Filter Notes US edition

The Friday Edit

Beans, gear and good finds. Every Friday.

Friday Edit No. 07 · US
4 September 2026
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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

Make the variables visible

The US edit favours gear that explains itself: a temperature-stable compact machine, a one-button brewer with unusually clear intent, and water tools that make recipe changes repeatable. The coffees pair a washed Ethiopian profile with a rare fruit-led decaf.

Spotlight

LELIT · Machines

MaraX3

A compact heat-exchanger espresso machine with LELIT's Pagaia flow-control system and dual temperature probes.

MaraX3 makes pressure and temperature feel observable without turning a compact machine into a screen-heavy appliance.

USD 1,999.95

Available from authorised US retailer Onyx; 120 V model and US service route verified.

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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.

Ethiopia Agaro Yukro G1 by Onyx Coffee Lab

Bean of the week

Onyx Coffee Lab · Coffee beans

Ethiopia Agaro Yukro G1

Agaro, Ethiopia · Washed · Filter · apricot, barley tea, bergamot, caramel

A transparent washed profile for judging whether a brew change adds sweetness or merely shifts extraction.

Colombia Ombligon Natural Decaf by Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Fresh arrival

Brandywine Coffee Roasters · Coffee beans

Colombia Ombligon Natural Decaf

Las Flores, Colombia · Natural, EA decaffeinated · Omni · strawberry, pomegranate, orange

A fruit-forward Ombligon that treats decaf as a distinctive coffee rather than a consolation prize.

03 / The objects 5 more to know

The gear edit

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

Ratio Four

A compact automatic brewer built around a one-button bloom-and-brew cycle.

Its restrained automation keeps the important brew sequence visible instead of burying it in a menu.

KEY Mk.2

A low-speed single-dose electric grinder built around large conical burrs and a vertical feeding path.

Its vertical low-retention path makes dose movement easy to understand and repeat.

Coffee Brew Water Kit

Four mineral concentrates for building repeatable coffee water recipes from purified water.

It turns water chemistry from an invisible assumption into a repeatable recipe variable.

Heart x Weld Dad Hat by Heart Coffee Roasters

Small find

Heart Coffee Roasters · Accessories & oddities

Heart x Weld Dad Hat

A 58 cm adjustable corduroy cap made with Portland's Weld MFG.

A genuinely local coffee-company collaboration with quieter design than generic logo merch.

Small find

Dayglow · Accessories & oddities

Craft Coffee: A Manual

Jessica Easto's practical manual to coffee extraction and home brewing methods.

A low-tech reference that helps a brewer name the variables their equipment exposes.

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

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