Buying guides
Buying coffee beans online: roasters, subscriptions and freshness
What a good roaster's site tells you, sensible prices per kilogram, bag size against how much you drink, subscriptions, shipping and rest, and the red flags.
Whole bean coffee
Why whole bean wins on every measure that matters, and how to store it so it stays that way.
Buying guides
Buying guides
Choosing beans for your brewing method
Which coffee to buy for espresso, filter, French press, moka, cold brew and milk drinks: roast level, process, origin, blend or single origin, and rest.
Buying guides
From capsules to beans: making the switch
What leaving capsules for whole beans really costs and saves per cup, what you gain and lose, and three ways to do it depending on the effort you accept.
Articles
Resting coffee: why a fresh roast is not ready yet
Roasted coffee is full of carbon dioxide for days. How long to rest beans for filter and for espresso, and what a bag that is too fresh does to the cup.
Storing coffee at home
Oxygen, heat, light and moisture are what stale a bag of coffee. Here is what each one does, and what actually protects against them.
Whole bean or ground: what you actually lose
Grinding multiplies the surface exposed to air, and the first quarter hour costs the most. What goes, what stays, and when buying ground is the right call.