No. 1 Common Sense
Best forThe cup you make every morning without thinking about it
How to drink itDrip or French press, 60 g per litre, water just off the boil. Takes milk without falling apart.
Region. Process. Varietal. Ingredients.
Ten coffees, whole bean or ground, roasted on demand and shipped free anywhere in the United States. Hover a bag to read its label.
Best forThe cup you make every morning without thinking about it
How to drink itDrip or French press, 60 g per litre, water just off the boil. Takes milk without falling apart.
Best forThe slow first cup, when you actually want to taste something
How to drink itPour-over, 60 g per litre, 94 °C, a 40-second bloom. Drink it black: a natural Ethiopia goes to fruit and milk buries it.
Best forEspresso, moka and anything you are going to put milk in
How to drink itEspresso 1:2 in 28 seconds, or a moka pot. Holds its shape under milk and under ice.
Best forThe cup you make when you want the coffee to be the loudest thing in the room
How to drink itPour-over, a touch coarser than usual, 94 °C. Kenya is acidic on purpose. If it tastes sour rather than bright, grind finer.
Best forCold mornings and the end of a meal
How to drink itDrip or a moka pot, a little coarser than usual. Good with milk, better than it sounds black.
Best forThe pot everyone in the house drinks without complaining
How to drink itDrip, or cold brew at 1:8 overnight. Low acidity and heavy body, which makes it very hard to ruin.
Best forWorking out what you actually like
How to drink itAny method. This is the one to brew twice, once at 60 g per litre and once at 70, and keep whichever you preferred.
Best forServing to someone who says they do not like black coffee
How to drink itDrip or pour-over, 60 g per litre. Clean and sweet, with nothing in it to push back against.
Best forThe morning you want to start well
How to drink itPour-over or Aeropress. Bright and tea-like. Drink it while it is hot, it flattens faster than the others.
Best forThe second pot, and the one you make for the house
How to drink itDrip or French press at 60 g per litre. Mild and round, the kind of cup that does not fight back.
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