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Oliver Buchannon
Oaks the Coffee Guy

Calm coffee notes from Everyday Beans. Real brews, honest experiments, better daily rituals.

Deep Dive

I get bored of good coffee

Aug 24, 2026

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6 min read

I get bored of good coffee

Turns out I was never chasing the coffee.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

YouTube Spotlight

Maybe I Was Wrong About Light Roast

Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

Maybe I Was Wrong About Light Roast

I put a light roast next to actual tea and pushed the extraction to see what it could do.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I'm breaking my own rule

Aug 17, 2026

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4 min read

I'm breaking my own rule

Why the guy who tells you to stop buying gear is telling you to buy this one.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

YouTube Spotlight

The worst idea that actually worked

Aug 13, 2026

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2 min read

The worst idea that actually worked

Turns out boiling coffee is just reducing a sauce.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

The thermometer told on my kettle

Aug 10, 2026

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6 min read

The thermometer told on my kettle

The kettle isn't broken. It's inconsistent. And now I know.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

YouTube Spotlight

What a blueberry taught me

Aug 6, 2026

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2 min read

What a blueberry taught me

A tangerine told me exactly what I like.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

The grinder that won't let you lie

Aug 3, 2026

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4 min read

The grinder that won't let you lie

The dial is honest. The label isn't.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

YouTube Spotlight

Stronger isn't more flavor

Jul 30, 2026

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1 min read

Stronger isn't more flavor

I brewed 1:15, 1:16, and 1:17 back to back. One surprised me.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

No thermometer, perfect ribs

Jul 27, 2026

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6 min read

No thermometer, perfect ribs

A new kettle, a slab of beef ribs, and the realization that the numbers might be training wheels I'm ready to take off.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

Nobody Tells Beginners to Taste First. So We Counted.

Jul 22, 2026

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6 min read

Nobody Tells Beginners to Taste First. So We Counted.

A small study of where coffee's starting advice actually begins.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I let the bed run dry

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

I let the bed run dry

The thing I'd been scrambling to avoid pulled the boldest cup I'd made in weeks.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

YouTube Spotlight

The coffee that broke my stopwatch

Jul 10, 2026

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1 min read

The coffee that broke my stopwatch

Why the fastest brew isn't always the better one.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I Don't Get Geisha's

Jul 6, 2026

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5 min read

I Don't Get Geisha's

On paying two and three times the price for a coffee that's only okay.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

The gap is where it happens

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

The gap is where it happens

Why the gap between smell and taste is where coffee actually lives.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

Hario lied to me

Jun 22, 2026

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4 min read

Hario lied to me

I had the right tool for years. I just wasn't paying attention.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

We're adjusters

Jun 15, 2026

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3 min read

We're adjusters

You're already adjusting your coffee. You just didn't know that was the skill.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I made it sweet. It died.

Jun 8, 2026

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5 min read

I made it sweet. It died.

How I engineered exactly what I wanted from light roast, and why it tasted like nothing.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I almost stopped caring about coffee this year

Jun 1, 2026

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4 min read

I almost stopped caring about coffee this year

There's a difference between knowing what you like and knowing why. It took me a year to find it.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I wrote off washed coffee

May 25, 2026

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3 min read

I wrote off washed coffee

Turns out I wasn't bored with washed coffee. I just wasn't paying attention.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

It isolates everything

May 18, 2026

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3 min read

It isolates everything

The ZP6 isn't better than other grinders. It just shows you something different.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I can tell you exactly why I don’t like this

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

I can tell you exactly why I don’t like this

I used to live for this exact cup.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I hoarded a dying coffee

May 4, 2026

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5 min read

I hoarded a dying coffee

I knew it was dying. I kept brewing it anyway.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

My wife’s coffee maker humbled me

Apr 27, 2026

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5 min read

My wife’s coffee maker humbled me

Why the Mr. Coffee sits next to my Olympia Cremina

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

I’ve been selfish with this coffee

Apr 20, 2026

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5 min read

I’ve been selfish with this coffee

Sometimes the quiet coffee is the one that won’t leave you alone

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Oaks the Coffee Guy

Deep Dive

You are the variable

Apr 13, 2026

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3 min read

You are the variable

You have more control than you think. Just not as much as you want.

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Oaks the Coffee Guy
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