Filter Notes Europe edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 11
2 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

Control you can feel

A fast-heating dual boiler heads a European edit built around visible adjustment: process-led coffees, three precise tools and two small pieces of genuinely wearable or useful roaster design.

Gear spotlight

Profitec · Machines

Profitec MOVE

A compact fast-heating dual-boiler espresso machine with programmable dosing.

MOVE puts temperature control, quick heat-up and repeatable volumetrics into a notably restrained footprint.

€1,965

One current variant was available from German retailer Frekko and official manufacturer specifications were live.

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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 with 72-hour underwater fermentation

Coffee · Washed with 72-hour underwater fermentation

Workshop Coffee · Coffee beans

Danche

Chelbesa, Gedeo, Ethiopia · Washed with 72-hour underwater fermentation · Filter · white wine, lime blossom, zesty citrus

A tightly traced lot from roughly six hundred Chelbesa smallholders uses controlled underwater fermentation to sharpen a classic washed profile.

ProcessNatural

Coffee · Natural

Tanat · Coffee beans

Potosí Sidra, Colombia

Potosi, Colombia · Natural · Light filter · wild cherry, red plum, blackberry, chocolate

Natural-process Sidra coffee from Colombia’s Potosí farm, roasted by Tanat, with notes of cherry, plum, blackberry and chocolate.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

C60 Baracuda Nautilus Blue by Comandante

Hand grinder

Comandante · Grinders

C60 Baracuda Nautilus Blue

A German-made 60mm hand grinder with Baracuda burrs and GX50 Gold Clix adjustment.

The large burr set makes hand grinding feel like deliberate mechanical control rather than a compromise.

Radial brewer

Ceado · Manual brewing

Hoop Coffee Brewer

An Italian radial-infusion brewer designed for even, low-intervention extraction.

Hoop removes pouring technique from the equation and lets grind, ratio and contact time carry the recipe.

Pressure control

Acaia · Tools & water

Horizon

A post-extraction espresso pressure-modulation device introduced through Acaia's European store.

It makes pressure after extraction a new tactile variable instead of treating the finished shot as untouchable.

Small find

Workshop Coffee · Accessories & oddities

12oz Camp Cup

A 12oz double-wall MiiR camp cup in Workshop's Basal Grey finish.

A restrained roaster cup that works at a desk, outside or beside a brewer without looking promotional.

Classic Beanie by THE BARN Coffee Roasters

Small find

THE BARN Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities

Classic Beanie

An organic-cotton knit beanie from the Berlin roaster.

A clean piece of coffee-company design that is wearable beyond the café.

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

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