Filter Notes Global edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 01
24 July 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 the Variables

A stovetop espresso machine with real engineering theatre, a matched washed-and-natural CGLE17 pair, and three tools that make grind, flow and water deliberate.

9Barista Espresso Machine Mk.2 by 9Barista

Gear spotlight

9Barista · Machines

9Barista Espresso Machine Mk.2

A genuinely compact pressure brewer with a five-year warranty and a clearer Mk.2 ownership proposition.

It turns the ritual of a stovetop brewer into true 9-bar espresso without a plug or pump.

US$735 · £449

Worldwide direct; free express shipping with duties/taxes included or calculated

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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 · 20h cherry fermentation + 35h open-tank fermentation

Bean · Washed

La Cabra · Coffee beans

CGLE 17 Washed

Potosí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia · Café Granja La Esperanza · 1,800 masl · Washed · 20h cherry fermentation + 35h open-tank fermentation · Light omni roast ·...

CGLE17’s jasmine-and-citrus lift is especially legible in Café Granja’s controlled double-fermentation washed lot.

ProcessNatural

Bean · Natural

La Cabra · Coffee beans

CGLE 17 Natural

Potosí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia · Café Granja La Esperanza · Natural · Light omni roast · Violet, red berries, floral spice

The same rare house hybrid and producer, now natural, makes process—not provenance—the controlled variable.

03 / The objects 3 more to know

The gear edit

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

Serious grinder

Mazzer · Grinders

Philos Single Dose Grinder

A premium 64mm single-dose grinder with two burr options and exceptionally deliberate workflow.

Low retention, two distinct 64mm burr choices and switchable stepped/stepless adjustment make one grinder genuinely multi-method.

Under $75

OREA · Manual brewing

OREA O2 Brewer — Darth Black

A light, fast-flow flat-bed brewer sized for one or two cups.

A fast-flow two-cup brewer is the simplest way to expose the matched coffees’ process contrast.

Water tool

APAX LAB · Tools & water

APAX LAB Nano Box Set

Three 20mL mineral concentrates for steering clarity, sweetness, body and florality in brew water.

Three mineral profiles make water a tunable ingredient instead of an invisible source of brew drift.

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