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For the Love of Coffee: Beans & Gear I Actually Use
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items I begin every morning with two shots of espresso, so coffee is less of a casual interest and more of an operating requirement. These are the beans, equipment and assorted coffee necessities I actually use to make a consistently excellent cup at home—...
Sections
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Monday Grind Starter
Saturday sit and sip
Weekend Sit and Sip
Maintenance
Monday Grind Starter
Monday coffee is not a leisurely ritual; it is the opening procedure. These are the beans, machine and sturdy little mug that get my two shots of espresso made quickly and help me find my way back into the groove—with minimal fuss and absolutely no u...
Intelligentsia ships freshly roasted coffee directly to my house, which means I get to make the perfect cup every morning without putting on real pants or speaking to anyone. Reliable, delicious and considerably cheaper than allowing me unsupervised ...
Intelligentsia Sublunar Espresso Beans
This is Monday’s mug: small, sturdy and exactly the right size for my two morning shots of espresso. It makes an ordinary weekday coffee feel intentional without requiring ceremony, foam art or enough spare time to contemplate my life choices.
TABL’D Stoneware Espresso Cup
I love this machine because it makes genuinely excellent espresso without turning every morning into a barista certification exam. It’s fast, easy to use and handles my daily two shots with very little fuss. When I’m feeling ambitious, I can froth mi...
Barista Express Impress - Assisted Manual Espresso ...
This Intelligentsia dark roast delivers the rich, full-bodied coffee I want first thing in the morning without tasting like the beans lost a fight with a bonfire. I grind it fresh for my daily espresso, and it produces a smooth, satisfying cup strong...
Intelligentsia Black Cat Sublunar Dark Roast 12oz
Saturday sit and sip
Saturday coffee is allowed to linger. This is the cup for sitting down, slowing the hell down and enjoying two shots of espresso as an actual pleasure rather than the fuel required to become a functioning member of society.
Reed by Wiliam Edwards footed Espresso Cup This is my Saturday mug—the one for drinking espresso slowly while pretending the rest of the world can manage without me for a few minutes. It’s simple, beautifully proportioned and makes two shots of coffee feel like a small weekend ritual rather ...
TABL’D Reed by William Edwards Footed Espresso Cup
The matching saucer is what completes my Saturday espresso cup. The delicate little birds turn coffee into a tiny occasion, and I love that more of the pattern is revealed when I lift the cup. Entirely unnecessary? Certainly. Does it make sitting qui...
TABLD Reed by William Edwards Espresso Cup Saucer
This Intelligentsia medium roast : smooth, balanced and flavorful without being so dark that it overwhelms everything else. It makes a lovely straight espresso but also plays beautifully with frothed oat milk when I am in a latte mood. Freshly ground...
Intelligentsia Black Cat Analog Whole Bean Coffee 12oz
Weekend Sit and Sip
The weekend is when coffee gets a frothy little upgrade. I slow down, use the pretty cup and occasionally turn my espresso into a lavender oat-milk latte—because life is demanding enough without refusing ourselves a lovely beverage.
I I make my own lavender syrup because it is ridiculously easy and lets me control how floral it becomes—there is a fine line between a lovely latte and drinking perfume. Combine 1 cup granulated sugar with 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Add ½ cup ...
NPG Freeze Dried Lavender Flowers 4 Oz
Oatly is my oat milk of choice because it froths beautifully and doesn’t collapse into sad little bubbles before the latte reaches the table. It’s creamy without overwhelming the espresso and plays especially well with my homemade lavender syrup. If ...
Oatly Original Ambient Oat Milk - 32 Fl. Oz.
Add it to oat milk with the tiniest pinch of cayenne before frothing or on top of your frothed delight. The cayenne gives the lavender latte a subtle warmth without turning Sunday morning into a personal endurance test.
365 Organic Cayenne Pepper, 1.69 oz
The YETI Rambler French Press makes rich, genuinely hot coffee and keeps it that way far longer than a traditional glass press. It’s sturdy, insulated and built for slow mornings and anyone who refuses to drink sad, lukewarm coffee.
YETI 34 oz. Rambler French Press
Maintenance
Espresso machines are wonderful right up until they begin demanding attention like a small, expensive appliance child. These are the cleaning and descaling products I use to keep mine working properly, the coffee tasting good and the warning lights f...
Descaling is not the glamorous part of owning an espresso machine, but neither is drinking coffee that tastes as though it passed through a mineral deposit. I use the Breville descaler made for the machine, follow the instructions and consider it ine...
Breville BCC102 Espresso Machine Descaler, 12 pack
These handle the job descaler does not: removing coffee oils and residue from the brew head. When the machine flashes its cleaning warning, I add a tablet to the cleaning disc, run the cycle and let the machine perform its own little internal exorcis...
Breville BEC250 Espresso Machine Cleaning Tablets, 8 Pack
These are the less-expensive replacement filters I use in my Breville. They sit inside the water tank and help reduce the minerals, chlorine and general municipal-water personality before it reaches my espresso. A twelve-pack makes it easy to replace...
Possiave 12-Pack Water Filters for Breville BWF100