Filter Notes US edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 02 · US
31 July 2026
Less friction, more signal

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

Less friction, more signal

The American edit is about repeatability without sterility: an all-in-one brewer, two fruit-led coffees from different roasters, and tactile tools that keep the workflow human.

The machines pick

xBloom · Machines

xBloom Studio

A compact grinder-and-pour-over system that can scan recipes but still exposes grind, temperature and pouring controls.

It makes repeatable café-style single cups approachable without concealing the variables from anyone who wants to edit them.

US$599

Available from xBloom's official US store.

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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

SEY Coffee · Coffee beans

Basha Bekele Badigalo 74158 Honey

Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia · Honey · Light filter · kiwi, orange blossom, guava

A honey-processed Ethiopian coffee whose tropical sweetness should stay articulate in a restrained light roast.

Coffee

Black & White Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Lica Torres – Black Cherry Natural

Cerro Buena Vista, Costa Rica · Black-cherry natural · Lighter roast · cocktail cherry, port wine, white icing, milk chocolate

A deliberately plush, boozy natural that makes a useful counterweight to SEY's high-definition honey process.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

The machines edit

Ratio · Machines

Ratio Four Coffee Machine

A compact automatic brewer with a short, visible path from fill to bloom to finished batch.

The design removes interface clutter while retaining the temperature and bloom discipline missing from cheap small brewers.

The grinders edit

Fellow · Grinders

Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2

A quiet, low-retention flat-burr grinder tuned for filter brewing.

Gen 2 fixes the original's range and mess complaints while keeping a compact filter-first brief.

The tools & water edit

Weber Workshops · Tools & water

Blind Shaker

A dosing and distribution cup whose removable base drops an evenly mixed bed into the basket.

It combines transfer and distribution in a precise metal object instead of adding another loose stirrer to the bench.

Heart x Weld Cap by Heart Coffee Roasters

Small find

Heart Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities

Heart x Weld Cap

A black five-panel cap in brushed cotton, finished with a small Heart wordmark and an adjustable brass-buckle strap.

A coffee-company cap that reads like everyday clothing: black brushed cotton, a quiet wordmark and a proper brass-buckle strap.

Small find

notNeutral · Accessories & oddities

Lino 10oz Mug, White

A white ten-ounce café mug developed with award-winning baristas, with a flush handle and interior curve tuned for specialty coffee.

The opposite of novelty drinkware: a barista-developed café mug whose low visual noise lets proportion, handle and drinking shape do the work.

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