Distribution tools are a relatively new advancement in this relatively new industry of specialty coffee. They are new because you don’t actually need them in order to make espresso, so for over a hundred years, since the invention of the espresso mac …

The verb “tamp” dates to the early 19th century when it was used exclusively in mining for referring to bore-holes, e.g., the act of packing earth into cavities filled with explosives. Later in the same century the word was being used in the non-dest …

To the uninitiated, the new-to-coffee person, seeing a barista use a scale to brew coffee is like watching your best friend’s dad get out a yardstick to measure the distance between his golf ball and the first hole at Pappy’s Putt-Putt for Kids. It s …