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Michele's Handy Dandy Coffee Tool Guide ☕

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Oops, we've become overly snooty with our coffee recently…. And here are our recommendations if you want to be just as snooty as us haha
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Universal Coffee Tools

Equipment needed for what kind of coffee you want to make!

 
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You'll need a decent grinder. I got this one while still maintaining my budget!
MiiCoffee DF54 Single Dose Coffee Grinder
 
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The DF54 grinder comes with a dosing cup but I'm in the midst of trying to make our a home a plastic free home so we're upgrading to these stainless steel ones!
Dosing Cup
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Airtight coffee bean storage to keep them fresh. There's a plunger that makes it extra airtight!
Coffee Bean Storage
 
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Again, no plastic in this home
Coffee Scoop - Brushed Stainless Steel
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100% need a scale to measure how much beans you're using and timing the pull
Coffee Scale with Timer
 
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To reduce the stuff in your coffee nook, you can get this! It's a dosing cup + scale!! 🤯
Subminimal Digital Dosing Cup with LED Display
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Must have for when all the coffee grinds get everywhere 😭
Fanttik Slim V8 APEX Cordless Car Vacuum
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Espresso Setup

What you'll need to pull a decent espresso shot

 
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Best budget espresso machine!
Bambino Plus - Small Home Espresso Machine | Breville | Breville (US)
 
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Tamping station to keep all your equipment nice and organized!
Normcore Espresso Tamping Station
 
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Upgrade from the spouted portafilter to this bottomless portafilter so you can pull cleaner and better tasting shots
Bottomless Portafilter
 
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Helps you apply a consistent and unifrom pressure to the coffee grounds
Spring Loaded Tamper
 
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Helps you evenly spread out the coffee grounds in the portafilter before tamping
Gravity Distribution Tool
 
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Breaks up clumps and evenly distributes coffee grounds in the portafilter before tamping
WDT Distribution Tool with Stand
 
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Promoes even water distribution, prevents channeling, and reducing messy backwash into shower sceen
Puck Screen
 
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Not necessary but just helps contain the mess when you are transferring your coffee grinds into the portafilter
Magnetic Dosing Funnel
 
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Makes dumping your pucks easier and cleaner!
Knock Box
 
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Not necessary but helps clean things up
Normcore Barista Brush

Pourover Setup

Some pourover love

 
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Usually use this when we're tight on time and want to make a batch for me and my husband
Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffeemaker
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Need this for the pourover! You dump the coffee grinds in here
Chemex Natural Coffee Filters
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Hario v60 filters! These are a different shape to the Chemex filters.
Hario V60 Paper Coffee Filter Size 02, 200ct
 
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Perfect for individual cups of pourover
Hario V60 Ceramic Coffee Dripper, Size 02