Filter Notes US edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Edition No. 02
31 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

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.

ProcessHoney

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.

ProcessBlack-cherry natural

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

Kurasu’s current white 100V stock makes a proven filter grinder straightforward to buy and support in Japan.

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

It turns distribution into one compact, low-mess motion and docks neatly over 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

A café-standard cup whose handle and interior curve make daily milk drinks feel considered.

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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