Believe it or not—and if you have ever spent a few minutes hanging around an espresso machine, you probably believe it—coffee shops can be wasteful. One culprit is milk. In many cafes, the pitcher rinser doubles as an excess-milk dump and on any give …

Thanks to certain YouTube personalities and chatter on the social media (not to mention the coffee forums), the Lagom P64 from Option-O has become a force in home espresso. And rightfully so. Every detail of this grinder has been thought through mult …

The Ditting KR1203's 120mm wear-resistant steel burrs (rated for 25,000 lbs.) spinning at 1400 RPM can grind an impressive five or more pounds of coffee per minute. In addition, it has an integrated shaker plate that helps to settle the grounds when …

You've ground the coffee, tamped it, locked in the portafilter, and you're ready to pull the perfect shot. With the press of a button the pump turns on and fills the room with its loud hum. The timer on the scale ticks by...four...five...six, and …

Baratza’s customer service is legendary and the company’s refrain—“Don’t dump it, fix it!”—is not just lip service. Baratza truly believes in its products and has engineered them in a simple way that makes repairs easy; and it believes in its people …

The Ground Control is a new kind of batch brewer that uses immersion, agitation, and vacuum percolation instead of gravity. What's more, the GC brews in phases, each of which using fresh hot water, pulling all the good stuff from the coffee grounds a …

As opening day draws closer, you may find yourself restless, filled with both joy and anxiety, as the time comes to witness your hard work transform from dream to reality. We understand, the grand opening can be a stressful time, but planning accordi …

You’ve heard it before and we’ll say it again, water is important — even beyond the fact that it's a basic necessity of life — it also makes up 98% of your coffee. But, for whatever reason, it tends to be the variable mo …