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AeroPress
The American company built around Alan Adler's 2005 coffee press, and the family of presses, filters and travel kit that has grown around it.
Brands
Manufacturers and roasters, what they build and what they are good at.
Brands
Every manufacturer worth knowing, and what they are known for.
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Bialetti
The Italian company behind the 1933 Moka Express, the eight-sided aluminium pot that set how Italy makes coffee at home, and what it sells today.
B
Bodum
The family firm founded in Copenhagen and run from Switzerland that made the Chambord the French press most kitchens picture first.
C
Chemex
The Massachusetts company behind the hourglass glass coffeemaker a chemist patented in 1941, and the thick bonded filter it depends on.
L
Lelit
The Brescia-area maker of compact prosumer espresso machines, owned by Breville since 2022, and what the Mara X and Bianca are for.
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1Zpresso
The Taiwanese hand grinder maker that became a reference in its category, with an outside dial on the J and K series and a model for every method.
C
Comandante
The German maker of the C40, the hand grinder filter brewers measure the others against, and what its Nitro Blade burrs are there for.
E
Eureka
The Florentine grinder maker that supplies cafés, and whose compact Mignon line brought stepless, quiet espresso grinding to home kitchens.
F
Fellow
The San Francisco design company behind the Stagg EKG kettle and the Ode grinder, and how much of what you pay for is the way they look.
G
Gaggia
The Milanese name behind crema, and the maker of the Classic, the home machine that has been the first serious espresso setup for three decades.
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Sage
Sage is Breville under another badge: the Australian maker of the Bambino and the Barista Express, sold as Sage in the UK and most of Europe.
T
Timemore
The Shanghai company behind the Chestnut hand grinders and the Black Mirror scales, which made proper pour-over tools cheap enough to start with.
L
La Marzocco
The Florentine maker of café espresso machines, and what changed when it started building them for kitchens as well as counters.
B
Baratza
The grinder company built around repairability, and why its burr sets outlive the machines they sit next to.
D
De'Longhi
The Italian manufacturer that put bean-to-cup machines in ordinary kitchens, and what that volume means for build quality.