darker fruit and cacao without abandoning definition.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

C40 MK4 Nitro Blade — Black by Comandante

Core gear

Comandante · Grinders

C40 MK4 Nitro Blade — Black

The German-made C40 in its quietest black finish, with Nitro Blade burrs and dual catch cups.

It is an enduring reference because adjustment, burr geometry and repairable construction remain legible and dependable.

Core gear

OREA · Manual brewing

O1 Steel Brewer — Raw

A compact stainless-steel brewer designed around OREA's fast, open-bottom geometry.

The raw steel body feels almost instrument-like and keeps the edition's material language coherent.

Core gear

April Coffee · Manual brewing

Glass Brewer

A handmade glass flat-bed brewer on a separate clear acrylic base.

Its low-flow glass geometry offers a sweeter, rounder reference point beside OREA's speed.

Small find

THE BARN · Accessories & oddities

Sandstone Mug

A small pale stoneware mug bearing THE BARN's hand-drawn mark.

A restrained, useful Berlin object with more character than generic merch.

Small find

April Coffee · Accessories & oddities

Paper Filter — Small

April's customised small wave paper for its glass and ceramic brewers.

A low-cost system component that makes the Glass Brewer selection immediately usable.

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