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The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 10 · Global
25 September 2026
Quiet precision

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Local availability, prices and fresh coffee sources.

The Friday Edit

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01 / The cover story Object of the week

Quiet precision, from grinder to glass

This week is about tools that make repeatability feel calm rather than clinical: a formidable single-dose anchor, two articulate coffees, and a bench of tactile objects that stay out of the cup's way.

Spotlight

Acaia · Grinders

Orbit

A premium single-dose grinder with variable speed, grind-by-weight capability and Acaia's connected workflow.

Its value is not novelty but repeatable control: speed, dose and workflow live in one unusually compact object.

$1,600

In stock on Acaia's official store 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.

Tadesse — Washed Krume 74158 by April Coffee Roasters

Beans

April Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Tadesse — Washed Krume 74158

Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia · Washed · Filter · peach, jasmine, candied lemon

A small-box washed Krume that translates the theme into a very legible floral and citrus cup.

Beans

Manhattan Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Las Marias

Pijao, Quindío, Colombia · Advanced natural; 120-hour anaerobic fermentation · Filter · pineapple, orange, bergamot

The Wush Wush lot supplies saturated fruit while keeping enough bergamot lift to stay precise.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Core gear

Etkin · Manual brewing

2-Cup Coffee Dripper

A double-wall Turkish porcelain flat-bottom dripper sized for one or two cups.

Deep internal ridges and heat-retaining porcelain make a quieter counterpoint to fast, thin plastic brewers.

Core gear

Fellow · Tools & water

Tally Pro Precision Scale

A brew scale with weight, timer and ratio modes in a restrained countertop form.

Its ratio mode removes mental arithmetic without turning the brew into a screen-first ritual.

Core gear

HARIO · Manual brewing

V60 SWITCH Glass Dripper 03

The larger glass V60 fitted with a simple immersion-release base.

One lever gives a useful spectrum from full immersion to hybrid pours with no extra mechanism to learn.

Small find

Etkin · Accessories & oddities

2-Cup Coffee Filters

A 50-pack of the wave filters specified for Etkin's smaller dripper.

The practical companion that lets the new dripper work as designed from day one.

Small find

notNeutral · Accessories & oddities

Vero Cortado — Clear

A compact clear pressed-glass cortado tumbler with a faceted base.

Its weight and optical clarity make the finished drink feel considered without adding colour noise.

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